Norman Kingdom in Italy - Animated Historical Medieval 4k DOCUMENTARY

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[@luizpires3504]

Amazing

[@Scorpion51123314512]

When your done with the Alexander The Great series are you going to make a entire video like this? Also think we should soon start the Punic wars or the wars of Ptolemaic Egypt and The Seleucid Empire.

[@Guureufd]

We are amazighs not berbers!!

[@pascalyung1406]

Someone please help me! Does anyone know the name of the background music at 26:10 of K&G's Alexander Balkan Campaign video? Link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ_HiJ-Pn56th68

[@_gira_hua_insaan_8872]

Make video on mughal Empire

[@LeoWarrior14]

"Welcome to Italy, we have Greek Romans, German Romans, Muslims, and the Pope. Who would you like to fight?" "Yes."

[@maddogbasil]

Gotta respect the romans for somehow managing to keep all this land under 1 empire for so long (Atleast while it wasn't destroying itself) But my biggest question was why didn't the rest of Italy fall to the muslims like iberia did ????

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@maddogbasilBecause the Ummayads had an entire massive force chucked at iberia. The taking of Minorca, Ibiza, Menorca, Sardinia, Malta, and Sicily was done by smaller states. Like the Aghlabids, Cordoba, and others. Small groups of Muslims did take over Calabria, Gaeta, and a base on the mouth of the Rhone. However the Byzantine strongholds, Benevento, Lombard lords, the Kingdom of Italy, and a coalition with the Pope held them back. Tunisian Muslims did sack Rome and 1 of the holiest churches in Christianity.

[@syphse920]

​@@maddogbasil They never really managed to breach the Byzantine strongpoints in Calabria, sometimes they took the defences/cites towards the tip, but the defensive Roman armies always pushed them back within a handful of years. Once Byzantium went on the offensive in the Balkans/Syria in the late 900's the HRE/Merchant Republis actually stepped in to defend the region from the encroaching Muslims, and after that they never really tried full-scale conquest again, instead being on the defensive from several Byzantine invasions and in decline until the norman conquests

[@zippyparakeet1074]

​​@@syphse920If only Basil had left a competent successor, I'm sure they'd have finally managed to reconquer Sicily and bring the Papal States back under Caesaropapism like it was since the time of Constantine the Great up until it broke away in the mid 8th century, even bring Corsica back under the fold and have some sort of agreement with the Pisans.

[@dillonblair6491]

​@@zippyparakeet1074 It's funny that the great byzantine emperors always appear to fix a crisis but not in time to prevent one

[@kinguitar3000]

As someone who just finished his 45 page Senior Project on Norman Sicily, this video is much appreciated!

[@matthewsmith4710]

If only it had come out a little sooner!

[@senseishu937]

Damn, 45 pages as for a senior project? That's sick. What was the occasion?

[@Jonnybravo589]

What sources did you use? I have the three books and can’t find much and always look for more

[@kinguitar3000]

@@Jonnybravo589 In terms of primary sources, look into Ibn Jubayr, Hugo Falcandus, and the Norman chroniclers Geoffrey of Malaterra and Amatus of Montecassino. When it comes to secondary sources, books like The Age of Robert Guiscard by Graham Loud and Conquerir Et Gouverner La Sicile Islamique by Anneliese Nef were some of my favorite sources!

[@kinguitar3000]

@@senseishu937 Every Senior in my college was required to pick a topic and write a 45 page paper as a requirement to graduate

[@Dell-ol6hb]

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

[@seveng1152]

Normans placed kin above everything else -- usually. I agree, pretty cool.

[@frankibianchi6188]

I dont plan on killin my brother tho?

[@polarbear6479]

That’s because you and your brother aren’t in a power struggle

[@frankibianchi6188]

@@polarbear6479 yes we is how come he got the prime time new spot

[@tonybryk3312]

@@polarbear6479 power struggles for the remote can be brutal

[@manuelapollo7988]

What an epic, adventurous and bloody history the normans gave us. Such an interesting odissey

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

Just letting you know you misspelled odyssey 😊

[@michaelsmyth3935]

Bloody, ruthless, genocidal, Just your typical Knights.

[@malikmurtaza2708]

Plz can you clear the genetic,social and cultural relation between Scythians,goths,Germanic tribes and normans?

