This paper is devoted to the figure of Robert Guiscard’s second wife, the Lombard princess Sichelgaita of Salerno, in Anna Comnena's «Alexiad» and in William of Puglia’s «Gesta Roberti Wiscardi», the only epic-historical poem of XIth-XIIth centuries that deals with the Norman conquest of southern Italy. In this note, Sichelgaita is depicted through her historic and biographical profile and in the light of the examination of some passages of the poem (in particular, II 416-443).
Bisanti, A. (2026). Sichelgaita di Salerno fra storia e letteratura. In P. Sardina (a cura di), Dissentire, lottare, trasgredire: "donne contro" nell’Europa medievale (pp. 295-317). Palermo : Officina di Studi Medievali - Palermo.
Sichelgaita di Salerno fra storia e letteratura
Armando Bisanti
2026-05-01
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This paper is devoted to the figure of Robert Guiscard’s second wife, the Lombard princess Sichelgaita of Salerno, in Anna Comnena's «Alexiad» and in William of Puglia’s «Gesta Roberti Wiscardi», the only epic-historical poem of XIth-XIIth centuries that deals with the Norman conquest of southern Italy. In this note, Sichelgaita is depicted through her historic and biographical profile and in the light of the examination of some passages of the poem (in particular, II 416-443).
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