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We were conducted to the private repertory of the chapel, which contains a number of interesting deeds granted by sovereigns of the Grecian, Norman, and even Saracen descent. One from Roger, king of Sicily, extended His Majesty's protection to some half dozen men of consequence whose names attested their Saracenism.
Saracenism explains many anomalies in their mode of life and social conduct. From these troublous times dates, I should say, that use of the word cristiano applied to natives of the country as opposed to Mohammedan enemies. "Saraceno" is still a common term of abuse. The fall of Luceria may be taken as a convenient time-boundary to mark the end of the Saracenic period.
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