[@frankibianchi6188]

​@malikmurtaza2708 no all people is the same

[@cavemug4834]

​@@frankibianchi6188No we are not

[@some_gh0st]

It’s a shame that documentaries of this caliber aren’t common on TV anymore.

[@letsdothis9063]

TV has become the media of propaganda. I remember when the History Channel and Discovery were all about facts. Now, they are all about an agenda. It's sad. I'm not interested in hatred toward anyone. I understand that it's history in the making. But, I will stick to the history that's already happened. Lol

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

he did good but little small errors in normans vs muslims till 37:00 > after civitate, it was normans who asked pope to be ally. he made it sound like pope was just kidnapped hostage lol after 1053 Normans were popes main ally that helped him numerous times after it too like against holy romans when they attacked pope around 1084 > roger got in conflict with his brother because judith was direct descendant of first duke of normandy (rollo), marrying into high class required a man to own lot of land. roger asked for this and robert denied it, eventho it was robert who set rogers marriage up by letting judiths exiled family live in italy under him (exiled from england) > at battle of cerami, normans charged when muslims withdrew. they backed down after serlos flank but made camp and was starting to retreat, normans saw this and charged at muslims while cutting some of retreating force too > he forgot to mention details of misilmeri, after normans cut them down to man Roger had messagess written in saracen blood tied to feet of carrier pigeons which were then released to fly back to palermo to deliever news to other saracens, he forgot to cover few other bloody battles against saracens in sicily too > last emir of enna, ibn hammud converted to christianity (either because normans treated him good or for political reasons idk). He was trying to cover all the details in 1 and half hour so he missed like 20% of normans crusade on sicily against “saracens”

[@humpteedumptee8629]

Bro we got ice road truckers and pawn stars tho lol

[@Another_opinion_]

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.

[@promecio8085]

"dream of a multicultural Mediterranean Empire of King Roger II", a multicultural utopia worked in Norman Kingdom on XI-XIII century and in the same time a anarcho capitalist utopia worked in iceland and the islamic gold age utopia in Fatimid Caliphate in egypt. A multicultural kingdom that make a crusades, sound likes a multircultural islamic country that make jihad.

[@ed-te1fp]

@@promecio8085Sounds more like America

[@thomasrinschler6783]

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.

[@Caratacus1]

I remember JJ Norwich describing her in his books as 'The nearest thing history has ever given us to a real life Valkyrie.'

[@Dell-ol6hb]

What a badass holy shit

[@SetuwoKecik]

I remember using her as one of my generals in my CK2 😳

[@bengoloitachi2565]

Judith d'evreux was badass too

[@juanzulu1318]

​@@bengoloitachi2565 who was that? Any link to further info?

[@morganhale3434]

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.

[@JmO-ee1bi]

Who were really Brits all along

[@francescotrombetta8548]

Tbh they came from the regions that are now known as belgium/luxembourg

[@dukecraig2402]

Yes you can, it's called Star Wars, Dune and countless other works of fiction. Or the greatests works of fiction of all time, every religion's origin story.

[@raduraducu2668]

Anglo-saxons making italians suck at war realizing that the norman invasion of itally was 20 longer and produce far more norman deaths than the norman conquest of England , and the italians will have one at Civitate if their knights stuck first, and that Guiscard died because of wounds caused by romans that drove the normans out of Rome,and the northen half never fell to the invaders.

[@Fact-ze5cg]

What are you smoking and why arent you sharing it with us?

[@tylertriezenberg1399]

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

[@alexhammerbekk]

he was from giske, an island close to haram (ålesund) where i was born and lived half my life :-)

[@matimus100]

He was a Christian

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

lol he was dane, his grandson was literally called robert the dane. saint olaf a norwegian who was baptised by him called him danish, eventho all vikes were called danes back then (even if norwegian) but he specifically was danish@@alexhammerbekk

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

and yes he was, he looked at jesus as one of norse head gods like odin but then in end he accepted jesus as one @@matimus100

[@zoetropo1]

@@bruhmcchaddeus413 Calling all Vikings "Danish" is a mite naïve when many Vikings were Bretons or Moors.

