Talk:Robert Guiscard

message: While the original 1910 article is in the public domian, the edited derivative would not be.  The Catholic Encyclopedia does update articles, as well as adding new articles.  While I expect that this article is probably pure 1910 untouched public domain, I would want to verify it before stealing an updated work.  Either comparing the article to the 1910 version manually, or getting a signoff from new advent itself.
     Good luck
        Storm
Robert Guiscard (dead in 1085) was not described by Anne Comnène (born in 1083) but she described the son of Guiscard, Bohémond de Tarente during the 1st Cruisade. CALABRIA Geoffrey (France, 27/02/2005)
Robert Guiscard's page says his lst wife, Alberada is the aunt of Girard and her page says she is his daughter, I vote for the latter. Witenmote
According to GA Loud, Alberada is is Girard's aunt, so I'd go for that. ~Anon.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.88.142.148 (talk) 17:24, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Due Dilligence 

message: I assume this is a French expression which is ok but many of us don't speak French.  Does it mean something like foot on the ground? Perhaps this term could be replaced by with something that most people would understand?
davidzuccaro 05:49, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a fancy way of saying "a home". -- Derek Ross |  Talk 05:52, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a pied-à-terre? 

message: This article seems to transgress WP:NPOV with the following section:
"Guiscard's last enterprise was his attack on the Byzantine Empire [...] In this enterprise Guiscard crossed swords with his most redoubtable opponent, the only one worthy of himself, in a clash of swords that would become legendary in the years after. In this struggle he met his nemesis in the person of the greatest man of the age: Emperor Alexius."
Any thoughts on this? Why is the Byzantine emperor the 'greatest man of the age'?
Furthermore, the article states that Robert Guiscard took up the cause of Michael VII Doukas, but Anna Komnene ostensibly claims that he actually supported Raiktor, a fraudulent impersonator? 
If so, the article ought to reflect this. 130.226.70.225 (talk) 17:14, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased content? 

message: Why doesn't the summary box list all the children?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Droopyfeathers (talk • contribs) 21:49, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Children 

message: Raising an army of 38,000, seemingly the most Guiscard had ever mustered, to invade a near-defenseless Rome seems highly unlikely. This is likely relying on sources sympathetic to Henry IV which exaggerated the number to justify him fleeing the city. Matthew Kneale's book "Rome: A History in Seven Sackings" compares multiple sources and arrives at a figure <10,000. 204.156.167.82 (talk) 16:57, 27 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Army Size 

message: Hello, I am quite surprised by the introduction, which states that he was nicknamed the "Terror of the World," and this puzzles me because, apart from Guiscard and all its variations, he does not seem to have been referred to as the "Terror of the World" as a nickname. The source that includes this passage does not mention it.
The only time he is referred to in this way is on his epitaph, which says, "Here lies Guiscard, the terror of the world." However, we can agree that this is quite light evidence to prove that it was a nickname; it is a common literary device in epitaphs where the deceased figure is compared to concepts or lyrical figures. While the epitaph is beautiful and impactful (I have added sources about the epitaph), it does not make it a nickname. AgisdeSparte (talk) 03:03, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi! I did indeed find out that the only mention of this phrase was in his epigraph (Hic terror mundi Guiscardus). I should’ve done more research before taking the information from the Italian page. Vittoriobr (talk) 07:48, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nickname