The Norman kings of Africa
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How Does This Episode Fit Into That Bigger Picture of Crusades?
The pope's very keen on this, because it's providing a christian bulwark against an particularly islamica power in the form of the almohads. The keything emphasizes that, certainly, from roger's perspective, this isn't primarily a crusade. And one of the things the population is worried about in north africa, and takes it, of course, is being ruled by christians. So there is that kind of element, aha, that's part of this kind of wider story here.
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