[@kskaiseraaron]

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

[@jozzieokes3422]

That's really cool

[@GourouSidAhmed]

That’s truly amazing

[@mynamejeb8743]

Robert Guiscard is the true Total War player while everyone else was playing CK2

[@raduraducu2668]

Anglo-saxons making italians suck at war realizing that the norman invasion of itally was 20 longer and produce far more norman deaths than the norman conquest of England , and the italians will have one at Civitate if their knights stuck first, and that Guiscard died because of wounds caused by romans that drove the normans out of Rome,and the northen half never fell to the invaders.

[@Liquidsback]

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.

[@adamjones4606]

Invaded Byzantium but it got real messy ..

[@ethansmith8813]

Decided against having Greek spaghetti

[@perhaps1094]

🤣

[@adamjones4606]

@@ethansmith8813 Alexios Kommenos clapped back heavy

[@ethansmith8813]

Normans ran out of troops to levy

[@alessadroc]

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!

[@AG-zv9jo]

Been looking for content related to Norman Sicily for a short while now. Reading documents regarding the matter was confusing, this has assisted me in better understanding a neglected area of history well deserved of some more light. Thank You

[@dostawcagazu]

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.

[@454FatJack]

And Venice/ ,HRR -1806 , Kingdom Austria 1918

[@gr0vestghost109]

Also the Sicilian Norman’s are far more interesting than William the conqueror in my opinion.

[@dostawcagazu]

@@gr0vestghost109 well they did have a lasting impact on the region while William's impact is that he enabled the rise of the Plantagenets (for me, the actual creators of England)

[@Cacciatore_Raccoglitore]

Southern history is often overlooked

[@theillusiveman2139]

northern italy gets more important in the second part of the middle ages.

[@FrancescoBosco12]

As a Sicilian, it's really nice to see you guys covering this!

[@frankibianchi6188]

U watched Gomorrah?

[@FrancescoBosco12]

@@frankibianchi6188 I have not personally, though it's a pretty popular series overall. But that one is about the Neapolitan mafia, not the Sicilian one.

[@frankibianchi6188]

@@FrancescoBosco12 it good show tho, everyone should watch it Good family fun for all ages, two thumbs up Is my take

[@michaelvilliers266]

I'm a British Norman watching this like damn my people were crazy

[@frankibianchi6188]

@@michaelvilliers266 that doesn't count, they aren't 'your people'. This fellow is actually from Sicily. God damn anglos

[@mattf9627]

Im visiting family in Sicily for the first time since I was 9 in August. (Im 21 now) Thank you for making this video about my family/people’s history 🤝

[@Halgarita]

Grazie.

[@MrBellsa61]

The fact that this content is free is absurd. Love this channel!

[@michaelpriestley1304]

Awesome content guys y'all never fail! It's fascinating to me that the Normans we're expanding in the Mediterranean almost the same time as they made their push for the conquest of England.

[@michaelvilliers266]

I didn't realise this either our ancestors were badass

[@warlund6369]

This is awesome. The Normans were badass conquerors, from England to Sicily.

[@neilog747]

They were scumbags, nothing more.

[@Dubz759]

⁠@@neilog747you sound like a Saxon

[@raduraducu2668]

Anglo-saxons making italians suck at war realizing that the norman invasion of itally was 20 longer and produce far more norman deaths than the norman conquest of England , and the italians will have one at Civitate if their knights stuck first, and that Guiscard died because of wounds caused by romans that drove the normans out of Rome,and the northen half never fell to the invaders.

[@nyekorare]

From England to Antioch

[@3John-Bishop]

Gotta give them credit for their expansion adventures

[@davidkillin8466]

Awesome bit of European/Mediterranean history that isn't as widely known. Well done K&G, as always!

[@adamwee382]

This is one of the best series you've done. I love hearing about the Normans.

[@FilipGucev]

Thanks!

[@shawnparadise6504]

This is incredibly well done. This period of history is so interesting, thanks for making this doc.

[@sidp5381]

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

[@kaloarepo288]

More correctly Frankish as were most noble houses in northern Italy except for the ones of Longobard origin.

[@bruhmcchaddeus413]

rogers brothers son bohemond himself carried 60% of first crusade lol

[@owennoad-watson2820]

Grammatically, this looks like you're telling Roger that you married Adelaide

[@jozzieokes3422]

My ancestors are from northern Sicily, love this documentary and i always rewatch it.

