Norman states in Southern Italy

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The Norman states in Southern Italy were a collection of medieval polities established by Norman adventurers that eventually coalesced into the powerful Kingdom of Sicily, reshaping the political and cultural landscape of the central Mediterranean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity
medieval state
capital Melfi NERFINISHED
Palermo NERFINISHED
Salerno NERFINISHED
countryOrigin Duchy of Normandy NERFINISHED
dissolved 1130
endTime 12th century
ethnicGroup Normans NERFINISHED
followedBy Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
governmentForm feudal monarchy
hasEffectOn Crusader states NERFINISHED
Mediterranean trade routes
hasPart County of Aversa NERFINISHED
County of Capua NERFINISHED
County of Sicily NERFINISHED
Duchy of Amalfi NERFINISHED
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria NERFINISHED
Duchy of Gaeta NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
Principality of Benevento NERFINISHED
Principality of Salerno NERFINISHED
Principality of Taranto NERFINISHED
inception c. 1020s
influencedBy Byzantine culture
Islamic culture
Latin Christian culture
languageUsed Arabic
Greek
Latin
Old Norman NERFINISHED
locatedIn Mezzogiorno NERFINISHED
Southern Italy NERFINISHED
militaryConflict campaigns in North Africa
conflicts with the Papacy
wars with the Byzantine Empire
notableRuler Robert Guiscard NERFINISHED
Roger I of Sicily NERFINISHED
Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED
William I of Sicily NERFINISHED
William II of Sicily NERFINISHED
partOf central Mediterranean political system
predecessor Byzantine Empire in Italy NERFINISHED
Emirate of Sicily NERFINISHED
Lombard principalities NERFINISHED
religion Greek Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
Islam
Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Norman conquest of Sicily NERFINISHED
Norman conquest of Southern Italy NERFINISHED
startTime 11th century

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Lombard principalities followedBy Norman states in Southern Italy
Arab-Norman architecture developedDuring Norman states in Southern Italy
this entity surface form: Norman period in Sicily
Pope Nicholas II supportedBy Norman states in Southern Italy
this entity surface form: Normans of southern Italy
Principality of Capua partOf Norman states in Southern Italy
this entity surface form: Norman domains in Italy