Norman Conquest of Sicily - full documentary

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[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Support my work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/RealCrusadesHistory Levi Barros narrated the first segment. He is available for hire if you're looking for a voice actor. Please contact him here: [e-mail] Other Realm Productions. Please check out his channel: kzbin.info/door/hFn36Efwnixq3hdilJ6EWA Alexander Knight The Little Dunmow Company

[@bakeralec2377]

Instablaster.

[@delivertilidie8356]

I feel like I just took a semester of crusades history in 1 hr and 12 mins. Such great content !!!!!

[@mike7652]

Same! And without commie indoctrination like at universities!

[@ariyoiansky291]

I can't say it enough... Count Roger de Hauteville of Sicily, the man is of legendary status. Landless mercenary to conqueror of Sicily and key areas of Southern Italy. The man gives his word and follows through for his Lady, his family, and his men. Glad to see things ended well for Ibn Hamud with him choosing to be baptized; and I wouldn't doubt if the integrity of Count Roger's character influenced him to make such a crucial decision. I learned much from this documentary, J. Stephens. Thanks, man.

[@asbelhomeowner6615]

Just found out that Roger de Hauteville is my direct ancestor! I can trace their lineage to 670ad in Norway.

[@cpt191021]

👍William the who ? Roger has always been the best norman hes a sleeper. I didnt know judith was such a awesome tho. Shes a real role model to women not some suffragette slag.

[@beerthug]

@@asbelhomeowner6615 Santa Clause

[@themaskedman221]

@@asbelhomeowner6615 Um, he probably has close to a billion living descendants. 🤣🤣

[@BroThinksHeIsGoodAtIt]

oh really because normans were danes lol quit lying@@asbelhomeowner6615

[@KristinkaAranova]

I have a coin of William ii 1166 a Norman ruler of Sicily in the 12th century

[@GabrielJ.Fontenot]

Well, My birthday is coming up...

[@SilvanOgnjeni]

Nice item, are you heppy with it?

[@yvonnepeters1914]

Sure wish I had that!

[@jswin2084]

Do you stroke it in your dark watery cave, whispering precious again and again?

[@fabuloso3635]

Baltic ?

[@madmartigan1634]

As a ginger Sicilian, I've always been interested in this topic! This was really fantastic, I was riveted the entire time. Thanks for your hard work, it really shows.

[@javier6926]

Why is your hair color related to this ?

[@madmartigan1634]

@@javier6926 Because red hair and blue eyes in Sicily are thought to be from the Normans and Lombards.

[@javier6926]

Mad Martigan but that tradition is absolutely lacking a scientific basis. It’s impossible to know where that trait comes from , because the assumption that blondes or redheads didn’t exist in Sicily before the 11th century is ridiculous.

[@madmartigan1634]

​@@javier6926 Redheads are only 0.57% of the Italian population at large. In Sicily, redheads are called "Normanne". That's enough to pique my interest!

[@jackbroughton1431]

vikedude 123 well Sicily was inhabited/populated prior to the Normans by Italic tribes who had a prominent amount of Indo-European Steppe ancestry relative to some of their neighbors, and then after them the Italic Latins/Romans, all of whom had light hair and eyes in small/varying degrees. The Greek colonists probably did too, but in even smaller proportions, this is all related to the amount of WHG and EHG/Steppe ancestry each succeeding group had.

[@kickassandchewbubblegum639]

this whole story would make such a good trilogy of movies...hope one day they make it

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I want to make that!

[@comfusedpassanger3399]

History is fascinating and surpasses almost any fantasy. Thank's a lot for your contributions of these important and clarifying videos.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@yankees29]

My father’s family is from Italy. My moms side has Irish Norman roots. This is a great documentary.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Great ancestry! And thanks!

[@ariyoiansky291]

Count Roger's story was amazing! Wow!

[@sergioleone3583]

I've enjoyed many of your documentary videos. As someone who's father is of 100% Norwegian heritage, and who's mother has some Siciilian heritage, this one and the one on Roger of Sicily have been especially enjoyable (as well as very informative). Thank you for the great work.

[@charleslamson]

Bravo! Thank You, Sir.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

You are welcome!