[@dxrk7]

You guys haven't stoped getting better, been here since 200k subs. edit: The fact the normans were founded in 911 hilariously fitting

[@TheChuckfuc]

Ikr when I 1st subscribed to these guys. Bazbattles had way more subscribers.

[@michaelsurratt1864]

Oh yeah I was their first sub ever

[@dinte215]

​@@Emanon... they were the terrorising medieval Europe.

[@FulmineNero]

What I've learned throughout watching videos about historical battles and events is: - Never trust anyone. - It is utterly important to have a well armed, trained, motivated and loyal army. - Never hire or include soldiers of any foreign descent into your army. (Except mercenaries which piss off once their job is done.) - The native population has always to suffer the most.

[@silva3658]

- Never marry your aunt to foreign emperor

[@barnabaszu]

Excellent works as always. I love those long documentaries

[@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493]

The narrator for K&G was born for this job. Well done!

[@lsucountrygirl8873]

Love the longer documentaries. Keep it up, and thank you for your hard work on these!

[@YeeeeGreg]

Love love love it! An excellent addition to the list of long documentaries you’ve already released. Thank you K&G!

[@Tayyi_guy]

Can you please tell me how you puted the kings and generals profile picture in your name

[@YeeeeGreg]

@@Tayyi_guy I have that cause I became a channel member. I pay a monthly fee to the channel to be a member as a way of showing my appreciation and support for the channel. They have links to become a channel member in the descriptions of most, if not, of their videos in the last several months, if you’re interested👍🏼

[@Tayyi_guy]

@@YeeeeGreg thank you so much although this comment is kinda late but I really appreciate it thank you again

[@micahstrevels6789]

Very nice! These videos spoil us history buffs! Keep up the amazing work.

[@nerduchadu]

The best historical doumentary i have ever seen!! Keep going ❤

[@geoff1025]

The story of the Hauteville family is incredible and deserves more media about it. The number of legendary figures produced by that house is truly outstanding.

[@manuelapollo7988]

Will there be a video about Frederik II, Conradin and the Sicilian Vespers? That would be as cool as this video! Great work!

[@Kaiyanwang82]

Only if you can pronounce "ciciri".

[@manuelapollo7988]

@@Kaiyanwang82 🤣

[@valianghel3454]

And once again , am amazing piece of documentary crafted by Kings & Generals...incredible how much Information you guys have..just keep them coming😊😊

[@Prof.matheussouto]

*after years of fighting in Sicily* Hauteville brothers: we got it *Tarantulas appear at the camp* 34:00 Hauteville brothers: I’m outta here

[@John333Scout]

this Norman kingdom in Sicily was a very interesting and significate area of medieval europe that i didnt have much knowledge on, but now that i do it will be probably one of my next campaigns I play in the Medieval 3 TW or in a 1212AD campaign. Awesome stuff guys love learing new things about interesting parts of history and seeing how it ties in with other events like the Crusades and where Bohemond came from and his formattable father, uncle, and cousin that made this Kingdom into what it was etc.

[@lane1776]

This was awesome!! Great work all around. Artwork, history and narration all excellent. Great topic as well

[@EAsp100]

This was fantastic, thank you

[@Ryzexus]

Love your documentaries as always Kings and Generals and Thanks for this amazing video

[@LunarRegicide]

I know these are a lot of hard work, so thanks for putting these long format videos out there. Absolutely my favorites.

[@Numba003]

Thank you guys for another fantastic episode! I don't know a lot about the post-Roman history of Italy, so I quite appreciate this. Side note: a venomous tarantula infestation in camp just sounds horrific lol, but I enjoy learning about those sorts of everyday parts of history. God be with you out there everybody! ✝️ :)

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

That species of tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) isn't even dangerous to humans, the entire panic was just a form of mass hysteria

[@andreas1161]

Thank you for producing such an informative and comprehensive documentary.

[@skittlemen1]

Every time I see these long ones it makes my day

[@naveensilva2312]

You guys make amazing documentaries!

[@jonbaxter2254]

I have wanted a documentry from this period for so long. Normans were kind of badass.

