Provides a selection from the abundant source material generated by the Normans and the peoples they conquered some of which has never been translated before. Takes a wide European perspective on the Normans, assessing and explaining Norman expansion, their political and social organisation and their eventual decline.Considers the Normans in a pan-European context rather than in a restricted Anglo-Norman context. Considers the Normans in a pan-European context rather than in a restricted Anglo-Norman context. The Normans in Europe explores such areas as: the process of assimilation between...