Norman Kingdom in Italy - Animated Historical Medieval 4k DOCUMENTARY
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Published 2023-05-21
The Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history continues with a video on the Norman Kingdom in Italy, as we learn how the Normans of the house of Hauteville create a unique state in south Italy, by fighting the Roman Pope, Lombards, Eastern Roman Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Arabs, Germans and more. We will cover their initial conquests and battles like Civitate, Cerami, Dyrrhachium, Larissa, Rome and much more and talk about the emergence of the kingdom of Sicily with the coronation of Roger II of the house of Hauteville, his struggle against the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire. This video will also cover the multicultural aspect of the Norman kingdom, as local Greeks, Latins, Arabs and others managed to create a vibrant society on the crossroads of the Mediterranean Sea, the conquest of North Africa by the Normans and the end of their rule.
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The video was made by Arif Azaman, Yağız Bozan, and Murat Can Yağbasan, while the script was researched and written by Leo Stone. This video was narrated by Officially Devin ( / @offydgg & youtube.com/channel/UC79s7EdN9uXX77-Ly2HmEjQ).
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"Welcome to Italy, we have Greek Romans, German Romans, Muslims, and the Pope. Who would you like to fight?" "Yes."
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What an epic, adventurous and bloody history the normans gave us. Such an interesting odissey
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It's pretty sweet that these two brothers just cried and hugged it out, it's pretty rare to see that in history usually in such a situation brothers will kill each other so it's cool to see a more normal healthier sibling relationship
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As someone who just finished his 45 page Senior Project on Norman Sicily, this video is much appreciated!
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The conquest of Sicily is so underrated. They had to win every battle or be crushed. Yet, somehow they succeeded. Against all odds.
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It’s a shame that documentaries of this caliber aren’t common on TV anymore.
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I'm a bit surprised the video didn't mention it, but Guiscard's wife, Sichelgaita, was on the field at the Battle of Dyrrhachium in full armor (as was her habit - she often joined her husband on the battlefield), and was the one to rally the shattered Norman right as it fled towards the beach, stabilizing the line so it could counter-attack the Varangian Guard. Anna Comnena recorded that she was "another Pallas, if not a second Athena" from her actions in the battle.
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To me Rollo is one of the most fascinating historical figures of the time. We don't know all that much about him, but the circumstances of him getting Normandy in return for stopping other vikings like he had been and the huge influence the Normans ended up having is such a cool story
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This is probably one of the weirdest Kingdoms in Medieval Europe. Scandinavians from France form an Italian Kingdom and conquer a Muslim Sicily before the crusades. You can't make this stuff up.
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Robert Guiscard is the true Total War player while everyone else was playing CK2
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His palms are sweaty, spears weak, shield is heavy. Blood on his mail, looks like an Italian Mom's spagetti He is zealous but on the surface he looks calm and ready. To charge into battle. He's a Norman in Italy. Snap back to Christianity Oooh there goes Sicily Oooh he's taken Tripolii.
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This is legitimately one of the best channels on youtube
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Great video about one of the "criminally" least represented topics in the middle ages. From a band of adventurers to the dream of a multicultural Mediterranean Empire of King Roger II, truly, it was one of the most extraordinary adventures of that epoch. Would it be possible, when you combine previous works, to list the original videos, please? Well done, again.
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Personally i think that the history of southern Italy is more interesting to me than the history of northern Italy (with few exceptions like the rise of the Duchy of Milan under the Visconti), so it's really nice that I can watch a historical documentary focused on this for free, especially since in my home country there is pretty much nothing like the work you have done.
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I would love to see an Assassin's Creed in the Era of Roger II. Sicily being a melting pot of Christian , Muslim, and Orthodox ideologies with Norman, Italian, Greek, and Arab cultures would make for endless content in an AC game.
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I discovered kings and Generals while i was deployed in 2019. Love the channel and the work you guys do. I used several of the videos to teach my marines examples of initiative and strategy. They loved it and we had some very good discussions
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This is awesome. The Normans were badass conquerors, from England to Sicily.
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Well done guys as usual, killing it fun fact, Roger I was married to Adelaide Del Vasto, who was a cousin of the famous third crusader Conrad of Montserrat. They came from the same dynasty Aleramicci it was French in origin, however, was italicized
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I really have to appreciate documentaries like this. An hour and forty minutes of good content on the Normans - which is otherwise overlooked history is great to see. Thanks, team!
