Vikings in Italy: The Norman Kingdom of Sicily
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- The Norman Kingdom of Sicily was founded by the Normans (surprise, surprise) who were ex-vikings that had settled in northern France. You may have heard of the Norman king William the Conqueror who invaded England in 1066. The less famous Normans made it over to Italy and have a fascinating tale of their own.
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The most common name in Sicily and in Southern Italy is Russo, which comes to us via the Byzantine Greek from Rus the word for a Norseman (In French a Norman) The Byzantine language was the one spoken in Sicily when the Vikings from the West first arrived. The Varangian Rus were there 100s of years before them. The Greeks, Sicilians and Arabs called all norsemen Rus. Russo means a member of the Rus and in Scandinavian the word means He Rows or the Men who Row. It is also the only word of Scandinavian origin that the Normans left us in Italy. The Normans were busy translating everything to Latin and writing that word Russo, later Italian writers didn't recognize the word as Greek, thought it to be merely some ignorant Sicilians trying to say Red. The name Russo meant a Norman long long before it ever came to mean a Russian.
I never realised that Byzantium attempted to reconquer southern Italy.
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Oh yeah. They held a lot of the southern Peninsula for a long time.
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They had the whole thing at 1 point. Only parts of the Roman Empire not in Roman hands was France and Britian. But then the Black Death happened and they lost most of it except a bit of North Africa (which the Mislims took off their hands in short order) and southern Italy.
David Kelly wtf? Where did you read that ? They lost it centuries before the Black Death ( 14th century). Perhaps you were referring to the Plague of Justinian.
Always heard of this as just a footnote in the history of the Norman Conquests, but never knew it was such an interesting topic. Thanks for introducing me to this!
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The Normans are one of the greatest warriors of all time. Damn they kicked some ass for a few hundred years.
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Another great video man! I wanted to talk about the Normans in France so I'll definitely link to your video. Almost at 500 subscribers man! You deserve them.
Thank you! Yeah, the Normans are pretty interesting. I just read a book about them and it was wild.
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Hmmm. I know I added it right after the video was released. Maybe it didn’t go through? Thanks for pointing that out! The book is called “The Normans: From Raiders to Kings.” I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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If you are italian and your surname is Russo, Rossi or Rosso, you are descendent of Normans like me
That’s really cool! It’s interesting how names can trace back history.
Russo is Jewish Sicilian Surname.....
It could’ve been adopted maybe? IDK though, I’m not Italian.
Not necessairly as its so common people just took it cause it was a popular last name
I'm italian and this is absolutely a bullshit thing
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Found out about my Italian, and Nordic roots, and wondering if my distant ancestors came from this.
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By the way modern Italians are a mixture of: Romans + Germanic Tribes (Lombards, Ostrogoths, Herulos and Normans).
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I grew up in London but I lived my early childhood in a town in Southern Italy close to Taranto. That's where my parents are from and technically where I'm also from. When I'm older I wanna move to Norway and I at least wanted to see if I had some Scandinavian heritage in me. The Normans were vikings and they settled in Italy. In short words, I most likely have a lot of Scandinavian heritage, which makes me happy considering that I recently switched to the ásatrú religion :)
Edit: btw, my dad has told me that there is a nearby village which takes its name from the Normans and my town was apparently founded in around the 10th century
That’s pretty interesting! Good luck!
@Michele La Mura they were a mix of French and Scandinavian people but they spoke French and mostly followed French. You're just triggered cause you're French yourself 😂
@Michele La Mura btw, even the name "Normandy" comes from the word "Norse". In Old Norse it used to be Norðmaðr
@Michele La Mura De quoi tu parle? Même encore aujourd'hui la mentalité et génétique normande est très forte. Du moins au Québec. And if you don't understand.. well.. Be triggered somewhere else.
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Some more to add about origin of Normans : Odo of France (Eudes de France) succeeded in resisting Viking attacks (Rollo included) and saving Paris in 885 to 886. This more or less influenced Rollo’s decision to settle in Normandy.
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Swabian/Norman king of Sicily, Frederick II called "Stupor Mundi" (wonder of the world); was a charismatic figure of his time (13th century); man of great culture (he spoke six languages including fluent arabic), fond in art, literature, architecture, anatomy and more; even excellent diplomatic and politician! Check on yt: "Frederick II liked a strange, mysteriuos geometry"
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Sicilian norman king Roger II was a cousin of William the Conqueror. Both the norman kingdom of Sicily and of England descended from the House of Hauteville. The Norman kings of England and Sicily maintained close contacts with each other throughout their reigns. They shared information, military support, and political advice. They also intermarried, further strengthening the ties between the two royal houses.
For example, Roger II's daughter, Constance, married Henry II of England in 1156. Their son, Richard the Lionheart, would later become king of England and play a key role in the Third Crusade.
The Norman kings of England and Sicily also supported each other militarily. For example, Roger II sent troops to help William the Conqueror suppress rebellions in England. In return, William the Conqueror sent ships to help Roger II defend Sicily from Arab attacks.
