Geoffrey Malaterra

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Geoffrey Malaterra was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and chronicler best known for his Latin history of the Norman expansion in southern Italy and Sicily.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monk
chronicler
historian
medieval writer
approximateBirthCentury 11th century
approximateDeathCentury 11th century
centuryActive 11th century
countryOfActivity Italy NERFINISHED
described military campaigns of the Normans in Italy
political consolidation of Norman power in Sicily
era High Middle Ages
fieldOfWork Norman history
historiography
medieval history
floruit 11th century
gender male
genre chronicle
historiography
historicalRole primary source for Norman rule in Sicily
primary source for Norman rule in southern Italy
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
mainSubject Norman conquest of Sicily NERFINISHED
Norman expansion in southern Italy
Robert Guiscard NERFINISHED
Roger I of Sicily NERFINISHED
notableWork De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius NERFINISHED
occupation Benedictine monk
Latin prose writer
chronicler
historian
regionOfActivity Sicily NERFINISHED
southern Italy NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrder Benedictines NERFINISHED
sourceFor Norman administration in Sicily
history of Robert Guiscard
history of Roger I of Sicily
timePeriodWrittenAbout 11th century
Norman period in southern Italy
writingStyle Latin prose
wroteAbout Norman conquest of Sicily NERFINISHED
Norman conquest of southern Italy NERFINISHED
Robert Guiscard NERFINISHED
Roger I of Sicily NERFINISHED

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