HIST-301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Brother Roger, Robert Guiscard, Religious Pluralism
9 Oct 2020
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But the emirs of sicily still had to deal with the fatimid caliphs, whose shia ismaili beliefs conflicted with the sunni population. This allowed normans to invade in the 1070s ce: a papal fief. Even before the invasion of sicily, robert guiscard had followed his brothers as they plundered southern italy. When he gained supremacy, he was granted apuila and calabria as a fief by the pope who was acting as a feudal lord. In addition to sicily, the byzantines still held on to southern italian cities like bari. Thanks to robert and his brother roger, that territory became norman land: fall of palermo. Robert and roger teamed to capture the sicilian capital of palermo. By 1100 the normans were in control of the entire island. It had a mixed greek and muslim population: roger ii. Robert"s goal was to attack the byzantine balkans.
