IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 126: Rhetoric and Reality in Norman Italy, I: Lordship, Settlement, and Revolt in Early Norman Sicily
Monday 11 July 2011, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Department of History, Lancaster University / Haskins Society for Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, Angevin & Viking History |
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| Organiser: | Alex Metcalfe, Department of History, Lancaster University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alex Metcalfe, Department of History, Lancaster University |
| Paper 126-a | Assessing New Evidence for the Focerò Rebellion in Early Norman Sicily (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Local History |
| Paper 126-b | Settlement Patterns in the Val Demone Region of Post-Conquest Norman Sicily (Language: English) Index terms: Demography, Geography and Settlement Studies, Local History |
| Paper 126-c | Who Was Really in Control of the Val Demone? (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Economics - Urban, Local History |
| Abstract | The first paper examines the documentary evidence for the rise and fall of the castrum of Focero' in north-eastern Sicily during the early Norman period. The second paper is a discussion of changes and continuities to settlement patterns in the Val Demone in the decades following the Norman take over of the region. The third paper will explore the interests of different groups and individuals within the Val Demone, assessing the extent of Norman control. |