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To: Carry_Okie

The unsuccessful Battle of Stamford Bridge is why the end of the bracket is there.

The Normans had some Viking roots, hence their violence and short-lived House of Normandy in England, but were French speakers.


9 posted on 03/07/2025 8:40:52 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

All of the later kings of England are descended from William of Normandy (a.k.a. William the Bastard).


19 posted on 03/07/2025 8:52:58 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: SunkenCiv
#9: "but were French speakers."

Yes, "Franglais" — Anglo-Norman

Anglo-Norman refers to the Normans who lived in England after the Norman conquest of 1066.

The term also denotes the form of Anglo-French used by these Anglo-Normans. Anglo-Norman was a dialect of Old Norman used in England and parts of Great Britain and Ireland during the Anglo-Norman period.

[quote taken from Brave Search]

29 posted on 03/07/2025 9:54:37 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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