Makers of Europe: The Normans | Mega-Documentary

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:26 - Chapter I: The Early Normans
1:00:57 - Chapter II: The Italian Normans
1:53:51 - Chapter III: The English Normans
3:34:00 - Chapter IV: The Crusader Normans
4:29:56 - Conclusion

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Dudo of Saint-Quentin. Historia Normannorum (History of the Normans). ca. 996–1015.
Geoffrey Malaterra. De Rebus Gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae Comitis (The Deeds of Count Roger of Calabria and Sicily). ca. 1099–1101.
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