Nevertheless they spoke (Norman) French rather than Breton or Norse -
but Bill was a relative of the by then Scandanavian kings of Britain.
He was almost beaten to it by the Norwegians but.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 13/03/2007, at 3:27 AM, Scott Peden wrote:
> The Normans were French? Yes, they had been there for a brief
> period of
> time... but they are half Breton and the other half that traveled
> through
> Danmark, came from the Eastern Seaboard of Scotland who had to
> leave due to
> being on the loosing side of a political argument.
>
> As I recollect, the King of the Franks paid a bunch of Northman to
> put down
> his enemies, then gave them the lands called Normandy, and from
> there the
> likes of Edward I decided they wanted what they perceived as their
> birthright to the throne of the soggy islands back.
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