Fun fact: in 1110 Roger met king Sigurd of Norway (who was the first European monarch to actually go on crusade), the two became good friends and Sigurd even called roger a king 20 years before the coronation

@snowmoon7385

2 жыл бұрын

Nice...

@ZhangK71

Жыл бұрын

Distant Nordic cousins…

“William the Bad” Really? They couldn’t come up with a better name than that?

@alexandrebirk1948

3 жыл бұрын

oh you know some peoples are named after their death (or during their live) so

@35_xe_raghavpatil67

3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean William the bastard.

@Manuel-gu9ls

3 жыл бұрын

Hi I’m Edward the charming 👋 😁

@gundarius

3 жыл бұрын

William the Mediocre seemed a bit too harsh.

@Somewhat-Evil

3 жыл бұрын

The Sicilian "lu Malu" is also translated as "the Wicked". Remember his family dynasty was founded by Robert Guiscard translated as "the Resourceful", "the Cunning", "the Wily", "the Fox", and "the Weasel".

Baguette Vikings ruling over latin, greeks and arabs in Italy, sounds like a regular CK game minus the Incest.

@rachelsombo9045

3 жыл бұрын

Norman are not baguette you idiot , they are Franco-Norse !

@aarspar

3 жыл бұрын

@@onehope6448 but do they eat baguette tho?

@welp2388

3 жыл бұрын

@@aarspar asking the real questions here!

@blackjack2526

3 жыл бұрын

@@aarspar your priorities are astounding

@DeusEx2

3 жыл бұрын

Byzantines were the greatest.They just had to abandon the whole of Italy because they had to bear the brunt of the Islamic tsunami from the 7th-11th century

May the algorithm shine its light here.

@awsqudsi3953

3 жыл бұрын

Depending on my knowledge, Algorithm was established in Baghdad during Abbasid Caliphat.

@bluewatson4341

3 жыл бұрын

The algorithm provides

@Supreme_fence_sitter

3 жыл бұрын

Ameen

@calebwilliam8361

3 жыл бұрын

All hail KZread algorithm

@connormcintosh4828

3 жыл бұрын

Blessed be the algorithm, our Lady of providence. All praise be unto her, and may we stand always in her favor. Amen.

Gone are the days when southern italy was the richer half of Italy.

@Nanix1991

3 жыл бұрын

Well you get used to it then you don’t develop new industries

@HistorydeFacto

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nanix1991 Guess its the good old strong men create good times, good times create weak men cycle

@EGOCOGITOSUM

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to Spanish influence mainly every country Spaniards went they fucked it up

@dominicguye8058

3 жыл бұрын

@@EGOCOGITOSUM I disagree with such a blanket statement, though I do agree in the context of Southern Italy

@fiddlesticks7245

3 жыл бұрын

@@EGOCOGITOSUM blame habsburgs not Iberians

Where I grew up in Normandy, there were statues of duke Robert and his brother Roger on the walls on the cathedral of Coutances, it’s around that place that the Hauteville family came from. I’m a bit proud now

@tonyhawk94

3 жыл бұрын

Haha les Normands ont que deux modes : Faire du fromage ou Conquérir l'europe. :p

@rachelsombo9045

3 жыл бұрын

J’aime le camembert

@mothaybabonnam5632

3 жыл бұрын

Je Suis camembert

@arx3516

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonyhawk94 now i'm curious to see if the normans influenced traditional sicilian cheeses.

@sergpie

2 жыл бұрын

@@arx3516 The Sicilians and calabrese love throwing chili peppers and whole peppercorns in some cheeses; I’m not a connoisseur, but I don’t think the French would dare do that to their cheese children

Sicily is real gem, had an opportunity to visit last year, it changed me forever, didn't expect to be so interesting and so full of different influences, hope i will visit again one day

@zodd0001

3 жыл бұрын

we look forward to welcome you again

Proud to be born in Calabria, in a Greek-speaking town, with a Greek surname on my mother’s side and by a Sicilian father, who has given me an Arabic surname. Everyone in my family has very different traits: I had an aunt from Girgenti (Agrigento) who really looked Middle-Eastern. My grandma was red headed with green eyes, and I have brown hair but grow a reddish beard. Stories like mine are pretty common in my area.

