This book provides a selection from the abundant source material generated by the Normans and the peoples they conquered. Van Houts takes a wide European perspective on the Normans, assessing and explaining their origin, the Norman expansion and their political and social organisation in the period between c. 900 to c. 1150.

Elisabeth van Houts is a Lecturer in Medieval History at Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Introduction
1. From Vikings to Normans
2. The Normans in Normandy
3. The Normans and Britain: the Norman Conquest of England
4. The Normans and their neighbours
Bibliography
Genealogical charts: Ducal family of Normandy; Royal families of England; Hauteville family in Italy; Crispin family
Maps: Normandy; Mediterranean area as a whole