Italo-Norman

1. historicalnot comparableOf or pertaining to the period of Norman rule of southern Italy, 1071–1194.

   Often he is our only source, particularly for Roger's Sicilian campaigns and for Italo-Norman history following the death of Robert Guiscard.

   2001, Emily Albu, The Normans in Their Histories, The Boydell Press, page 111

2. historicalnot comparableOf or pertaining to Normans who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or their descendants.

   Representing the Italo-Norman perspective we have the anonymous Gesta Francorum and the Historia belli sacri, besides Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi.

   2008, Natasha Hodgson, “Reinventing Normans as Crusaders?: Ralph of Caen's Gesta Tancredi”, in C. P. Lewis, editor, Anglo-Norman Studies XXX: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2007, The Boydell Press, page 120

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   Lupus Protospatharius' 'more than 500 knights' reads more realistically, and this number confirms that the Italo-Norman contingent was, indeed, one of the smallest in the crusading army.

   2021, Georgios Theotokis, Bohemond of Taranto, Pen and Sword Books, page 76

   Synonyms: Siculo-Norman

plural Italo-Normans

1. historicalA Norman who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or a descendant of one.

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   Bernard Bachrach, an authority on medieval logistics, has surmised that the Normans used Byzantine nautical technology transmitted by the Normans of southern Italy to construct them,^([ships to transport horses]) but the likelihood of that seems remote, given that the Italo-Normans had not adopted such technology themselves by the time of the Conquest.

   2015, Charles D. Stanton, Medieval Maritime Warfare, Pen and Sword Books, page 221

   Of course, the Italo-Normans were not unique in some of their experiences, as Raymond of St Gilles and doubtless some of his contingent had fought in Iberia, but they were there as 'visiting soldiers'. In southern Italy and Sicily, although the Italo-Normans may have arrived as soldiers, they remained and became a part of its multi-ethnic society.

   2019, Paula Z. Hailstone, Recalcitrant Crusaders?: The Relationship Between Southern Italy and Sicily, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page

   Synonyms: Siculo-Norman