@michaelm-bs2er

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm perhaps a better nick name would be "the creative chameleon"?

@maxsavage3998

2 жыл бұрын

Calabria is even superior to sicily in history beauty culture nature and plants.

@michaelm-bs2er

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxsavage3998 Calabria is fantastic and very underrated. I don't think it surpasses Sicily. I think they're both very beautiful. In terms of culture they are very similar and terms of history they are deeply intertwined.

@maxsavage3998

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelm-bs2er the difference calabria suffered more natural disasters and raids by Mediterranean pirates upon its peoples than sicily did.

@michaelm-bs2er

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxsavage3998 What difference does that make? Calabria may have suffered more raids by pirates (they were Saracens) but Sicily was actually conquered by the Saracens. Alot of Sicilians of that era fled to Calabria. There are monasteries and sanctuaries in Calabria that were built by Christians who left Sicily when the Saracens took over.

Long ago, the Normans, Greeks and Arabs lived in harmony. Then everything changed when the Germans attacked.

@redrose-gd8fu

3 жыл бұрын

When the fire nation attacked

@uniuni8855

3 жыл бұрын

@Gerd Wiesler what belongs to Carthage belongs to Carthage

@Purged_Existence

3 жыл бұрын

Fuckin hell mate, you made an Avatar Cameo

@fatso2894

3 жыл бұрын

@@angamaitesangahyando685 Oh yeah, I was going to write this. In Italy we call him "Federico II of Swabia", aka Stupor mundi aka The first European.

@arx3516

3 жыл бұрын

@@angamaitesangahyando685 Frederick was also half norman, he was born in Italy and lived there for most of his life.

Sicily sure had a unique history.

@bteamgleemllc6864

3 жыл бұрын

50 years ago your comment lol

@elgolafre5832

3 жыл бұрын

Spain

@erickahernadez2527

3 жыл бұрын

@@elgolafre5832 without the s

@elgolafre5832

3 жыл бұрын

España o Españita para los amigos

@yardogyuh2049

3 жыл бұрын

It does bring me great pride to be Sicilian.

I'm Italian and I'm glad you make videos like this. I haven't found, even in Italian, such a clear and detailed videos about muslims and normans in Italy. Thanks 🙏

@BARLETTANO92

3 жыл бұрын

@@objectoriented3049 who me? I'm from south Italy 😂

@MG-mt3ss

3 жыл бұрын

You mean the video about Muslims and Normans on the island of Sicily?

@georgebaccett9951

3 жыл бұрын

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

@michaelm-bs2er

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgebaccett9951 And what mixture are you made of? Alsatian and Poodle? No people are a pure race. What's your point?

@mhd2680

Жыл бұрын

@@georgebaccett9951 There are still some individuals who featured like North African individuals in Italy

Sometimes these stories sounds like stories from a Crusader Kings game.

@worsethanjoerogan8061

3 жыл бұрын

That map overlay is literally from CK2 lol

@MofrakosaurGaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@worsethanjoerogan8061 plus the music is from ck2

@user-dx6yt2eg7w

3 жыл бұрын

Each time I watch one of these videos I end up on Crusader Kings or Europa Universalis...

@Killzoneguy117

3 жыл бұрын

I'm proud to say that my current Ghaznavid empire is a deeply multicultural empire. With Punjabis, Rajputs, Oghuz, Mashriqis, Persians, Bedouins, Bengalis, Tajiks, and even some Egyptians. It is not, however, a very religiously pluralistic empire. Its not a Crusader Kings game without some sort of bigotry.

@HxH2011DRA

3 жыл бұрын

Almost like it's intentional or something

I'm sicilian, and i'm very proud to be the discendent of this melting pot of different cultures. Come to visit our beautifull island, is full of history everywhere! Hope you'll make a video about Frederk II, the so-called "stupor mundi". Thank you!

@Philipp.of.Swabia

2 жыл бұрын

I hope so too, one of the best medieval kings and emperors to ever live probably.

