The Vikings in Normandy

[Carnyx]

The Vikings in Normandy:

Index

by Arnaud Le Fèvre
Summary. The beginnings of the story The 10th century foundation of the Duchy of Normandy. The assertion of Norman power. The Scandinavian contribution in Normandy. Chronology of the Vikings in Normandy- Viking raids on the lower Seine; Viking raids in western Neustria. Sources. Appendices :


Scandinavian place names in Normandy; derived from personal names, with comparative examples from England, Scandinavia and other countries. derived from Old Norse terms for landscape features, with comparative examples from England, Scandinavia and other countries... Norman family names of Viking origin. Illustrations


The old Frankish administrative districts in Neustria (now Normandy) in the 9th century. The stages of the foundation of Normandy. The Scandinavian colonisation of Normandy: Scandinavian place name density and linguistic boundary (Joret's Line: the limit of Norse-influenced Norman dialect).

The Viking Network: Normandy-contents

The Viking Network

[meadhbh]

Interersting. Its easy to forget that they where viking types in Normandy, porbaly because they've been there for so long.

[Kernunnos]

Originally Posted by meadhbh

Interersting. Its easy to forget that they where viking types in Normandy, porbaly because they've been there for so long.

This would explain why certain french look distinctly germanic.

let's not forget that the Franks were germanic too.