| Keywords |
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| ID |
4127 |
| Text |
De rebus gestis Rogerii Calabriae et Siciliae comitis et Roberti Guiscardi ducis fratris eius (1075 - 1100) Geoffrey Malaterra |
| Quotation |
Porro dux Rogerius, adhuc juvenis et nil malae suspicionis adversus aliquem habens, sed ex sui cordis puritate aliorum mentes dijudicans, Longobardos aeque ut Normannos - quia ex partae matris ex eorum gente erat - sibi fideles credens et eorum genus nostrae gentis invisum minus discernens, castra sua tuenda eis haud secus ac Normannis delegabat. Unde accidit ut, cum apud Malfam, minus sibi prospiciendo, idem faceret, Malfetani urbe et castris, quae Guiscardus ad perfidiam eorum comprimendam ibidem fecerat, pro libitu suo utentes, liberam facultatem fraudis suae exercendae nacti, jugum gentis nostrae et ducis, quia moris nostri executor erat, a se excutere, nec tributum et servitium statutum persolvere, sed et ipsi duci ad eandem urbem accedendi, omnibus fidelibus suis exclusis, aditum arroganter denegarent. |
| Translation |
Duke Roger was still young and had no suspicions against anybody, but juded the minds of others by the honesty of his own heart. So he treated Lombards equally with Normans, since he himself was from the former people on his mother's side, and believing them faithful to him did not notice their dislike of our race, thus he entrusted castles to them to guard just as he did to Normans. Hence it happened that without thought for himself he did this at Amalfi, and so the inhabitants did as they liked with the town, and with the castle which Guiscard had built there to restrain their treacherous behaviour. Given every opportunity to exercise their deceit, they threw off the yoke of our race and of the duke, since he was the principal agent of our rule, paid neither the tribute nor the service agreed, and when the duke himself went to their city they expelled all those faithful to him and arrogantly denied him entry. |
| Quotation source |
IV, 24 |
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| Comment |
Latin descriptor for the Lombards: nostrae gentis invisum, perfidiam |