@17noella

2 жыл бұрын

my family is Maltese we are cousins

@TylerB1723

2 жыл бұрын

My family originate from Tuscany and Sicily I've never bean but I'd seriously love to go!

@moonknightish

2 жыл бұрын

There was no melting pot of different cultures. Normans, arabs and byzantines were foreign invaders who kept the native sicilians down and enslaved those who opposed them.

@cnardx

Жыл бұрын

@@moonknightish not true for the Normands

His voice is amazing

@LechuZcechu

3 жыл бұрын

Whole channel is amazing.

@Paris-xv9sj

3 жыл бұрын

true

@gertrudasozinkas4950

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to King's and generals

Byzantines finding out Bohemond was not there to destroy them: *surprised Pikachu face*

@unitedstateofearth5265

3 жыл бұрын

four crusader : *peace never an option*

@Leynx-Et-Fenrir

3 жыл бұрын

Pourquoi ne suis-je pas surpris de voir Napoléon Bonaparte suivre et commenter une chaîne nommée Kings and Generals?

@hieupvc90

3 жыл бұрын

Bohemond: Stay chill my Greek neighbor! Why let an unprovoked invasion and some bloodied battles get in the way of a good crusade?

@Dustz92

3 жыл бұрын

He invaded them again in 1108 so...

@yari6309

3 жыл бұрын

Bohemond is the second Hannibal, He winning all the battles but losing the war

Me, a sicilian: doesn't know if should be proud because K&G covers another time my island, or be ashamed because we have been invaded by anyone that passed nearby, or be proud because everyone in history liked Sicily so much that settled, or be ashamed because my island is only known worldwide today for mafia. It's a struggle guys, not gonna lie

@Milenium412

3 жыл бұрын

Baghdad: first time?

@plafskijenkins1357

3 жыл бұрын

And the reptilians of Alpha 9 will invade next. My friend did you listen to this episode.... everyone Latin, greek Arab Norman got along and created a super state. You have nothing to be ashamed of

@ninas992

3 жыл бұрын

You should be proud! What a history!

@loods2215

3 жыл бұрын

Non sono siciliano ma ti capisco bello

@giorgiociaravolol1998

3 жыл бұрын

@@loods2215 grazie fra

It's like one of those times during CK2 play through, when Portugal for no reason gets Finland. This time Norway got Sicily and southern Italy. Why not.

@sharkygames9633

3 жыл бұрын

the Normans scandinavian traditions stuck with them even if they were frenchified so the warrior culture never died!

@sodinc

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharkygames9633 and this way sicilian mafia was born

@edenx9570

3 жыл бұрын

Francia*

Anyone else wanting an Assassin's Creed in Norman Sicily now?

@tayduatrinhcoi

3 жыл бұрын

I can see it becoming an expansion for Valhalla but otherwise they may run into repetitive setting with Sicily being Italian (AC2) with Muslim presence (AC1) and Byzantine influence (Revelation).

@winzyl9546

2 жыл бұрын

No

@emlmm88

Жыл бұрын

@@tayduatrinhcoi Yeah but that shit's cool though, and unlike the flavor of the month stuff, it's actually distinctive to assassins creed. I feel like more AC games should be set in the Mediterranean and Middle-East

Moderating is my least favorite thing in the world, don't make me moderate :-)

@andreaspapachristos5947

3 жыл бұрын

Please cover the first Punic war

@mdmiloy5897

3 жыл бұрын

A ottoman vidio please. And reply please.

@mdmiloy5897

3 жыл бұрын

Please reply

@andreaspapachristos5947

3 жыл бұрын

@@mdmiloy5897 they have already did many videos of the ottoman history

@lowenergyvideos4658

3 жыл бұрын

Buddy I had to purge my discord of alt righters ive known for years yesterday....they did not go down without a fight. It got brutal, they used links...LINKS! Anyway I feel ya dwag, hope this video doesn't bring out the big brains...

Wow, this is interesting. Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Muslims living in a tolerant country and are pretty okay with each other... (But not for long) I need to know more about Ancient Sicily under Roger II.

