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- Title
The Bari charter of privileges of 1132: articulating the culture of a new Norman monarchy.
- Authors
Oldfield, Paul
- Abstract
This article examines how Roger II, who in 1130 became the first king of Sicily, articulated the culture of a new monarchy to his subjects. It does so through extensive analysis and contextualization of a crucial, yet undervalued, royal charter issued to the city of Bari in 1132 (and here translated into English for the first time). Previous scholarship has overlooked key evidence within the charter and tended to emphasize conflict in royal-urban relations. Instead, it will be argued here that the monarchy promoted and upheld negotiation and reciprocity as an integral facet of this new kingdom.
- Subjects
BARI (Italy); ROGER II, King of Sicily, d. 1154; NORMANS; MONARCHY; WILLIAM I, King of England, 1027 or 1028-1087; HISTORY
- Publication
Historical Research, 2015, Vol 88, Issue 242, p577
- ISSN
0950-3471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-2281.12100