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Italo-Norman
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English
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Etymology
From en Italo Norman. Compare en Anglo-Norman.
Adjective
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en historical Of or pertaining to the period of Norman rule of southern Italy, 1071–1194.
en 2001 w:Emily Albu The Normans in Their Histories Boydell & Brewer The Boydell Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KGb9P2SfEWsC&pg=PA111&dq=%22Italo-Norman%22%7C%22Italo-Normans%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiP0MzaraPzAhULK7kGHSleD-MQ6AF6BAhgEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Italo-Norman%22%7C%22Italo-Normans%22&f=false 111 Often he is our only source, particularly for Roger's Sicilian campaigns and for Italo-Norman history following the death of Robert Guiscard.
en historical Of or pertaining to Normans who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or their descendants.
en 2008 Natasha Hodgson Reinventing Normans as Crusaders?: Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi C. P. Lewis Anglo-Norman Studies XXX: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2007 Boydell & Brewer The Boydell Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=y7iJZf99CTgC&pg=PA118&dq=%22Italo-Norman%22%7C%22Italo-Normans%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiP0MzaraPzAhULK7kGHSleD-MQ6AF6BAgsEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Italo-Norman%22%7C%22Italo-Normans%22&f=false 120 Representing the Italo-Norman perspective we have the anonymous Gesta Francorum and the Historia belli sacri, besides Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi.
en 2021 Georgios Theotokis Bohemond of Taranto w:Pen and Sword Books https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1BIZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA76&dq=%22Italo-Norman%22%7C%22Italo-Normans%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiP0MzaraPzAhULK7kGHSleD-MQ6AF6BAhKEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Italo-Norman%22%7C%22Italo-Normans%22&f=false 76 Lupus Protospatharius' 'more than 500 knights' reads more realistically, and this number confirms that the Italo-Norman contingent was, indeed, one of the smallest in the crusading army.
Synonyms
en Siculo-Norman specifically, pertaining to Normans, or their rule, in Sicily
Translations
pertaining to Norman rule of southern Italy
Italian: it italo-normanno, it siculo-normanno
Sicilian: scn sìculu-nurmannu
pertaining to Normans who remained in southern Italy, or their descendants
Italian: it italo-normanno, it siculo-normanno
Sicilian: scn sìculu-nurmannu
Noun
en historical A Norman who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or a descendant of one.
en 2015 Charles D. Stanton Medieval Maritime Warfare w:Pen and Sword Books https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zzagBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA221&dq=%22Italo-Normans%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR3-mfwaXzAhXG62EKHT3yAXwQ6AF6BAgSEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Italo-Normans%22&f=false 221 Bernard Bachrach, an authority on medieval logistics, has surmised that the Normans used Byzantine nautical technology transmitted by the Normans of southern Italy to construct them,[ships to transport horses] but the likelihood of that seems remote, given that the Italo-Normans had not adopted such technology themselves by the time of the Conquest.
en 2019 Paula Z. Hailstone Recalcitrant Crusaders?: The Relationship Between Southern Italy and Sicily Taylor & Francis (Routledge) https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GtzBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT35&dq=%22Italo-Normans%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR3-mfwaXzAhXG62EKHT3yAXwQ6AF6BAhGEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Italo-Normans%22&f=false unnumbered Of course, the Italo-Normans were not unique in some of their experiences, as Raymond of St Gilles and doubtless some of his contingent had fought in Iberia, but they were there as 'visiting soldiers'. In southern Italy and Sicily, although the Italo-Normans may have arrived as soldiers, they remained and became a part of its multi-ethnic society.
Synonyms
en Siculo-Norman specifically, one who settled in or was born in Sicily
Translations
Norman who settled in southern Italy, or a descendant of one
Italian: it italo-normanno m, it siculo-normanno m
Sicilian: scn sìculu-nurmannu m
See also
en Altavilla Italian surname
Further reading
Hauteville family
County of Sicily
Kingdom of Sicily