@Nero-ho6gt

3 жыл бұрын

@@hockeyh *a foreigner with no stake in the dominance of the peoples of Sicily

@privatebaldric8767

3 жыл бұрын

@@MudHut67 Sad, but true. Historical "religious tension" tended to be a bit worse than offensive tweets or hurtful words. Anything short of mass deportation or genocide probably wasn't even worth writing down by contemporary sources.

@assylbekkossov6955

3 жыл бұрын

@@savioblanc those taxes are not really bad if you consider that in exchange your son will not be drafted into army during the war.

@ernisupriani9270

3 жыл бұрын

@@savioblanc yeah yeah just talk about Jizya to discredit the Muslim civilization and forgeting how taxes work in mid ages. Jizya is communal taxes per family based and the standard taxes that use in the Catholic europe is communal taxes per individual based tax. Thats is why the tax in Islamic based rule is more cheaper than in Catholic kingdom that time at least until the renesaince came.

@cantbetamed2210

3 жыл бұрын

​@@MudHut67 I think it's possible for the three religions to be tolerant with each other on today's standards. I mean, India is a melting pot of different religions but I've known Muslims, Hindus, Christian, and Sikhs that get along fine. Though there are extremists now and then (as always) Dunno about Europe though especially since Islamophobia and several attacks on religion are on the rise there.

The Kingdom of Sicily was such a fascinating medieval state but is unfortunately commonly overlooked compared to its contemporaries. Italians, Lombards, Greeks, Arabs, Normans, Germans - the cultural scene of Sicily was so dynamic and diverse. Thanks for doing such an excellent video on them!

@cramw139

3 жыл бұрын

And later, catalans, spanish, germans...

@aghoranand9750

3 жыл бұрын

Under the mighty Norman Vikings.. things would not have been same as France. Would arabs or anybody else dare say things or do things against the wish of those mighty Vikings? Read their personal bibliography. Some of them personally mentioned by the contemporary historians describe them mighty God like.. One description I recall..where the contemporary person... Would call that Viking king as powerful as he would cause 10,000 men to flight in sherer terror with his mere roar. We are talking about a race that was perhaps unimaginable for the current Era's human mind and conception . That mighty race has long disappeared .. maybe these Vikings were the same as those nephilims mentioned in Bible ( not 100% true yet relatable) - heroes of yore , men of renown. Similar descriptions like that attributed Vikings is also attributed to those nephilims.

@thezeitos469

3 жыл бұрын

@@MudHut67 yes because a state in the medieval times can that easily compared to a modern nation :^)

@arx3516

3 жыл бұрын

Lonbards and Italians had already become the same thing by that time.

@LeHappiste

Жыл бұрын

@@tibsky1396 Yeah, this tendency to link 11th century Normans with vikings in the English speaking world (even on this channel) is really annoying. I blame the Anglo world's obesession with vikings. Mid 10th century Normans barely had any ties with vikings anymore, so let's not even talk about mid 11th century (1050s and 1060s) ones... They were like 90% French and 10% Norse genetically, and culturally they were even less Nordic than that. As for Normans in Sicily in the late 11th century and early 12th century, they'd be mainly French and Italian, with a very negligible amount of Nordic heritage.

Norman Sicily: Cultural and Science victory

@jacopofolin6400

3 жыл бұрын

@MU’TAZILA ISLAM - المعتزلة no, they only reorganized the farming sistem

@marksmang894

3 жыл бұрын

@MU’TAZILA ISLAM - المعتزلة Much of the Arab advancement was owed to the Greeks, Copts and Persians.

@marksmang894

3 жыл бұрын

@I NSA yeah no shit. But "Arab culture" was influenced by those groups I mentioned.

