12-04-2021, 12:46 PM
251
Re: World War II
Originally Posted by JBR
->
I don't know where you went to school, but they certainly had some strange concepts.- The Norsemen left their homelands, travelled by land all the way across to Russia, then turned around and travelled all the way back across Europe to the northern coast of France?
- The Norsemen were not Vikings, and the Normans were not Vikings per se? What were they then, Arabs?
Also the Normans were NOT exclusively Vikings but no doubt would have included SOME people people from areas where Viking folk were to be found - I THINK that was Norway but that's only think. Whatever the Normans were descendents of the Norsemen who obviously cross bred with the people they encountered in France which is where the name Normans came about and associated with the region of Normandy.
As far as I know/believe!
12-04-2021, 01:28 PM
252
Re: World War II
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
->
Now that is NOT what I wrote. I was simply pointing out that Vikings did NOT have to rely on travelling by water to travel contrary to what Annie had at least implied.Also the Normans were NOT exclusively Vikings but no doubt would have included SOME people people from areas where Viking folk were to be found - I THINK that was Norway but that's only think. Whatever the Normans were descendents of the Norsemen who obviously cross bred with the people they encountered in France which is where the name Normans came about and associated with the region of Normandy.
As far as I know/believe!
Do you think the Viking prediliction for rapine had much to do
with it? And do you think the Nazis inherited this prediliction from
their ancestors ??
And does this account for the the old british saying, " all Germans
are bastards"" ??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
12-04-2021, 01:45 PM
253
Re: World War II
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
->
Seems there was a lot of interbreeding going on at that time Todge?Do you think the Viking prediliction for rapine had much to do
with it? And do you think the Nazis inherited this prediliction from
their ancestors ??
And does this account for the the old british saying, " all Germans
are bastards"" ??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
13-04-2021, 01:29 AM
256
Re: World War II
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
->
Now that is NOT what I wrote. I was simply pointing out that Vikings did NOT have to rely on travelling by water to travel contrary to what Annie had at least implied.Also the Normans were NOT exclusively Vikings but no doubt would have included SOME people people from areas where Viking folk were to be found - I THINK that was Norway but that's only think. Whatever the Normans were descendents of the Norsemen who obviously cross bred with the people they encountered in France which is where the name Normans came about and associated with the region of Normandy.
As far as I know/believe!
Judging by this discussion it does seem that nobody is too clear on who the Normans were or whether they were "french" at all. The original discussion (way back) was why do we hate the French if we are part french, but apparently we are not! Or are we?
13-04-2021, 11:54 AM
259
Re: World War II
Originally Posted by big ben
->
At what point did this thread change from discussing WW2 to a discussion on the Vikings and Norsemen?
I'd be happy to get back to WW2.
13-04-2021, 07:09 PM
260
Re: World War II
Originally Posted by big ben
->
At what point did this thread change from discussing WW2 to a discussion on the Vikings and Norsemen?
|
|
