Norman Kingdom in Italy - Animated Historical Medieval 4k DOCUMENTARY
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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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Amazing
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.
We are amazighs not berbers!!
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: kzhead.info/sun/htKdh9CRoWuwhIU/bejne.html
Make video on mughal Empire
"Welcome to Italy, we have Greek Romans, German Romans, Muslims, and the Pope. Who would you like to fight?" "Yes."
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 ????
@@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.
@@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
@@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.
@@zippyparakeet1074 It's funny that the great byzantine emperors always appear to fix a crisis but not in time to prevent one
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
Normans placed kin above everything else -- usually. I agree, pretty cool.
I dont plan on killin my brother tho?
That’s because you and your brother aren’t in a power struggle
@@polarbear6479 yes we is how come he got the prime time new spot
@@polarbear6479 power struggles for the remote can be brutal
As someone who just finished his 45 page Senior Project on Norman Sicily, this video is much appreciated!
If only it had come out a little sooner!
Damn, 45 pages as for a senior project? That's sick. What was the occasion?
What sources did you use? I have the three books and can’t find much and always look for more
@@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!
@@senseishu937 Every Senior in my college was required to pick a topic and write a 45 page paper as a requirement to graduate
What an epic, adventurous and bloody history the normans gave us. Such an interesting odissey
Just letting you know you misspelled odyssey 😊
Bloody, ruthless, genocidal, Just your typical Knights.
Plz can you clear the genetic,social and cultural relation between Scythians,goths,Germanic tribes and normans?
@malikmurtaza2708 no all people is the same
@@frankibianchi6188No we are not
The conquest of Sicily is so underrated. They had to win every battle or be crushed. Yet, somehow they succeeded. Against all odds.
he forgot half the battles details like misilmeri, palmero or when one of big muslim naval commander died in naval battle but i think he covered lot of things spot on in just 1 and half hour
@@bruhmcchaddeus413 yeah man. it's pretty hard to fit it all in!
It’s a shame that documentaries of this caliber aren’t common on TV anymore.
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
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”
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
he was from giske, an island close to haram (ålesund) where i was born and lived half my life :-)
He was a Christian
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
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
@@bruhmcchaddeus413 Calling all Vikings "Danish" is a mite naïve when many Vikings were Bretons or Moors.
Robert Guiscard is the true Total War player while everyone else was playing CK2
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.
I remember JJ Norwich describing her in his books as 'The nearest thing history has ever given us to a real life Valkyrie.'
What a badass holy shit
I remember using her as one of my generals in my CK2 😳
Judith d'evreux was badass too
@@bengoloitachi2565 who was that? Any link to further info?
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.
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.
Invaded Byzantium but it got real messy ..
Decided against having Greek spaghetti
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@@ethansmith8813 Alexios Kommenos clapped back heavy
Normans ran out of troops to levy
This is legitimately one of the best channels on youtube
better than netflix
well said mr. ambatukam
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.
"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.
@@promecio8085Sounds more like America
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.
Scipio Africanus was probably watching from his grave hoping he doesn’t have to climb out and avenge Cannae a 2nd time
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.
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.
And Venice/ ,HRR -1806 , Kingdom Austria 1918
Also the Sicilian Norman’s are far more interesting than William the conqueror in my opinion.
@@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)
Southern history is often overlooked
This is awesome. The Normans were badass conquerors, from England to Sicily.
They were scumbags, nothing more.
@@neilog747you sound like a Saxon
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
More correctly Frankish as were most noble houses in northern Italy except for the ones of Longobard origin.
rogers brothers son bohemond himself carried 60% of first crusade lol
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 🤝
The brothers getting mad, besieging their cities and capturing each other only to forgive each other was true siblings feuding at its best.
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
That's really cool
*after years of fighting in Sicily* Hauteville brothers: we got it *Tarantulas appear at the camp* 34:00 Hauteville brothers: I’m outta here
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.
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.
As a Sicilian, it's really nice to see you guys covering this!
U watched Gomorrah?
@@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.
@@FrancescoBosco12 it good show tho, everyone should watch it Good family fun for all ages, two thumbs up Is my take
I'm a British Norman watching this like damn my people were crazy
@@michaelvilliers266 that doesn't count, they aren't 'your people'. This fellow is actually from Sicily. God damn anglos
The narrator for K&G was born for this job. Well done!
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!
You guys haven't stoped getting better, been here since 200k subs. edit: The fact the normans were founded in 911 hilariously fitting
Ikr when I 1st subscribed to these guys. Bazbattles had way more subscribers.
Oh yeah I was their first sub ever
@@Emanon... they were the terrorising medieval Europe.
"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. 😂
Oh hahaha that's so funny! 😂
Im very Lucky to have the possibility to see the norman's masterpieces every day
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.
I didn't realise this either our ancestors were badass
Awesome bit of European/Mediterranean history that isn't as widely known. Well done K&G, as always!
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The fact that this content is free is absurd. Love this channel!
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
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. 😭
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
This is incredibly well done. This period of history is so interesting, thanks for making this doc.
Will there be a video about Frederik II, Conradin and the Sicilian Vespers? That would be as cool as this video! Great work!
Only if you can pronounce "ciciri".