@jordanfenose8554

3 жыл бұрын

Y'all reading way too much into a Civ joke

@hattorihaso2579

3 жыл бұрын

@@marksmang894 stop being so angry

I think I can confidently say, these are my favorite videos and this is my favorite channel on KZread. I love history and I'm totally fascinated with certain topics like transitional periods between major empires, places that were like cultural crossroads, etc. Most of these videos I watch, I'll know a little bit about it, but these videos fill in a lot of blanks. And for some reason, knowing bits and pieces of a story and then getting the blanks filled in and seeing everything in context and perspective when all the pieces come together is one of those extra satisfying/gratifying feelings. I always get home from work and intend to watch videos for a minute while I take my medicine and it kicks in, but I always end up watching history videos for hours.

I am Lebanese and our culture is extremely similar to the one from sicily and southern Italy . Not only that , our features , our food . So thank you for explaining this historically . Clearly we were part of the roman Empire too (-: but we ae so alike Southern Italians . Your map also explains clearly the difference between North and South Italy , very different .

As an italian with sicilian grandparents I am just about to cry at the end of the video. As epic as always. Will you cover the reign of Frederik II?

@milesludi2053

3 жыл бұрын

That is good point in history to analyse. Great choice.

@manuelapollo7988

3 жыл бұрын

@@milesludi2053 stupor mundi! There is a great book about Frederik II written by Ernst Kantorowicz, who was a great german-jew historian (he was famous to have given a famous speech in Berkley University, because in full maccarthism the university asked to swear an oath against communism. Since also Hitler and Mussolini asked university teachers to swear an oath of loyalty, he was very much against it and for that he lost his position).

@reesehendricksen1871

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, which Friedrich II, von Hohenstaufen or von Hohenzollern? Ie “Satan Spawn” or Friedrich der Grosse?

@milesludi2053

3 жыл бұрын

@@reesehendricksen1871 probably Federico II di Svevia/ Frederik II of Hohenstaufen, King of Sicily, duke of Swabia, king of Romans, Imperator of the Holly Roman Empire. That man was enlightened. Diplomacy and culture (he founded the first University of Naples. He himself was a poet too). The Sicilian that was used by him will be the first step toward Italian, for example.

@reesehendricksen1871

3 жыл бұрын

@@milesludi2053 how he was treated by the Papacy cemented my distain for it as an institution during the era. At every moment it chose to do what was arrogant and foolhardy, most of all working against Friedrich II. Though I do love knowing his personal guards were Muslims because they wouldn’t gave a crap about the Pope’s ravings to kill the man. I love that he also won a crusade while Excommunicated, and without fighting a battle, just through diplomacy.

Finally, some more coverage on this topic!

Please let the narrator say,"Here lies anna.." in a foreign language. It always sounds so epic when he reads some ancient quotes.

@eljanrimsa5843

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if he can do Arabic

@fathfez7991

3 жыл бұрын

@@eljanrimsa5843 Yeah his Arabic pronunciation is not strong but at least it brings up the atmosphere

Why break your head in history books when you have This Time Machine Great work

@fathfez7991

3 жыл бұрын

@@scintillam_dei Those are... actually good reasons

I watch you on Sundays because I can't watch that much epic content on work days. Congrats to the entire K&G team for being this excellent.

As a Sicilian this is why I choosed to learn Arabic, Greek, English and Spanish besides my native languages: Sicilian and Italian.

@nicks0alive

Жыл бұрын

Have you thought of Maltese? Ima sicilian and I am learning it.

@justauser3553

Жыл бұрын

@@nicks0alive That's interesting as well, it will be the next step

@nicks0alive

Жыл бұрын

@@justauser3553 sweet, good luck👌

Very interesting. I’d also be interested in the early, Greek, history of Sicily and Southern Italy, and the Kingdom of Morea.

I'm weirdly so happy for you guys that you are almost at 1.6 mil. Been here since 300k and loved every one of your videos. Keep up the good work! This is what the history channel should have been.

The Hohenstaufens (some of them) were friendly to the non-Catholics. In fact, Fredredick the II of this house was very friendly to the Muslims and Orthodoxs.

@zodd0001

3 жыл бұрын

He deported the last muslims from Sicily to Lucera but not becuase of muslims but because they were rebels. Anyway he followed using them in the army.

