Islam, Christianity and Judaism: In the Courts of the Norman Kings

The Roman Catholic Norman rulers of southern Italy and Sicily were a definite minority amongst the Moslems, Jews and Greeks of the land. Of necessity they tolerated and utilized the talents of all communities. Roger II and Frederick II developed such deep interest in the cultures of the other faiths that their co-religionists suspected them of being crypto-converts. A lecture by W. J. Neidinger.