[@valhallabound4912]

How the hell is there only 400 likes on this??? Keep working brother the numbers will go up to a million likes in time!🤘🏻

[@che71che]

So well put together, enjoyable listening and learning about the rise these Two Great Norman Battle Lords ☆☆☆☆☆

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

thanks!

[@MariaCKouto]

Well done documentary. ❤️

[@teebee7374]

Wonderful narrative, thank you Sir! 🙏🏾😎🔥

[@SouthTexasRed]

Great presentation as always!!!!

[@Pkerswag]

I love your longer videos they are the best!! keep up the good work and stay safe in these unsure times

[@michaelleblanc7283]

Excellent as always !

[@republicrising2128]

Found your channel thanks to itallian spartacus on ck3 , now time for some crusade history.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Welcome aboard!

[@alejandrocalvo713]

This is easily One of the best history channels out there

[@levibarros149]

Dude! Epic video work! Great job!! :D Really made it easier to conceptualize in the mind. And the sound effects took my imagination right back to those days in history. As if I was there. :D

[@Sigibert]

Normans are the best !! Wish I was one

[@jrgensenbo2999]

It's because they came from Scandinavia - mainly Denmark 😁😁

[@christophedel2642]

Thanks from my holy country Normandy

[@stephenh9483]

Thanks RCH. Please keep the content coming. We need content to consume!!!!

[@crazya3466]

Your narration is excellent and the quality of your content is very good, thx🖒 .. cA

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thank you very much!

[@fleedopmogu6169]

Fascinating. So well done!

[@thiefonthecross7552]

THIS WAS AMAZING

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Thanks!

[@christophedel2642]

We, the normans are an incredible people

[@tauceti8341]

Your guitar rifts and the presentation are really lovely.

[@tauceti8341]

45:00 Salermo's Rock was destroyed by a construction company in 1970s I cant find any pictures of it though :(

[@TvOnlineInternetTv]

Great Job ! I can't say enough good things about this one. You really put together the facts into a narrative that is direct and well written. I hope that the History Teachers and Uni. professors can find this. Thanks again. : )___ ~~

[@victorconforti5821]

These Norman names are still common in south Italy. I have family with the surname tankredi, ruggiero and so on

[@esthershelton6672]

Excellent thank you so much. .

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

Outstanding quality video as always. It's been a great 15 years watching your stuff, RealCrusades!

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Much appreciated!

[@generalsupreemo9776]

Good work, thank you.

[@scottrichards2080]

In 1960 a construction company destroyed serlos rock which is extremely sad

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

That is extremely sad

[@trisgilmour]

That’s awful

[@BroThinksHeIsGoodAtIt]

dude wot..and how did italy let this happen?

[@rachaelskibbe7899]

I just love this channel! 💯💯💜💜

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I appreciate that

[@therealtoni]

Very interesting!! Learned a lot!!

[@DDAWGY1]

Great Job!

[@dr.carlpatrasso3847]

Excellent job. Good, clear, meaningful explanation.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad it was helpful!

[@b.r.holmes6365]

Marvelous documentary

[@user-sc5iv2rp2t]

My math teacher (90s Athens) was called Andreas Maniakes. He used to say he had very old roots but I was ignorant then.

[@joelpiva1541]

Great video.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Clarkecars]

I love a happy ending.

[@krisballard541]

I enjoyed learning about Roger I.

[@kweejibodali7009]

very nicely put together, wonderful presentation as well as information....I am just glad the focus is mostly on Roger and not on him and his brother Robert... the two names sound similar when anyone talks quickly ...loved the visual presentation and use of lovely artwork and architecture. some vids get a bit boring in their presentation and mostly show men running around, some maps, and random stuff like waves, landscape that could be anywhere, and repeatedly ! but not this one, of course...

[@user-bp2cw7sr5w]

This is a fantastic piece of history.👊🏻🇺🇸🍻

[@robertbertagna1672]

Thanks!

[@majorhumbert676]

I've heard you're interested in doing a movie about the crusades. Since it will be difficult to get funding, especially for a non politically correct (but historically incorrect) movie, you have to watch Warhammer 40k "Helsreach". It's an amazing low budget movie, unlike anything you'll see from the big production companies.

