Books by G.A. Loud

This volume focuses on two key centres of the South Italian church in the central Middle Ages. The first section concentrates on the "golden age" of the abbey of Montecassino, during the 11th and 12th centuries. The second, deals with Benevento and the abbey of St Sophia, exploring its development.

The impact of the Norman conquest of Sicily and Southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries upon the society of that region forms the central theme of this text. It looks at the Norman relations with the Byzantine world, and includes several studies on the church.