Название: The Normans in Italy 1016-1194 (Osprey Men-at-Arms 533)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2020
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 51
Размер: 15 Mb
Язык: English
Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment with Lombard rulers then fighting the Byzantine Empire in southern Italy, many of these noblemen achieved great victories, acquired rich lands of their own, and perfected a feudal military system that lasted for 200 years.