Italo-Norman

English

Etymology

From Italo- +‎ Norman. Compare Anglo-Norman.

Adjective

Italo-Norman (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the period of Norman rule of southern Italy, 1071–1194.
   • 2001, Emily Albu, The Normans in Their Histories, The Boydell Press, page 111:

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

2. (historical) Of or pertaining to Normans who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or their descendants.
   • 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:

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

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

     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.

Synonyms

• Siculo-Norman (specifically, pertaining to Normans, or their rule, in Sicily)

Translations

pertaining to Norman rule of southern Italy

• Italian: italo-normanno, siculo-normanno
• Sicilian: sìculu-nurmannu

pertaining to Normans who remained in southern Italy, or their descendants

• Italian: italo-normanno, siculo-normanno
• Sicilian: sìculu-nurmannu

Noun

Italo-Norman (plural Italo-Normans)

1. (historical) A Norman who settled in Italy during or after the Norman conquest of southern Italy, or a descendant of one.
   • 2015, Charles D. Stanton, Medieval Maritime Warfare, Pen and Sword Books, page 221:

     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.

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

     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.

Synonyms

• Siculo-Norman (specifically, one who settled in or was born in Sicily)

Translations

Norman who settled in southern Italy, or a descendant of one

• Italian: italo-normanno m, siculo-normanno m
• Sicilian: sìculu-nurmannu m

See also

• Altavilla (Italian surname)

Further reading

• Hauteville family on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• County of Sicily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Kingdom of Sicily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia