This talk by Professor Levi Roach was the second in our 10-session short course The World of the Normans, which runs until 8 December.

Professor Levi Roach studied at the Universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg, receiving his PhD from the former in 2011. Since 2012, he has taught at the University of Exeter, where is presently Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. His research and teaching interests lie in the political and ecclesiastical history of western Europe between the ninth and twelfth centuries. He has published four books on these themes, including a popular history of the Normans (Empires of the Normans).