The Normans
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Is There a Real Norman Legacy in Italy?
There isn't a real norman legacy in france italy. Although i would say that the buildings that the normans executed in sicily, like palermo cathedral, monreale cathedral, these are some of the grandest buildings in europe. But they are a mixture of northern european byzantine and arab and. As you of course point out, i wase still speaking an aversion the norman language. Parliament and exchequer and all these words and judiciary are all from norman. And our royal family certainly traced their heritage back to the norman congress and before as well, to be fa elsewhere in Europe.
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