The close relationship between the Norman kings of England and Sicily helped to maintain Norman power in both England and southern Italy for over a century. However, the two kingdoms eventually drifted apart in the 13th century. In 1254, the Hohenstaufen dynasty took over the throne of Sicily, while the Plantagenet dynasty continued to rule England.
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(Anti) pope: "You Want to be King?"
Norman leader of Sicily: *"R O G E R"*
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Normans are really mixed group, they are not really much scandivian as many think they are. There was even a big difference with the previous Frankish invasion: the Norwegian raiders generally came alone in their boats to Normandy. They found everything they were looking for in the raided countries - including women. Very few Norwegian women came to Normandy. Usually the children of the Norse warriors were born to Gallo-Romance mothers, and raised by them while the father was at war far away. It is not surprising that they mostly spoke Romance.
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What about the Norman conquest in Africa
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We Sicilians have Norman(vikings) blood🔝💪
Today, it is in north-west Sicily, around Trapani, Palermo and Agrigento where Norman Y-DNA is the most common, with 8% to 20% of the lineages belonging to haplogroup I1. Ancient and medieval Greek genetic paternal legacy is estimated at 37% in Sicily, and Arab-Berber (Ifriqiya) between 0% and 7,5%. So the greeks are the largest not the Normans. Also the scandivian DNA in the Normans (or viking) is not really that much common as many people think, Normans are more French then Scandivian. In fact, the invading Normans were a minority compared to the native Romance population - just as the Franks had been four and a half centuries earlier. Their fate would be overrun by the natives.
There was even a big difference with the previous Frankish invasion: the Norwegian raiders generally came alone in their boats. They found everything they were looking for in the raided countries - including women. Very few Norwegian women came to Normandy. Usually the children of the Norse warriors were born to Gallo-Romance mothers, and raised by them while the father was at war far away. It is not surprising that they mostly spoke Romance. Even in the Rollonid dynasty, knowledge of Norse died out within a few generations, and by 1066 it was forgotten.
Nevertheless, the Normans left many traces in the local French dialect, and many Norman place names are typically Norse, or Norse-Romance hybrid: Noms et mots d'origine viking en Normandie. scandinave, nordique, noroise (in French).
Also remember that William the Conqueror's invading army was not purely aristocratic. Although the knights were probably of Norse descent, the foot soldiers probably were not
@@ek5891the Normans were not French being the Vikings (Norse) settled in France of the North the so-called Normandy ed being in contact with the French it was normal that they too started to speak French but above all the future generations, the Celts are another people and francs too and see what's there much difference between Gauls (Franks) Bretons and Celts (Anglo-Saxons) and the Scandinavian population (Norse) but if you tell me they spoke French and otherwise Norse and obviously I agree with you but they are not French. However, the Blood dominant (origin) of Sicilian is half Latin and half Viking(Norman)The Vikings were already present in Sicily in 850 AD. and always before like mercenaries hired by Byzantines to remove the DOMINION ARABICNorman name () given to populations who, in the High Middle Ages, they inhabited northern Europe (Swedes, Norwegians, Danes), notes also as Vikings, a term that in reality refers more correctly to the oldest phase (7th-9th sec.)Normans, or "men of North", was the term with which the populations of northern Europe they called the Vikings, that is, the raiders who left with their ships from Norway, from Denmark or from Sweden, to plunder the coasts of Europe. There is therefore no difference between the Viking and Norman terms.I'm Sicilian, I have studied and informed myself before speak and intervene, I have no Arab features neither me nor my parents, we are very light skinned etc.. mine too ancestors and not just us, many too Sicilians they are, there is the famous one legend that the Vikings were there Mostly blond and blue eyed "WRONG" Many Vikings, therefore, they had brown hair, not j hair as blonde as one typically imagines. THE various Norse groups, moreover, were very more isolated from each other than they are thought previously. Just search on reliable sources and find out about us Mysterious Sicilians
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Given the content of the video, it should be renamed NORMANS IN sicily. Not vikings. Also i got sth to add. The franks / french managed to fend off viking attacks in Paris back in 886. So Rollo accepted the deal to settle down in Normandy. Plus, William the Conqueror imposed french on england after his conquest. Facts are facts
Normans, or "men of the North", was the term used by the populations of northern Europe to call the Vikings, i.e. the marauders who set off with their ships from Norway, Denmark or Denmark, to plunder the coasts of Europe. There is therefore no difference between the Viking and Norman terms
@@gwynbleidd1080 i think this is an oversimplified interpretation of the terms ‘normans’. Yes originally it means population from the north. But the ‘Normans’ we’re using nowadays are those who have settled in Northwest France since 886 when the vikings couldn’t capture Paris and became assimilated with the Frankish / French.
@@gwynbleidd1080 the differences are actually quite obvious between vikings and normans.
1. Vikings still believe in nordic mythology, but normans become christians.
2. vikings fight mainly on foot while normans fight on horsebacks
3. Vikings don’t speak French but Normans speak French / a dialect of French
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You know about the Byzantiens in Italy, but you don't mentioned the *MUSLIMS* in Sicily.
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