Real Crusades History #329. Don't forget the Real Crusades History website!
Documentary on Rollo, the Viking founder of Normandy. As the Carolingian Empire fell apart, a new power would come to emanate across the Latin world from the Duchy of Normandy. The Normans, who would become Christendom’s chief crusaders, strangely, were rooted in the heathen Viking raiders that plagued France for generations. It all began with a Norse chieftain, a follower of Odin – Rollo, a seafarer from Scandinavia. Rollo the Viking, and the Norman colony of northwestern France, is one of the most fascinating and important developments of the medieval era.
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