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Roger II - multicultural medieval crusader

Roger II - multicultural medieval crusader

The Christian king educated by Byzantine and Muslim tutors

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Tony McMahon
May 17, 2025
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Greetings Gold and Silver Level Templar Knights! If you’ve never heard of Roger II, King of Sicily, then you should have. I’ve seen some of the astonishing churches he built that mixed Greek, Arabic, and Western influences. What was going on?

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Roger II was a crusader-era king who fought for the Catholic faith but created a kingdom that fused western, Byza…

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