@angusyang5917

Жыл бұрын

Because Frederick II had a lot of beef with the pope, these non-Catholics, particularly the Muslims of Lucera, Italy, were an important power base. In fact, Frederick II liked to use Muslim soldiers, particularly archers, in his armies, because the pope couldn't excommunicate people who were already outside the church. Ultimately it was the Angevin king Charles II who ended the Muslim presence in the Mezzoriogno, and the Spanish Inquistion would finish them off in Sicily itself.

I just LOVE these videos, they are incredibly well done.

The amount of quality videos your channel can produce is out of this world

Was eagerly waiting for this one. Needless to say I wasn't disappointed. Amazing art and illustrations!

As a sicilian, I can't wait to watch the old history of my people

19:54 The kingdom of the two Sicilies falls in 1860. The next year the kingdom of Sardinia takes officially the name of "Regno d'Italia". 1870 is the year of the "breccia di Porta Pia", the conquest of what was left of the Papal States after the campaigns of 1859-60, Rome included. In 1871 Rome becomes the capital

man, the animations and quality just keeps getting better. You guys are the premier history documentary channel in my books. Excellent content, unbiased and researched well, with great production quality.

This episode was amazing! I feel inspired to visit Palermo (after covid is done offcourse) Thanks you for all the hard work you put in to these series!

The history of Sicily could teach many things to the world. It could be a source for infinite series, movies, stories and so on.

Sicily and Armenian Cilicia were some of the most interesting states in Medieval History.

@danendraaryadewa5455

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, whats up with armenian cilicia? Were they fleeing from armenia proper or were they there the whole time?

@SamAronow

3 жыл бұрын

@@danendraaryadewa5455 The Armenian people were much more widespread before the genocide. There are still Armenian communities in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.

@user-jz7pq7iz8h

3 жыл бұрын

@@danendraaryadewa5455 he came to cilicia after the fall of armenia from seljuks.

@trevorjames9366

3 жыл бұрын

and ancient history as well, they have both long been important crossroads of Mediterranean travel

@nihad6552

3 жыл бұрын

Armenian aren't history !

Very touching episode .. A glance over history from a different perspective .. Thanks again for an excellent episode

This channel always comes out with such premium content.

Great video as usual, keep up K&G"s 👍🏼

I already know this is gonna be real good

Another great video King’s and generals. It’s the highlight of my week keep them coming!

Wow, you folks are on a roll. Great content these last couple of weeks.

The art on this chanel is always amazing. I never understood how you can upload so frequently with this kind of quality content and art. There must be some really talented artists working in the chanel 👍

@penguasakucing8136

3 жыл бұрын

They have several teams working at once, each having their own artstyle - some excellent, some pretty good, and notably there is one which art is rough

@philip2009

3 жыл бұрын

@@patricianoftheplebs6015 seems legit

Excellent, the "Two Kingdoms of Sicily". Normans are so interesting

@hexa-kun4654

3 жыл бұрын

The name "Two Sicilies" originated from the partition of the medieval Kingdom of Sicily. Until 1285, the island of Sicily and the Mezzogiorno (Southern Italy) were constituent parts of the Kingdom of Sicily. As a result of the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282-1302), the King of Sicily lost the Island of Sicily (also called Trinacria) to the Crown of Aragon, but remained ruler over the peninsular part of the realm. Although his territory became known unofficially as the Kingdom of Naples, he and his successors never gave up the title "King of Sicily" and still officially referred to their realm as the "Kingdom of Sicily". At the same time, the Aragonese rulers of the Island of Sicily also called their realm the "Kingdom of Sicily". Thus, there were two kingdoms called "Sicily": hence, the Two Sicilies.

@carveraugustus3840

3 жыл бұрын

@@hexa-kun4654 fair fair I'd forgotten about Sicilian Vespers and Charles of Anjou

just wanted to say. Im so thankful for you guys. Ive learned so much .

When you see how briefly some of these great civilizations shined and how long the legacy they left behind lasted it gives you some new perspective on your own country.

K&G always making my days after work a lot better.

@TankYouMuchDSNick

3 жыл бұрын

At Work for me lol

Norman Sicily documentaries are always a win

Thank you for the video.

Great upload as always.

Very Nice vídeo!

