Lars Brownworth

CUPRINS

1. Index biografic al lumii normande - pag. 9
2. Statele papale - pag. 15
3. Despre Imperiul Roman, Sfantul Imperiu Roman si Imperiul Bizantin - pag. 17
4. Liste de imparati - pag. 21
5. Harti - pag. 26

6. Introducere - pag. 29

7. Prolog: Epoca vikinga - pag. 35
8. Ducatul omului din Nord - pag. 41
9. Faurirea unui ducat - pag. 50
10. Inventarea normanzilor - pag. 55
11. Diavolul magnific - pag. 63
12. Ducele Guillaume - pag. 73
13. Regatul anglo-saxon - pag. 88
14. Cucerirea Angliei - pag.100
15. Brat -de-Fier - pag. 113
16. Guiscard - pag. 126
17. Coroana imperiala - pag. 138
18. Bohemond I - pag. 150
19. Dextera Domini - pag. 170
20. Rogerios Rex - pag. 188
21. Guillaume cel Rau - pag. 216
22. Guillaume cel si mai Rau - pag. 230
23. Regele Maimuta - pag.248
24. Stupor Mundi si apusul normand - pag. 261
25. Epilog: Mostenirea normanda - pag. 277

26. Bibliografie - pag. 281
27. Despre autor - pag. 285
28. Despre aceasta carte - pag. 287… (mer)

Lars Brownworth (I kept wanting to say “Brownsworth” instead of “Brownworth”) did a really good job in writing this book. Although, I feel like this is more of an intro to the history of the Vikings rather than a full on history of this interesting group of people. I’ve been learning about the Vikings in my medieval class at my guest university (I’m an exchange student), so it was really nice to have this as a supplement to all of the info I got from that class.
The Vikings have started to become a recent interest for me, and I’d really like to add more books about the Vikings to my bookshelf.
As I mentioned, Brownworth did a good job in writing this book: he kept it interesting and engaging for me, which I really enjoyed.
It’s a really good book to get an intro to the Vikings and to add to your Viking knowledge.… (mer)

A very readable account of the Byzantine Empire which provided a "Who's Who" of forgotten Emperors, and filled in a number of missing pieces in my understanding of that part of the old Roman Empire, including the importance of the Byzantine Empire in preserving ancient texts and learning, information on how and why the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox religions separated, details of the many conquests and losses of territory and influence in the region over the years, and real insights into the problems with the Christian Crusades to retake the Holy Land.


… (mer)