[@anto-sk4ce]

Im very Lucky to have the possibility to see the norman's masterpieces every day

[@orange3dam]

oh man you guys do such a good job on these videos

[@c63amgblack]

You guys just do such incredible work I can't watch TV "documentarys" anymore. All fake drama and stupid interviews. K&G is the gold standard, I wish all documentarians were like this. Everybody watching should become a member (or equivalent) right now. It's totally worth it and they put your money to great use

[@artemo.shapovaloff5577]

One more masterpiece) thanks, guys!

[@ancientsitesgirl]

A fascinating topic! I'm going to visit Castel del Monte near Bari soon ❤

[@buffkonradin]

It was made by stauferkönig friedrich II

[@drakejameson3343]

This has quickly become my favorite go to history channel

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

Outstanding as always! Thank you for your work.

[@DiegoCampos_]

This documentary.... Just magnificent.

[@UrbanCohort]

"The communication lines were cut." I know what y'all meant, but my brain conjured up an image of a knight in chainmail screaming into a banana "phone" and wondering why his message wasn't getting through. 😂

[@guyman1570]

Oh hahaha that's so funny! 😂

[@CyrilleParis]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[@mrnice7570]

Your work is the best out there man. Thanks for making it

[@CarlosRodriguez-nu5gj]

The brothers getting mad, besieging their cities and capturing each other only to forgive each other was true siblings feuding at its best.

[@alexlmao]

This video is great. Greetings from southern Italy.

[@rhasijadi]

Fascinating story and journey, wish they would make a tv series on Norman conquest of south Italy and Sicily

[@arturoliveira748]

Excelente documentário !!! É um dos melhores canais de história do KZbin.

[@KapitainZino]

Wonderfull video over the long underestimated history of the Norman State in South Italy-Sicily! Remarkable leadership of the Roger II and forming a strong multicultural state taking the best of every culture. Great example from the history to follow today. Great job guys, keep doing this great vids!

[@evansobey1083]

Incredible research and presentation. Thank you !

[@Everest3000]

This is just perfect actually. I installed the Historic Invasions mod for CK3 and an event popped up about a Norman Kingdom in Italy in my playthrough awhile ago and I was genuinely confused since I didn't know much about that.

[@davidmushal7862]

Another great one. Thank you.

[@Rubior426]

one of the best part of southern Italy history, so glorious and strong, they were so feared and envied that everyone tried to destroy them... and at the end... they succeeded. the ending made me really cry... 😭the end of a beautiful golden age. 😭

[@jcremeringful]

This answered soooo many questions! Thank you for the effort put into this video!

[@TheGonzanator96]

This is great!!

[@jcremeringful]

This videos answered so many questions! Thx for all the effort put into making it!

[@sylvainfalquet6350]

YESS!!! My favorite medieval kingdom, such an interesting beginning to a rich and diverse place. This is also my favorite start in Crusader Kings 3, starting as Robert Guiscard de Hauteville.

[@geno951]

Great series!

[@ReallyDazed]

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.

[@joemama2455]

Wonderful video!!!! Love the stories of Norse and the Normans.

[@IraklisGk]

This documentary is just so good

[@treverblanco]

My God, you've been busy lately, thank you!

[@scottyfox6376]

I use to do medieval recreation & our group focused on 1195 ad in the City of Acre in the Holy Lands. The Norman's were the premium military power for around 200yrs. Italy was described as "Meat b4 ravening Lions". I'm so happy to be watching this.

[@peterparadis6788]

Such an amazing format! Please do more!!!

[@fatboy537]

Roger I "Borso" Count Of Sicily is buried in a town next to where my grandparents are from. A small villiage in Calabria called Mileto

[@Ramonryf64]

Very well done. I learned so much from this video. I love History!

[@chibble3591]

great documentary

[@CarlCalle]

One of the best so far! Keep up the good work!

[@LegioVMacedonicaa]

Of course, the Romans won at Cannae, you think they want to lose twice in the same spot? Who cares if it's been 1200 years.

[@papapedro6980]

Scipio Africanus was probably watching from his grave hoping he doesn’t have to climb out and avenge Cannae a 2nd time

[@Freddurst88]

you guys are aware that scallegerian(roman history) is completely faked to subvert your connection to history and your ancestors right?

[@lucius4209de]

🤓

[@Ziri-hk2eb]

​@@lucius4209dewanna be friends?

