Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Memorial Essay on Some Phases of the Maritime Life of France and England Directly Traceable to the Vikings
If any one thinks this to be an exaggeration and an over estimation of what the conquest of Normandy by the Northmen historically involves, let him listen to the introductory words of the committee that had charge of the celebrations at Rouen last year: It is this year a thousand years since the Scandinavian pirates decided to build their homes in Neustria and selected to become Frenchmen. The state which had its birth in the treaty of saint-clair-sur-epte marched rapidly forward to a brilliant destiny. Under the wise rule of its dukes it became a feudal power of the first order. One hundred and fifty years after its foundation, by a coup de force till then without a parallel in history, the duchy annexed to itself a kingdom, and the duke of Normandy became the king of England.
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