@@Kaiyanwang82 🤣
I know these are a lot of hard work, so thanks for putting these long format videos out there. Absolutely my favorites.
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. ❤
frederick II is not norman
@@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.
@@kaloarepo288 yet he is not Norman, an interesting Figure
@@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".
@@kaloarepo288 a Person such as Frederic cannot be defined in narrow Terms like norman, he was exceptionel in every Respekt
I have wanted a documentry from this period for so long. Normans were kind of badass.
This is one of the best series you've done. I love hearing about the Normans.
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
Love the longer documentaries. Keep it up, and thank you for your hard work on these!
What a great epic history of the Normans. A Netflix series would be fantastic
Oh god no it wouldn’t they would completely race swap the Normans and then say we are ignorant.
so they can make the Normans black?
Whine whine whine
@@frankibianchi6188 Its time to cast Conan O'brian's pasty ass as Shaka Zulu.
@@Uthandol whine whine whine
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
Every time I see these long ones it makes my day
A fascinating topic! I'm going to visit Castel del Monte near Bari soon ❤
It was made by stauferkönig friedrich II
And once again , am amazing piece of documentary crafted by Kings & Generals...incredible how much Information you guys have..just keep them coming😊😊
Great series!
The Giscard clan makes me want to understand more and more about this amazing family and there political aspirations, the way they conducted business during shifting political alliances is a real masterpiece during a time when everyone fought everyone, seems to me the Eastern Romes were a leage above in deception, scheming and out right assassination, it makes me.proud how this Family stuck together no matter the enemy or the precived friendships
Everyone gangsta until the venomous tarantulas show up.
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! ✝️ :)
That species of tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) isn't even dangerous to humans, the entire panic was just a form of mass hysteria
Thank you for producing such an informative and comprehensive documentary.
This has quickly become my favorite go to history channel
Love love love it! An excellent addition to the list of long documentaries you’ve already released. Thank you K&G!
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@@Zengids1turkmens 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👍🏼
@@YeeeeGreg thank you so much although this comment is kinda late but I really appreciate it thank you again
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.
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.
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.
The best historical doumentary i have ever seen!! Keep going ❤
Very nice! These videos spoil us history buffs! Keep up the amazing work.
The shifting back and forth in the group dynamics with Kai in the mix is a lot of fun
Love your documentaries as always Kings and Generals and Thanks for this amazing video
Now that was a time: you go out as adventurer with a small band of bros, take a job as mobster, security guard or merc here and there, and then start to conquerer your own land and riches. These guys have made themselves living forever.
Thanks for this video - it's fascinating and surprising bit of history that noone seems to know about. You are legends for bringing it to a bigger audience. 😀
This is next level work, thanks a lot for another great journey through history, fantastic content.
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.
Fascinating story and journey, wish they would make a tv series on Norman conquest of south Italy and Sicily
This was awesome!! Great work all around. Artwork, history and narration all excellent. Great topic as well
I really enjoy these long form videos. Not all the time, since its not always easy to have the 2+ hours to watch it. But on occasion its nice to just sit back and dream of conquest. Good stuff as always!
This is why we love the Normans.
This answered soooo many questions! Thank you for the effort put into this video!
This documentary.... Just magnificent.
Once again I just want to say thanks for the great content that you are always putting out.
Wonderful video. Loved every moment of it, even after watching the mini episodes before ❤
This videos answered so many questions! Thx for all the effort put into making it!
The Normans are the unruly/ Christian children of the Vikings. I have always argued that the Vikings are the most influential group of people in European history after the fall of Rome, in European history... the Normans continued their Grandparents legacy well into to the High Middle Ages with as much blood shed and devastation as their Pagan forbearers. It is also said that The Normans were great Churchmen but horrible Christians.. In that the Normans gave huge grants of land and money to Monstic Orders (and also to the Mendicant orders that would later appear) in their kingdoms, while initiating wars of conquest against Christian neighbors where none were spared from sword.
Italian city states were influential
Southern Italy has an interesting history thankyou for posting.🙂
Absolutely amazing work, thank you
Outstanding as always! Thank you for your work.
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.
Such an amazing format! Please do more!!!
Fantastic! This is one of the best I've seen.
This is great !! Kings and generals doing a new big documentary !! Thanks a lot it's Christmas early !! Keep Going on you have my full support
Your work is the best out there man. Thanks for making it
My ancestors are from northern Sicily, love this documentary and i always rewatch it.
One of the best so far! Keep up the good work!
Of course Hardrada is there 😂 What a man.
❤It was these battles and the ones he made with the Seljuks that made Harold consider him the greater threat
Excellent work! Thank you for providing quality historical content!
Excelente documentário !!! É um dos melhores canais de história do KZhead.
Glad to see a video on this period in history
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.
Excellent works as always. I love those long documentaries
oh man you guys do such a good job on these videos
Let's go 🙂😀. We always know there is a lot if time ,money and lot of hard work behind these long videos. We always appreciate your hard work and dedication towards these videos. We love your videos. A huge fan from Sri Lanka ❤️🇱🇰🤝🏴.
Commenting cause you said it would help 😂. Love what you guys do.
Alexios v Bohemond really has a Wiley Coyote v Roadrunner vibe to it
thank you so much for this the hauteville family has always been a great interest of mine