Norman Conquest of Sicily - full documentary
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2020
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I feel like I just took a semester of crusades history in 1 hr and 12 mins. Such great content !!!!!
Same! And without commie indoctrination like at universities!
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.
Just found out that Roger de Hauteville is my direct ancestor! I can trace their lineage to 670ad in Norway.
👍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.
@@asbelhomeowner6615 Santa Clause
@@asbelhomeowner6615 Um, he probably has close to a billion living descendants. 🤣🤣
oh really because normans were danes lol quit lying@@asbelhomeowner6615
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.
Why is your hair color related to this ?
@@javier6926 Because red hair and blue eyes in Sicily are thought to be from the Normans and Lombards.
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.
@@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!
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.
History is fascinating and surpasses almost any fantasy. Thank's a lot for your contributions of these important and clarifying videos.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have a coin of William ii 1166 a Norman ruler of Sicily in the 12th century
Well, My birthday is coming up...
Nice item, are you heppy with it?
Sure wish I had that!
Do you stroke it in your dark watery cave, whispering precious again and again?
Baltic ?
this whole story would make such a good trilogy of movies...hope one day they make it
I want to make that!
Count Roger's story was amazing! Wow!
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.
My father’s family is from Italy. My moms side has Irish Norman roots. This is a great documentary.
Great ancestry! And thanks!
How the hell is there only 400 likes on this???
Keep working brother the numbers will go up to a million likes in time!🤘🏻
So well put together, enjoyable listening and learning about the rise these Two Great Norman Battle Lords ☆☆☆☆☆
thanks!
I love your longer videos they are the best!!
keep up the good work and stay safe in these unsure times
Bravo! Thank You, Sir.
You are welcome!
Great presentation as always!!!!
Wonderful narrative, thank you Sir! 🙏🏾😎🔥
Well done documentary. ❤️
Excellent as always !
Thanks RCH. Please keep the content coming. We need content to consume!!!!
We, the normans are an incredible people
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
Fascinating. So well done!
Your narration is excellent and the quality of your content is very good, thx🖒 .. cA
Thank you very much!
Found your channel thanks to itallian spartacus on ck3 , now time for some crusade history.
Welcome aboard!
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. : )___ ~~
Outstanding quality video as always. It's been a great 15 years watching your stuff, RealCrusades!
Much appreciated!
THIS WAS AMAZING
Thanks!
Normans are the best !! Wish I was one
It's because they came from Scandinavia - mainly Denmark 😁😁
Thanks from my holy country Normandy
Excellent thank you so much. .
Your guitar rifts and the presentation are really lovely.
In 1960 a construction company destroyed serlos rock which is extremely sad
That is extremely sad
That’s awful
dude wot..and how did italy let this happen?
I love a happy ending.
This is easily One of the best history channels out there
These Norman names are still common in south Italy. I have family with the surname tankredi, ruggiero and so on
Good work, thank you.
I just love this channel! 💯💯💜💜
I appreciate that
Very interesting!! Learned a lot!!
Great Job!
Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much for your vids, they are very well done. I am glad I found your channel!! 👍
Glad you like them!
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.
Marvelous documentary
Excellent job. Good, clear, meaningful explanation.
Glad it was helpful!
My math teacher (90s Athens) was called Andreas Maniakes. He used to say he had very old roots but I was ignorant then.
45:00 Salermo's Rock was destroyed by a construction company in 1970s
I cant find any pictures of it though :(
This is a fantastic piece of history.👊🏻🇺🇸🍻
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...
I enjoyed learning about Roger I.
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.
Oh those quirky Normans. Always conquering stuff.
Thanks!
You did a great job narrating! It's not hard to tell that you're a Robert E. Howard fan.
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.
The 'pigeon tactic' seems to have been used everywhere...the tarantulas though, only the Normans, lol.
"Go south until the men speak Italian, then continue until they speak something else(Greek)." Balian of Ibelin to the English King...
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 !
The Normans they did excellent things in the south of Italy and special in Sicily
The Normans did excellent things in southern Italy, especially Sicily.
Vikings were proper hardcore
At that time, they hadn't been Vikings for a moment. Or at least, they were Franco-Norses.
