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Which European ruler destroyed the last stronghold of Islamic presence in Italy in 1300?

Question #151816. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated Nov 16 2024.
Originally posted Nov 15 2024 7:59 AM.

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Giovanni Pipino da Barletta.
In 1300, Giovanni Pipino da Barletta, count of Altamura, seized Lucera and exiled its population, bringing an end to the medieval Muslim presence in Italy.[8]
Footnote 8: Caroline Bruzelius, The Stones of Naples: Church Building in the Angevin Kingdom, 1266-1343, (Yale University Press, 2004), 107.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Islam_in_southern_Italy

Nov 16 2024, 10:34 PM
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