History is so interesting.

These days whenever I read something the voice is narrated by you devin I like you and learn so much from this channel

Great video thank you again

As a Sicilian, thank you. You relly did this wonderful Island justice.

@emlmm88

Жыл бұрын

It's such a shame that Sicilians are grouped in so interchangibly with other Italians when the richness of the history and culture of Sicily is like a country in itself.

WTH is wrong with you guys? I haven't finished "Roman Conquest of Greece" yet! Gimme some time!

@umarfauzi7008

3 жыл бұрын

That's one way of expressing amazement at K&G's incredible production speed

@NaeemKhademi

3 жыл бұрын

don't blame anyone but yourself! you'll have to do your K&G homework more frequently :)

@vikingdemonpr

3 жыл бұрын

I watched that in one sitting. Couldn't get off my seat.

very good info that we need

Too nice historic video with clear explaining of events with movements of struggles power's in that time thanks for sending

I'm from Iraq Baghdad and I took a DNA test and was surprised to find that some of my DNA is from Sicily, I always wondered how? Maybe this is it :P

French Vikings from Italy 😂

@sodinc

3 жыл бұрын

greek-writing arab-ruling french vikings from Italy

@StopFlaggingVideos

3 жыл бұрын

reality can be stranger than fiction

@georgebaccett9951

3 жыл бұрын

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

@robertoprestigiacomo253

3 жыл бұрын

I'm Sicilian and I moved to Denmark in 2016. Nobody believes me when I say we somewhat kind of have Viking ancestry

Amazing work thanks

Just like the story of Basil II I know the story and I know it'll break my heart. Beautiful video as always, made the more lovely by the melancholy. RIP Rogers.

ROMAN EMPIRE: I am proud of you Sicily

@theonlygoodlookinghabsburg2081

3 жыл бұрын

Holy Roman Empire & Eastern Roman Empire: *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEEEE REEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!*

I hope we would see another video about andalousia it seems to have a lot in common with the Sicilian example

Thank you, K&G .

Excellent video !

There's one small mistake I'd like to point out. The north-eastern region of the Iberian Peninsula (modern day Catalonia) is depicted as belonging to the Kingdom of France. By the late IXth century onwards, this region would not be under French rule, and It would be split as the "Catalan Counties" (Barcelona, Urgell, Girona and Cerdanya). Already by 1137 it would be a part of the Crown of Aragon, as is depicted in the later bit of the video. Cheers.

@worsethanjoerogan8061

3 жыл бұрын

They probably simplify the map a bit for aesthetic reasons.

@albertocruzado2899

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a simplification, as they were technical vassals of the French kings, but to that point, it was little more than a technicality

@cramw139

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, and Navarra the basque country and Rioja weer certainly not aragoneese. Saluts desde Barcelona!

@Velkan1396

3 жыл бұрын

@@worsethanjoerogan8061 I don't rlly buy it. For once oversimplification is a thing. And there are other smaller regions in the map, that are accurately portrayed. It's not a huge deal anyway

Fun fact: there's an opera 'King Roger' about Roger II by Karol Szymanowski.

Good new infos thanks king ❤💙

Amazing video!

Amazing video as always, i always loved the history of Norman Sicily and it's great that the topic is getting some attention. Though i do have one criticism for the ending. The Sicilian melting pot didn't end with the Hautevilles and its culture kept flourishing for half a century longer. The son of Constance and Henry VI, later Emperor Frederick II (also known as Stupor Mundi, Wonder of the World) was much like his ancestor King Roger II. He was born in Italy and would spend much of his life there, even after ascending as Emperor of the HRE. He could speak at least 6 languages fluently, including Arabic, and had a great respect for their culture, even becoming friends with the Sultan of Egypt al-Kamil It was with him that the golden age of Sicily would end, as his successors would find themselves overwhelmed by Anjou and Aragonese invasions. (Little extra fun fact: Frederick had a passion for falconry (even wrote a book on it) and birds in general, so at some point in his life, al-Kamil gifted him what we today know to have been a Cockatoo from as far as New Guinea/Australia, the first time Europeans would see that bird for the next 200 years at least!)