[@elvenkind6072]

A masterful account, although it would be nice to hear more detailed about the carrier pigeons and the effect this had on those that read the messages written in the blood of their brehren. This remind a lot of older Viking tactics, that the Normans would have known, of how the Vikings in England used sparrows, with burning twigs bound to them, making them fly into the wooden villages with straw roofs. Also there's a great account from the conquest of Sicily about tarantulas and how the bite of these made the Normans filled with disgusting gas and having to fart a lot.

[@beerthug]

The 'pigeon tactic' seems to have been used everywhere...the tarantulas though, only the Normans, lol.

[@itzjcee557]

Thank you so much for your vids, they are very well done. I am glad I found your channel!! 👍

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you like them!

[@jackfowler2832]

Who's this Roger guy 😆😆 actually one of the best I've seen, took it all in so 👍👍

[@esthershelton6672]

Who was king of Sicily Tancred when did he come in to the picture.

[@roygonzalez4367]

Great Documentary , Awesome , those Calvary Charges , they say 100 Knights on Horses , Very Valliant , but the Armies of that time were not unfamiliar with Calvary Charges/Warfare , so More likely there were 300 Horsemen or More with Great Tactics to Achieve their Victories , never the less , a Great Achievement for Sure !

[@VitorEmanuelOliver]

One question, the animations you show with the soldiers matching and all that, the gear they are wearing is historically accurate? I was just wondering (I don't really have much knowledge about that)

[@TotalTryFails]

Amazing work! Do you have any plans to get an animator? The only thing i think this channel could do to improve is more dynamic maps. Again fantastic keep it up!

[@SEKreiver]

You did a great job narrating! It's not hard to tell that you're a Robert E. Howard fan.

[@issith7340]

Wow!!

[@MymilanitalyBlogspot]

Very interesting, thank you. One question occurs to me: what about the possible difference in the KIND of horses that the Arab and Norman cavalry typically used? Were the Norman horses huge strong tank-like war horses? Were the Arab horses smaller, faster, and more agile? If so, how did this affect the outcomes of battles? If accustomed to smaller horses, perhaps the Arab cavalry might also break both formation and psychologically because of the pounding onslaught of those giant horses.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Interesting question. War horses at this time were not the massive creatures they would be later. They were strong, but swift and agile as well. Most likely, they would've been fairly similar horses on both sides. The best warhorses were Arabs bred in Spain, and the Normans loved these horses. William the Conqueror used them, and the Normans in Italy and Sicily used them as well.

[@MWRJET]

You using one of the TOTAL WAR games to create the battle re-simulation cinematics?

[@enricomanno8434]

The Normans they did excellent things in the south of Italy and special in Sicily

[@hazelwray4184]

The Normans did excellent things in southern Italy, especially Sicily.

[@PhilipBurton-dn3ce]

The de Hautville family were a truly amazing family, And yet no mention of Drogo de Hautville? I thought he went with Robert and William

[@commanderchaos5670]

i love how a lot of the footage is from Medieval 2 total war (love that game)

[@susanpower9265]

wonderful romance in first half/ spectacular castle at 38.55 /love gift of four camels to amazed pope/ serlo rock with its cross

[@aldocuneo1140]

They came from Normandy, France, their village was Hautville Guichsrd and ther language wa "Langue d'oil ". Aniway if you prefer they were scandinavian as you like it.

[@mikaeleulrichzagetapoc2022]

the hautvilles were just blessed with a lot of excellent sons didn't they

[@matthewmann8969]

Norman's, Roman's, Hellenics, Anglos, Saxons, Anglo Saxons, Anglo Norman's, Celts, Celtic Norman's, Anglo Celts, Frank's, and plenty of others were all in tug of war yeah

[@conlaiarla]

Were the native Scillian landowners dispossessed as we Irish Catholics were in the 16th , 17th and 18th centuries ? This was our landowners strength, dignity and sustainable likelihoods. Without land , we were reduced as a nation to indignity and poverty . For most Irish families this was their fate .

[@yiannimil1]

what do you think?? this was 11th cent. all lands were the leader's. the previous landowners pledge allegiance and paid the taxes. sometimes they paid with daughters!!! RCH is a glamourized historical novella. under the arabs you had land and were not subject to a hierarchical religious oligarchy that sold alms!!!