@@tibsky1396 Same people though, they also took over Russia, led the crusades, took over Britain and Ireland - basically changed world history
@@tibsky1396 just norses thanks
@@christophedel2642 Tu dis des conneries.
christian vikings yea, just like richard
Who's this Roger guy 😆😆 actually one of the best I've seen, took it all in so 👍👍
Wow!!
Never mind.
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)
Next teutonic knights for the last crusade in sicily 1230-1247 .sicily is christian.and european land.
Yes indeed... forever
..dude what? teutonic knight crusade on sicily? when
the hautvilles were just blessed with a lot of excellent sons didn't they
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!
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
You using one of the TOTAL WAR games to create the battle re-simulation cinematics?
i love how a lot of the footage is from Medieval 2 total war (love that game)
Raise your Hand if you wished you could have played this in Age of Empires!!!!!
Lady Lacrimal which campaign was it? I don’t remember anything for the Norman conquest of Sicily.
@@historicalminds6812 I'm sorry but I was hoping to find out if there was a campaign from other listeners lol.
I had to edit to say "I wish we could have played.."
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.
@@historicalminds6812 Thanks, I wish this was a campaign when I played AOE back in the day.
Who was king of Sicily Tancred when did he come in to the picture.
wonderful romance in first half/ spectacular castle at 38.55 /love gift of four camels to amazed pope/ serlo rock with its cross
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
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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!!!
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
@@meep3035 if this time was under alexios komnenos the first 1 Sicily would be under Byzantine hands 😒😒 Constantine the 9 was trash
Vae Victis. No one wants to hear your sob story, every human and whomever he descends from has one.
Normans in Sicily, Portugal, the Holy Land and Hastings. Everywhere normans! Just how many were they?
Lots
They were around and mixed in with local populations. The Normans were usually smaller in numbers but fierce and battle tested.
And in North of France given to them by the Pope.. that's why was called Normandy
From there invaded Britain
@@enricomanno8434 not by the pope but king of france
@@christophedel2642 Yes indeed.. and also by the Pope.. that's why the Normans build beautiful cattidrals and churches.
Roger jarl of sicily
7:24 so that’s where the term “Byzantine Politics” comes from
After doing my family tree and following my DNA these are my Ancesters
The OG FOX
People have no clue how important Germanic influence throughout Christindom was over the centuries.
32:35 Im trying to imagine what a wonderful relationship these two had!
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.
Russo it means red.. nothing to do with the Russians
@@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.
@@ricciluigi2592 You are correct. After 1066 some Anglo-Saxons migrated to Constantinople to join the Emperors Varangian Guards!
The name Roussos and Rousso are are common in Greece
@@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
I'm more interested in Gary's all-you-can-eat conquest of the Pasta bar.
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
My man is literally playing mount and blade.
As a tunisian, this is very interesting. I think we are the country with the history that has been the most overlooked.
Really compared to your domari indian histories yours seem well represented.
Frankly I'm from finland. I'm Scandia
What game is in the video ?
Looks to me like some of the total wars, certainly medieval 2. Possibly Attila with a mod?
Medieval 2
24:50 Robert Guiscard
How long did Palermo remain the jewel of the Mediterranean after the vikings took it?
The "Normans" Were french, from Normady . Their language were french d'oil. Their leaders were Robert le guiscard ( the astute ) and Roger. Their family name was: -Hauteville, Altavilla in italiano.
@@Francesco1044 in Normandia si erano insediati 3 secoli prima.,caprone ignorante, si erano mescolati con chi vi risiedeva e ne avevano condiviso la lingua Langue d'oil. PRIMA dll'impresa in Sicilia dalla normadia Guiilemm ( Guglielmo il conquistatore, William I the conqueror ) sbarcò in Inghilterra e nella battaglia di Hastings sconfisse l'ultimo re sassone di quel paese Harold. Ebbe così inizio la monarchia dei Plantagenetes ( Plantageneti ) . La lora lingua era la Langue d'oil, da cui deriva il francese moderno. Lingua che fu parlata alla corte inglese fino al regno di Enrco IV 1404. Ma veniamo ai Normanni di Sicilia.