I can't believe I lived 25 years, a 30 minute flight from Sicily, and I never got to know how rich and mixed Sicilian and Northern Algerian history and culture are.

@tareksadmi7153

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaif7327 haha You're right. I just checked it's 1H15 minutes.

@AlbertManiscalco

2 жыл бұрын

More like Tunisia than Algeria

Always the best!

OOOooooo I have been waiting for this one! Sicily is seen by some people as one of the few medieval kingdoms that didn't TOTALLY suck in Europe....that is all hell of wrong, just ask any peasant. But it did seem like one of the better places to check out with the old time machine and universal translator.

you could talk about the period of "feudal anarchy" in Italy between 800 and 900. Although it is unknown, it is fundamental because it generated the municipalities and prevented the birth of a feudal monarchy.

@giorgiociaravolol1998

3 жыл бұрын

Si tanto fico zio

@micheleori1644

3 жыл бұрын

@Marcelo Henrique Soares da Silva I speak of the north west of Italy, the part that was conquered by Charlemagne. The Lombards also conquered the south but for political reasons the southern duchies became independent after the conquest of the Franks. The north resumed under the kingdom of Italy but with the lack of a strong monarchy and the rebellions of the northern duchies made it impossible to create a solid state. This led to the re-annexation to the empire and the birth of municipalities.

@MG-mt3ss

3 жыл бұрын

@@micheleori1644 This was most likely a result due to the creation of the Papal States, in which the papacy sought to divide the Italian peninsula to prevent a single Lombard kingdom from ruling the whole peninsula, as the Franks accomplished in Gaul.

Awesome! The Normans are so interesting.

Wow this is the first time I have been in a Kings and Generals video this early.

Excellent video! Sicily's history is such a fascinating and underrated one. I wonder if you will next talk about the famous reign of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen over Sicily. This king was very ahead of his time, in terms of religious tolerance and scientific research.

@Philipp.of.Swabia

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, many people seem to ignore him, sadly also this video, at the end it seems like the Hohenstaufen oppressed everyone, while in real life they continued Rogers legacy. When Charl de Anjou took over in Sicily, THEN the deportations of Muslims began.

10 hours old and i didn't notice until i have to leave for work, fml. But hey, great video even though i never clicked play

I absolutely love your channel thank you thank you thank you you are awesome

I've heard a lot of great things about how unique Norman Sicily was and now I have a better idea of what. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

Will you make a sequel on the Hohenstaufen era in Sicily?

Sicily. Its central location in the Med was geopolitically significant. And Syracuse was its capital. Look at the seige of that city in the Peloponnesian war, and the careers of Agathocles, who invaded Africa, Dionysius who also controlled S Italy Pyrrhus who came from the Balkans to Tarentum and then to Sicily, and much later, Charles of Anjou who dominated parts of S Italy and Greece - until being undone by the rebellion of the Sicilian Vespers

@MELKORBAOUGLIR

3 жыл бұрын

And Timoleon of Corinth. That guy was special.

@jabronjunklove760

3 жыл бұрын

I rode on a Sicilian Vesper once. It got good gas mileage.

Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.

As a lifelong student of history I love these videos/documentaries. Also, tolerant societies frequently are economically successful: doing well by doing good.

Normans in sicily by john julius norwich is a must read book for this topic!!!

@michaelcorleone5556

3 жыл бұрын

When it comes to facts the book is excellent. However his anti-Catholic bias does come out quite a bit. Other than that it is a great read.

There's a mistake. The Kingdom of the two Sicilies ceased to exist in 1861 and not in 1871. It surrendered the 17th of February 1861 and the Kingdom of Italy was proclaimed the 17th of March 1861.

Thanks for making. So interesting. Any chance you can do one on Frederick II?

great video

19:47 Byzantine empire still stands from 1300-1800 What could have been -_-

Am I to conclude that the primary use of the intellect in ruling rather than the sword made Roger the..erm...new Norman?

The story of Roger de flor is also incredible

Inconceivable!!!

“Little” event known as the first crusade. Oh the irony