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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;FitzNigel, post: 2607635, member: 74712&quot;]I believe the differences stem from the circumstances between the conquests - England was purely political with the Norman Duke believing he was the rightful heir to the kingdom, and the Saxons rebelling against their lord.&nbsp; Southern Italy was more of an infiltration of a few random Normans.&nbsp; When they were able to take advantage of the situation for their own gain they were ruthless, but more willing to conform to the native structures of government in Southern Italy, rather than the dramatic changes the normans in England made.&nbsp; Antioch is, of course, a wholly different matter (Crusades, etc.).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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