Villains and Virgins History Podcast

Normans in Italy EP 3: King of Sicily


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Roger II has played a high stakes game to secure his crown.  Now a king, he must face the consequences of backing the wrong Pope.  Rebellious barons, treacherous in-laws, and the loss of his beloved wife burden him as Roger continues to fight for his kingdom.  Two emperors conspire to jointly attack him, and the Sicilian navy stages an audacious raid at the gates of Constantinople.  Roger II defines himself as a ruler unlike any other in Western Europe.  His borrowing of statecraft, scholars, and silk makers from the East has his enemies whispering that he has gone full sultan.

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