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Norman
Invasion
• Around 1020, the Normans
(or Vikings) invaded the
Southern half of Italy.
• Pope Leo IX of Rome tried
to defeat the Normans but
lost.
• The Normans captured the
Pope and began closing
down churches in the
Southern half of Italy,
which was controlled by
the Byzantine Empire.