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William of Apulia
William of Apulia was a chronicler of the Normans, writing in the 1090s. His Latin language|Latin epic poem|epic, '''''Gesta Roberti Wiscardi''''' ("The Deeds of Robert Guiscard"), written in hexameters, is one of the principal contemporary sources for the Norman conquest of southern Italy, especially the career of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia (1059–1085). It was composed between 1096 and 1099. It can be dated by the reference in the prologue to Pope Urban II; this gives a ''terminus ante quem'', for the pope died in July 1099. A reference in Book III to "the Gallic race who wanted to open the roads to the Holy Sepulchre" shows that William must have been writing after the Council of Clermont, called by Urban in November 1095. A reference to Pope Urban II as still living places it before his death in July 1099. The poem was dedicated to Duke Roger Borsa son of duke Robert Guiscard.
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- William of Apulia, trans. Graham A. Loud, ''The Deeds of Robert Guiscard'', Books One, Two, Three, Four, and Five (Word Documents)
Category:Italian historians
Category:Italian poets
Category:Italo-Normans
Category:People from Apulia
Category:11th-century Italian people
Category:11th-century writers
Category:12th-century Italian people
Category:12th-century Latin writers
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