[@meep3035]

Μυλωνόγιαννης Λι you’re retarded to think they were any better under arab rule. The spainiards for hundreds of years kept trying to to take back spain because arab rule wasn’t as fruitful as you make it out to be. If it wasn’t for that traitor it would have been under Byzantine rule. But the Byzantines cared more about the snake politics than reconquering their land. But I think it would have been the ideal situation if the Byzantines were the ones who reconquered scilly

[@rickyyacine4818]

@@meep3035 if this time was under alexios komnenos the first 1 Sicily would be under Byzantine hands 😒😒 Constantine the 9 was trash

[@anythingthoughanythingthou2453]

Vae Victis. No one wants to hear your sob story, every human and whomever he descends from has one.

[@atrollincentralpark1901]

The OG FOX

[@yingyang1008]

Vikings were proper hardcore

[@tibsky1396]

At that time, they hadn't been Vikings for a moment. Or at least, they were Franco-Norses.

[@yingyang1008]

@@tibsky1396 Same people though, they also took over Russia, led the crusades, took over Britain and Ireland - basically changed world history

[@christophedel2642]

@@tibsky1396 just norses thanks

[@tibsky1396]

@@christophedel2642 Tu dis des conneries.

[@BroThinksHeIsGoodAtIt]

christian vikings yea, just like richard

[@REDDRAKON]

Never mind.

[@keithplymale2374]

Cry Havoc Fan has done two games on this history and the Crusades and is working on one more now. It is man to man scale.

[@psylegio]

Normans in Sicily, Portugal, the Holy Land and Hastings. Everywhere normans! Just how many were they?

[@PhilipBurton-dn3ce]

Lots

[@yankees29]

They were around and mixed in with local populations. The Normans were usually smaller in numbers but fierce and battle tested.

[@enricomanno8434]

And in North of France given to them by the Pope.. that's why was called Normandy From there invaded Britain

[@christophedel2642]

@@enricomanno8434 not by the pope but king of france

[@enricomanno8434]

@@christophedel2642 Yes indeed.. and also by the Pope.. that's why the Normans build beautiful cattidrals and churches.

[@ladylacrimal8447]

Raise your Hand if you wished you could have played this in Age of Empires!!!!!

[@historicalminds6812]

Lady Lacrimal which campaign was it? I don’t remember anything for the Norman conquest of Sicily.

[@ladylacrimal8447]

@@historicalminds6812 I'm sorry but I was hoping to find out if there was a campaign from other listeners lol.

[@ladylacrimal8447]

I had to edit to say "I wish we could have played.."

[@historicalminds6812]

Lady Lacrimal ah no worries. If anything create a steam account and get the newer versions and expansions for the game. You can create these scenarios in the editor if you want or even pitch it on the reddit community forums! There are a lot of creators that are always wanting to do more stuff; that’s what’s kept the game alive for so long.

[@ladylacrimal8447]

@@historicalminds6812 Thanks, I wish this was a campaign when I played AOE back in the day.

[@dolceegabnanmm3927]

Next teutonic knights for the last crusade in sicily 1230-1247 .sicily is christian.and european land.

[@enricomanno8434]

Yes indeed... forever

[@BroThinksHeIsGoodAtIt]

..dude what? teutonic knight crusade on sicily? when

[@michaelman957]

Oh those quirky Normans. Always conquering stuff.

[@fedecano7362]

32:35 Im trying to imagine what a wonderful relationship these two had!

[@BrunoOliveira-kl5sx]

What game is in the video ?

[@WellingtonLee573]

Looks to me like some of the total wars, certainly medieval 2. Possibly Attila with a mod?

[@thatguy3275]

Medieval 2

[@bold810]

I'm more interested in Gary's all-you-can-eat conquest of the Pasta bar.

[@user-sc5iv2rp2t]

"Go south until the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else(Greek)." Balian of Ibelin to the English King...

[@jonathanwells223]

7:24 so that’s where the term “Byzantine Politics” comes from

[@russellhawkins5113]

How long did Palermo remain the jewel of the Mediterranean after the vikings took it?

[@TheMap1997]

24:50 Robert Guiscard

[@R290s_biggest_fan]

My man is literally playing mount and blade.

