http://secretsun.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-secret-history.html Норма́нны (норма́ндцы, нурма́ны,
викинги, букв. «северные люди») - термин, использовавшийся жителями Западной Европы по отношению к
скандинавам, опустошавшим с VIII по XI век морскими разбойничьими набегами государства Европы. Часть одного из скандинавских племенных образований -
даны - осела на северном побережье Франции, где признала номинальную вассальную зависимость от
франков. В
1066 под предводительством
герцога Вильгельма Нормандского, впоследствии Завоевателя, завоевали и покорили
Англию, разбив
в битве при Гастингсе последнего короля англо-саксов
Гарольда Годвинсона. Многие историки отождествляют с норманнами
варягов (см.
Норманская теория).
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B The Normans (in French: Normands ; in Latin Nortmanni) were the people
[1] who gave their name to
Normandy, a region in northern
France. They were descended from
Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of
Frankish[2] and
Gallo-Roman stock.
[3] Their identity emerged initially in the first half of the 10th century, and gradually evolved over succeeding centuries.
They played a major political, military, and cultural role in medieval Europe and even the Near East. They were famed for their martial spirit and eventually for their
Christian piety. They quickly adopted the
Romance language of the land they settled, their dialect becoming known as
Norman or
Norman-French, an important literary language. The
Duchy of Normandy, which they formed by treaty with the French crown, was one of the great
fiefs of medieval France. The Normans are famed both for their culture, such as their unique
Romanesque architecture, and their musical traditions, as well as for their military accomplishments and innovations. Norman adventurers established a kingdom in
Sicily and southern Italy by conquest, and a Norman expedition on behalf of their duke,
William the Conqueror, led to the
Norman Conquest of England. Norman influence spread from these new centres to the
Crusader States in the Near East, to
Scotland and
Wales in
Great Britain, and to
Ireland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normans
Норманнские завоевания отмечены красным