| Keywords |
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| ID |
4110 |
| Text |
De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation |
Accurrentibus itaque utriusque sociis, Bisinianensibus, ut Petrum eruerent, Normannis vero, ut dominum suum juvarent. Calabrenses vero, de Petro jam desperantes et pro ipso cum Normannis minime certare praenitentes, fugiendo sese in castrum Bisinianense recipiunt … Normanni vero, gaudentes quasi de triumpho, usque ad castrum Sancti Marci Petrum ... Tali calliditate et huic similibus Calabrenses de Guiscardo compertis, genus formidolosissimum, omnes ante eum tremebant: quippe cui neminem assimilari posse armis et ingenio, sed neque viribus, dicebant ... Calabrensesque infestiores reddit. |
| Translation |
Both sets of supporters rushed forwards, the men of Bisignano to rescue Peter, the Normans to aid their lord. The Calabrians then despaired of Peter, and without attempting to fight the Normans on his behalf they fled back into the castrum of Bisignano ... Rejoicing as though they had won a battle, the Normans took Peter back to the castrum of S. Marco. ... Learning of the cunning Guiscard had displayed in this and similar enterprises, the Calabrians (a most timid people) were all absolutely terrified of him: indeed they said that there was nobody who could equal him, either with weapons, in strength, or in craft ... He attacked the Calabrians. |
| Quotation source |
I, 17 |
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| Comment |
Latin descriptors for Calabri: fugiendo, genus formidolosissimum |