[@alexwall1979]

Wow, one of the best history channels on KZbin. Great job 🎉🎉🎉

[@noone4700]

Absolutely amazing

[@RoboticDragon]

I am always here with you guys every video since the beginning. Including the exclusives on patreon. Liked, Subscribed, and commented. Always appreciate these compilation videos. Make for a nice video to watch while painting.

[@marcello7781]

Of these kings of Norman ancestry my favorite of all is Frederick II, son of Henry IV Hohenstaufen and Constance de Hauteville, perhaps one of the best kings in all history of the Italian peninsula. ❤

[@spyridon3089]

frederick II is not norman

[@kaloarepo288]

@@spyridon3089 His mother was the daughter of the Sicilian king who were descended from Normans like the great king Roger. Frederick made his capital in Palermo the Sicilian Norman capital and is buried in the cathedral there close to where the Norman kings are buried.

[@spyridon3089]

@@kaloarepo288 yet he is not Norman, an interesting Figure

[@kaloarepo288]

@@spyridon3089 He had Norman heritage - but you do realize that even the Normans themselves (People from Normandy) were only partly "Northmen" perhaps only a fraction - most people from that region would have been Gallo-Roman, Frankish, Breton and probably from other "ethnicities" as well!Frederick adopted his tolerant policies from his Norman ancestors -the Sicilian Norman kings had Greeks, Arabs, Moors etc working for him as well as "Latins".

[@spyridon3089]

@@kaloarepo288 a Person such as Frederic cannot be defined in narrow Terms like norman, he was exceptionel in every Respekt

[@panagiotisnikolopoulos7693]

Excellent work! Thank you for providing quality historical content!

[@Prof.matheussouto]

I’ve just learnt that my campaign as Robert Hauteville on Crusader Kings couldn’t have been more history accurate… started conquering Sicily, got Epirus and then invaded Africa

[@sizanogreen9900]

In your shoes I'd have split this mega-documentary into multiple parts but you do you. The content was great as always of course! :)

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks! The older versions of the videos are on the channel

[@Guureufd]

@@KingsandGenerals You have not yet got rid of the filthy european centralism what is this the arabs occupied tunisia from the kingdom of Dihya? Why do you worship the romans?

[@AKAZA-kq8jd]

This is why we love the Normans.

[@ManuelDeStefano]

These videos are awesome! Good job!

[@untruelie2640]

Under Constance's son, Emperor Frederick II. ("stupor mundi"), Sicily would experience the last part of it's multicultural golden age. Frederick grew up in Palermo surrounded by scholars from different cultures and faiths. Like Roger II., he was an enlightened and cultured ruler, and like his norman ancestors he frequently clashed with the papacy (resulting in two excommunications and being declared to be the literal antichrist). His ambition would also result in the inheritance of what remained of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, but after his death in 1250, the might of the Hohenstaufen dynasty quickly crumbled. Initially his main heir Konrad IV. became King of Sicily, being followed after his early death by his half-illegimiate half-brother Manfred of Taranto. However, Manfred was defeated in 1266 by Charles of Anjou, who was supported by the pope. The young son of Konrad IV., also named Konrad, tried to reconquer Sicily in 1268 but was defeated and controversially executed in Naples, ending the Hohenstaufen dynasty and plunging the Holy Roman Empire into a 23 year interregnum.

[@jeffa.2092]

Another excellent video, good job!

[@danieldpa8484]

What a great epic history of the Normans. A Netflix series would be fantastic

[@rexpeymon3455]

Oh god no it wouldn’t they would completely race swap the Normans and then say we are ignorant.

[@Uthandol]

so they can make the Normans black?

[@frankibianchi6188]

Whine whine whine

[@Uthandol]

@@frankibianchi6188 Its time to cast Conan O'brian's pasty ass as Shaka Zulu.

[@frankibianchi6188]

@@Uthandol whine whine whine

[@IgorSantos-pk6cy]

This is next level work, thanks a lot for another great journey through history, fantastic content.

[@neptune3569]

LETS GOOOOOO

[@Kronr]

Letsseerrrrrrr guiooooooooo

[@neptune3569]

LETS GOOOOOOO

[@gimmlin1874]

LETS GOOOOO

[@addyoradz6911]

LESSS GOOOIIIII

[@theprogenitor951]

YEAH!!!! 🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