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52’ (ENG), 90’ (GER)
The Normans were masters of mobility, innovation and integration. They traded, used the sciences and created magnificent works of art. With these qualities, so unlike the "savage" Norman, they made Sicily the cultural, scientific and economic center of Europe for a short time. Their recipe for success: they did not subjugate, they cooperated. In this atmosphere, a golden age dawned on Sicily: Normans and Italians, Greeks and Arabs, Lombards and Jews - all contributed to a culture that was cosmopolitan. The "pragmatic tolerance" of the Normans found a limit only where their supremacy was challenged.
