religious tolerance

Under the rule of the Normans, Sicily was remarkably tolerant for the Medieval era, at least when it came to religion. Catholics, Muslims, and Orthodox Christians lived in relative harmony, and Sicily's Catholic rulers appointed Muslims and Orthodox Christians to high-ranking government...

In 313 AD Emperor Constantine the Great of the Roman Empire passed the Edict of Milan officially stopping Christian persecution within the Roman Empire, and he himself converted to Christianity. Now, is there anyway a Roman Emperor could convert to Christianity sooner? Were there any emperors...

So, William II Hauteville died in 1189 at just 36 years of age, he had not direct male descendants, so he left his Kingdom to his aunt Costanza and, through her, to the Hohenstaufen Imperial family. (Before they could actually claim the Kingdom of Sicily they had however to beat the illegitimate...