Robert Guiscard

American  

[raw-ber gee-skar] / rɔ bɛr giˈskar /

noun

1. Guiscard, Robert.

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Example Sentences

The story of the Norman conquest is told by two chroniclers—William of Apulia, who received his materials from Robert Guiscard, and Godfrey Malaterra, who wrote down the oral narrative of Roger.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington

The conquests of Robert Guiscard, instigated by promises of the popes, furnished the first ground of their feudal claims.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John

Robert Guiscard was advancing with thirty thousand infantry and six thousand cavalry, and Henry fled before the redoubtable prince, whom he had provoked by an alliance with Alexis, the Emperor of the East.

From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by Miles, George Henry

Robert Guiscard left him to his fate, and only interfered when he himself was menaced with the German arms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Robert Guiscard received his mortal wound before the walls of the city as his troops swept over the ramparts at the first assault after an eight months' siege.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe