{"id":15910,"date":"2022-07-05T12:35:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=211162"},"modified":"2022-07-05T12:54:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:54:08","slug":"the-norman-kings-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-norman-kings-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Norman kings of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Dr David Musgrove\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 05 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The Normans <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/norman\/surprising-facts-william-conqueror-norman-conquest-harold-godwinson-battle-stamford-bridge-when-what\/&quot;\">famously conquered England<\/a>, but did you know they also had a short-lived kingdom in North Africa in the 12th century? Professor Levi Roach explains to David Musgrove how the Normans established a presence in southern Italy and Sicily and expanded south towards Africa.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-211162-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/NormansAfrica-92cbb1d.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/NormansAfrica-92cbb1d.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/NormansAfrica-92cbb1d.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Levi Roach is the author of <em>Empires of the Normans: Makers of Europe, Conquerors of Asia<\/em> (John Murray Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/empires-of-the-normans-makers-of-europe-conquerors-of-asia-9781529398465\/9781529398465&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Empires-Normans-Makers-Europe-Conquerors\/dp\/1529398460?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/empires-of-the-normans\/levi-roach\/9781529398465&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr David Musgrove Published: Tuesday, 05 July 2022 at 12:00 am The Normans famously conquered England, but did you know they also had a short-lived kingdom in North Africa in the 12th century? 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