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To: MtnClimber

>>Finally, the isles were conquered by Normans — a third Germanic wave.

the Normans were culturally French, not German.


11 posted on 08/23/2025 5:43:21 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: vikingd00d
The Normans were culturally French and spoke French in 1066, but had some "Northman" (Norwegian) ancestry. Parts of England were conquered by the Danes--it was called the Danelaw. A number of basic English words are of Scandinavian rather than Anglo-Saxon origin as a result (they/their/them, skull, skirt, egg and others).

Parts of Scotland were under Norse rule during the Middle Ages.

The Celts were not the earliest inhabitants. Stonehenge was built by a pre-Celtic population.

13 posted on 08/23/2025 2:19:58 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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