Il loro luogo di origine era Hauteville Guichard vicino a Caen. Altavilla in italiano. Da lì un gruppo di una cinquantina di armati partì per unirsi alla crociata in palestina. I loro capi erano due fratelli Robert, detto le Guiscard ( guiscardo , l'astuto ), e Roger. Durante il viaggio verso Brindisi per imbarcarsi sulle navi dirette in terra santa, fecero tappa ad Amalfi, sotto assedio dei saraceni. I normanni si unirono agli amalfitani e sconfissero i saraceni. A quei tempi l'Italia meridionale nominalmente era sotto il dominio bizantino, di fatto però era in preda all'anarchia ed esposta alle incursioni saracene. Robert e Roger si unirono alle forze cristiane, che il paoa, Leone ....( non mi ricordo il numero ) aveva organizzato per respingere gli islamici dal paese. I normanni dimostrarono il loro valore, e il papa li incaricò di liberare la Sicilia dagli arabi. In cambio sarebbero diventati Re dell'isola. Nel frattempo Roberto il guiscardo era morto, fu così Ruggero a compiere l'impresa. Vi riuscì e divenne Ruggero I re di Sicilia, dando inizio alla dinastia degli Altavilla, vi furono altri 3 Ruggeri. L'ultimo il IV non ebbe figli maschi, na una femmina Costanza d'Altavilla. Costei si sposò con Corrado ( Konrad ) IV Hohenstauffen Gebeleingen. Figlio di federico I Barbarossa, imperatore del Sacro romano Impero. Dal loro matrimonio,,a Iesi,,durante il viaggio di ritorno dalla Svevia ( germania ) nacque Friedrich ( Federico ). Divenuto l'imperatore, Federico II del sacro romano impero, e re di Sicila tramite la madre. Se ti interessa potrei raccontarti il seguito, della lite fra Federico II e il Papa, del periodo Angioino e di quello Aragonese. Ma ritorniamo al punto.
I Normanni di Siicilia venivano dal nord della Francua la loro lingua era la Langue d'oli, la stessa dei plantageneti. Durante il regno degli Altavilla in Sicila gli arabi che ne erano stati cacciati furono sostituiti da popolazioni della penisola, soprattutto dalla liguria, e da francesi. I cognomi Genovese, Savona, Spezia sono cognomi comuni in Sicilia ma non in Liguria, come Baudo, Carella e Riina, di chiara origine francese sono ora cognomi siciliani. Con questi coloni arrivarono in Sicilia anvhe i trovatiri ( troubiers ) occitani che furono fonte di ispirazione per poeti e scrittori italiani, fra i quali Dante e Giacomo da Lentini, l'inventore del sonetto, ispirato dalle Chansons dei Troubiers ( trovatori ).
Come avrebbe detto Robert le guiscard.
Adieu mom ami.
Not really the normans have Scandinavian roots and it is for this reason they are not big loosers like frenchies
Cope harder lol This was only 100 years after rollo converted, genes dont go away in 100 years 😂 If normans were french whyd philip 2 of france feel need to bakstab richard 😂 They were more of danes than french during this time, just like william who was son of half dane king and full dane norman woman herlava (norse name)
most importantly they were catholic lol
they were northern european thats for sure lol
Maniakus. Is that where we get the word "maniac"?
No relation what so ever
finally a gentlemanesk war story
they did not lose moral. they lost the fella that paid them. "we outta here!"
Just imagine fighting Varangians AND Normans AND Greeks AND Bulgars. That would royally suck
So are they Sicilian or, Iranian
Arabian or Italian my question?
By the way modern Italians are a mixture of: Romans + Germanic Tribes (Lombards, Ostrogoths, Herulos and Normans).
And Jews and arabs and Celts
"Italy and Greece" is a clear genetic marker, and would apply to most of Italy. The north was Romanized Gauls.
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
Modern Italians are a mix of Romans, other italic peoples, germanic tribes, Greeks and celts
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.
I mean honestly the more I learn about the Byzantines the more surprised I am they lived longer than 30 minutes ....
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.