The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194 by John Julius Norwich

The Normans in Sicily #2

The Kingdom in the Sun, 1130-1194

John Julius Norwich

474 pages 1976

5 editions

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When on Christmas Day, 1130, Roger de Hauteville was crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was fantastically cosmopolitan; a...

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