[@Lacteagalaxia]

The aragonese Kingdom and Spain after unificación they had sicily under their rule 1.282-1714 432 years facing alone 127 years of the normands

[@christophedel2642]

Roger jarl of sicily

[@bashbish4564]

People have no clue how important Germanic influence throughout Christindom was over the centuries.

[@ricciluigi2592]

The most common name in Sicily, Russo, is not a variation of Rosso, it means a Norman. It is also common in the exact areas in the South of Italy that the Normans took from the Greeks and changed the language, the chancellery to Latin. Long before it came to mean a Russian, it meant a Norman, French for Norseman. The word Russo meant a Rus from Byzantine Greek from Scandinavian Rus, he rows or the men who row. Northern and central Italians never had a Norman Conquest and as such have tried to find a Latin root to a Greek word. You can tell that to every Russo you meet.

[@enricomanno8434]

Russo it means red.. nothing to do with the Russians

[@ricciluigi2592]

@@enricomanno8434 Long before the word Russo ever meant a Russian it was the name for the RUS, The Varagian Vikings who were body guards to the Byzantine Greeks. All Vikings or Norsemen were called Rus in the Greek Language of Byzantine Sicily.

[@chucklynch6523]

@@ricciluigi2592 You are correct. After 1066 some Anglo-Saxons migrated to Constantinople to join the Emperors Varangian Guards!

[@mickeymouse1697]

The name Roussos and Rousso are are common in Greece

[@ricciluigi2592]

@@mickeymouse1697 Yes and to this day in Greece it means a Norseman. The Byzantine Greek word for the Vikings who were bodyguards to the Byzantine Emperors. They gave the name of their Tribe to Russia. All of Southern Italy was always Greek...Basically still is! HAHA

[@carinfelska5774]

Frankly I'm from finland. I'm Scandia

[@carinfelska5774]

So are they Sicilian or, Iranian

[@pelezadossantos1309]

As a tunisian, this is very interesting. I think we are the country with the history that has been the most overlooked.

[@shrinilodedra3001]

Really compared to your domari indian histories yours seem well represented.

[@vagabondabbie]

After doing my family tree and following my DNA these are my Ancesters

[@carinfelska5774]

Arabian or Italian my question?

[@vernedavis]

finally a gentlemanesk war story

[@davidlindsey6111]

Just imagine fighting Varangians AND Normans AND Greeks AND Bulgars. That would royally suck

[@elainebmack]

Maniakus. Is that where we get the word "maniac"?

[@enricomanno8434]

No relation what so ever

[@vernedavis]

they did not lose moral. they lost the fella that paid them. "we outta here!"

[@jasonhare8540]

I mean honestly the more I learn about the Byzantines the more surprised I am they lived longer than 30 minutes ....

[@flamos44]

If only Maniekes won the war against the incompetant emperor in Constantinople southern Italy would have remained and returned to Byzantine control. What helped the Normans the most was the death of Maniekes and the return of Harald Hardrada to Norway. Had Maniekes lived Harald may not have returned.

[@mrbeanbigpeanus6875]

The question is why Legions had the best armors weapons but can’t defend Sicily??? While Muslims had much lighter armors, also Normans used much simpler weapons.

[@georgebaccett9951]

By the way modern Italians are a mixture of: Romans + Germanic Tribes (Lombards, Ostrogoths, Herulos and Normans).

[@catholicracialist776]

And Jews and arabs and Celts

[@pamle1]

"Italy and Greece" is a clear genetic marker, and would apply to most of Italy. The north was Romanized Gauls.

[@roygonzalez4367]

The Greeks in Italy are ancestors from Greece from the B.C.'s ,who migrated to Italy a 1000 yrs earlier , the Romans Copied the Greek Art , Statues ect , but some of the Original Greek Art was Native to Italy in the 1st Place , by the Greeks themselves

[@pow3redthebest]

Modern Italians are a mix of Romans, other italic peoples, germanic tribes, Greeks and celts

[@enricomanno8434]

Yes indeed Plus all the tribes that were on the Italian peninsula..as the Latins.. Etruscans..Ligurians..Oskans..Veneti..Apulians..Brutians..Sicilyans.. Sardinias.. Etc etc The Etruscans people were autoctonous inhabitants of the Italian peninsula according to the latest genetic studies And of course the Greeks that colonised All the southern part of Italy from the south of Latium.