Welcome to Empire-Builders, the podcast all about the rise and fall of the world’s imperial civilizations. We will take for the object of our investigation those civilizations which have something to teach us about what happens when human societies with distinct cultural traditions, histories, and mythologies converge, even if only for a single page in the story of mankind. And we will start from the beginning, when the very concept of civilization was only just ripening, for make no mistake — empires have been with us from the start. Before man was, empire awaited him.
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Welcome to Empire-Builders, the podcast all about the rise and fall of the world’s imperial civilizations. We will take for the object of our investigation those civilizations which have something to teach us about what happens when human societies with distinct cultural traditions, histories, and mythologies converge, even if only for a single page in the story of mankind. And we will start from the beginning, when the very concept of civilization was only just ripening, for make no mistake — empires have been with us from the start. Before man was, empire awaited him.
Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia
Empire-Builders
4 hours 32 minutes 48 seconds
1 month ago
Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia
Chapters:
Intro - 0:00
Chapter I: The Early Normans - 1:26
Chapter II: The Italian Normans - 1:00:57
Chapter III: The English Normans - 1:53:51
Chapter IV: The Crusader Normans - 3:34:00
Chapter V: 4:29:56
Primary Sources:
Adémar de Chabannes. Chronicon and related forgeries. Early 11th century.
Amatus of Montecassino. L'Ystoire de li Normant. ca. 1080.
Anna Komnene. The Alexiad. ca. 1148.
Dudo of Saint-Quentin. Historia Normannorum (History of the Normans). ca. 996–1015.
Geoffrey Malaterra. De Rebus Gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae Comitis (The Deeds of Count Roger of Calabria and Sicily). ca. 1099–1101.
Henry of Huntingdon. Historia Anglorum (History of the English).
John of Fécamp. Letter to Pope Leo IX. ca. 1050s.
Richer of Saint-Remi. Historiarum Libri Quatuor (Four Books of Histories). ca. 990s.
Snorri Sturluson. Heimskringla. 13th century.
William of Apulia. Gesta Roberti Wiscardi (The Deeds of Robert Guiscard). ca. 1096.
William of Jumièges. Gesta Normannorum Ducum (Deeds of the Norman Dukes). 11th century.
William of Malmesbury. Gesta Regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings). ca. 1125.
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Brownworth, Lars. The Normans: From Raiders to Kings. Crux Publishing, 2014.
Crouch, David. The Normans: The History of a Dynasty. Hambledon and London, 2002.
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English Heritage. “How to Organise a Norman Invasion Fleet.” https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/l
Neveux, François. The Normans: The Conquests That Changed the Face of Europe. Translated by Howard Curtis. Constable, 2008.
Norwich, John Julius. The Normans in the South, 1016–1130. Longmans, 1967.
Roach, Levi. Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia. London: John Murray; New York: Pegasus Books, 2022.
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Viking Ship Museum. “William the Conqueror’s Ship List.” https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/enWaley, D. P. “Combined Operations in Sicily, A.D. 1060–78.” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 5th ser., vol. 7 (1957): 21–39.
Empire-Builders
Welcome to Empire-Builders, the podcast all about the rise and fall of the world’s imperial civilizations. We will take for the object of our investigation those civilizations which have something to teach us about what happens when human societies with distinct cultural traditions, histories, and mythologies converge, even if only for a single page in the story of mankind. And we will start from the beginning, when the very concept of civilization was only just ripening, for make no mistake — empires have been with us from the start. Before man was, empire awaited him.
