{"product_id":"9780812205435","title":"Before the Normans: Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistories of medieval Europe have typically ignored southern Italy, looking south only in the Norman period. Yet Southern Italy in the ninth and tenth centuries was a complex and vibrant world that deserves to be better understood. In \u003ci\u003eBefore the Normans\u003c\/i\u003e, Barbara M. Kreutz writes the first modern study in English of the land, political structures, and cultures of southern Italy in the two centuries before the Norman conquests. This was a pan-Meditteranean society, where the Roman past and Lombard-Germanic culture met Byzantine and Islamic civilization, creating a rich and unusual mix.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124003717360,"sku":"9780812205435","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780812205435_p0.jpg?v=1769909303","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780812205435","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}