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Normandy

Saturday March 29, 2008 at 10:43AM

I was reminded of the interesting history of this area by a comment regarding the upcoming mini-iper-meet there on 7th and 8th June. Normandy was ceded to the viking leader Hrolf (latinised to Rollo) by the French king, Charles the Simple, under the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911 AD. Allegedly the viking longships had sailed up the Seine to Paris and the land was given to the vikings in return for them 'going away'. In time this new land of the Northmen became known as 'Normandy'.

Well, that's my little nugget of historical information for today. Now I must go food shopping - the cupboards are bare once more ... have a good weekend!

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Celtic Shapeshifter says:
That's interesting SHi*, does that effectively mean that the Vikings did possibly 'conquer' England after all, but from the south & in a different guise of nationality? Makes one think... ; )
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi* pro replies:
'The Vikings' covers a huge variety of peoples coming over the North Sea from Frisia to Norway ... the Norman invasion (1066 and all that) was probably the last wave!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Bigoode [Frozen account] pro says:
Thanks for this !
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
stefanie says:
Have a good weekend, too ! History is kind of interesting and frightening at the same time for me...it seems that manhood didn't learn much about conquering and wars in the last centuries...so sad, looking East towards Tibet and China.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi* pro replies:
Plus la change, toujours le meme chose! ............. sadly!

Thanks Stefanie and a good weekend for you too!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
be·mo·re pro says:
my ... is there anything you don't know , dear ???
have a wonderful weekend - hugs'n'kisses
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi* pro replies:
I collect obscure stuff naturally ... on the other hand I am totally absent-minded and ditzy ... when I first heard this story it interested me so it stuck, is all. :)
Hugs etc etc dear Mo!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
Stiletto pro says:
Interesting.

I'd like to pick (through) you brains and take some notes on the Treaty of Utrecht :-)

Looking forward to swimming through the darker depths towards more enlightened waters, fishy ;-)

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Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi* pro replies:
ah yes ... the Gibraltar question ... I will check it out ... inter alia :)
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
Shi* pro replies:
in the meantime here's a link:

www.gibnet.com/texts/utrect.htm
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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