William of Apulia

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William of Apulia was an 11th-century Latin poet and chronicler best known for his epic account of the Norman expansion in southern Italy under Robert Guiscard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century writer
Latin poet
chronicler
historian of the Normans
medieval poet
approximateBirthCentury 11th century
approximateDeathCentury 11th century
associatedWith Norman Italy NERFINISHED
Robert Guiscard’s court
centuryOfActivity 11th century
countryOfActivity Duchy of Apulia and Calabria NERFINISHED
culturalContext Norman Italian culture
described Norman campaigns in the Balkans
Norman rule in southern Italy
military campaigns of Robert Guiscard
relations between Normans and Byzantines
floruit late 11th century
genre epic poetry
historiography
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
historicalSourceFor Italo-Norman history
Norman conquest of Italy NERFINISHED
reign of Robert Guiscard
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
literaryTradition Latin epic tradition
mainSubject Norman conquest of southern Italy NERFINISHED
Norman expansion in southern Italy
Robert Guiscard NERFINISHED
meter hexameter
notableWork De rebus gestis Roberti Wiscardi NERFINISHED
Gesta Roberti Wiscardi NERFINISHED
occupation chronicler
historian
poet
placeNameDerivedFrom Apulia NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Apulia NERFINISHED
Southern Italy NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
sourceType contemporary narrative source
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of Norman Italy
workCompletedAfter Robert Guiscard’s death
workFocusesOn Robert Guiscard’s campaigns against Byzantium
Robert Guiscard’s conquests in Italy
workType epic historical poem
panegyrical chronicle
writingStyle verse

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