Memorial essay on some phases of the maritime life of France and England directly traceable to the vikings . ts increased in size and frequency as theychanged in character in the reign of Harald Haarfager. Many vikings and mighty Norwegian chiefs were expelled byHarald; and when they retaliated by periodically infesting thecoasts of Norway, king (Harald tried to emulate the Roman consulPompey who made an end for a time of piracy in the Mediter-ranean sea. The king devoted a whole summer to conquering thevikings and extirpating the brood of pirates. Having reduced the islands, king Harald made
Memorial essay on some phases of the maritime life of France and England directly traceable to the vikings . ts increased in size and frequency as theychanged in character in the reign of Harald Haarfager. Many vikings and mighty Norwegian chiefs were expelled byHarald; and when they retaliated by periodically infesting thecoasts of Norway, king (Harald tried to emulate the Roman consulPompey who made an end for a time of piracy in the Mediter-ranean sea. The king devoted a whole summer to conquering thevikings and extirpating the brood of pirates. Having reduced the islands, king Harald made RagnvaldMorejarl, father of Gange-Rolf or Rollo of Normandy, ruler of theislands, and he first sent his brother Sigurd there, and later hisson Einar (Torv-Einar) to the islands. Prom about 875 A. D. wemay date the final establishment of the Orkney-Jarls who hence-forth owe a nominal allegiance to the king of Norway. 34 ROLLO OF NORMANDY NORMANNA V-ffiLDE or The Sea-Empire of the Normans, at the time when their power was at its height, that is whenits sway extended over Norway, part of Sweden, the Faeroe. islands, the Scottish islands, part of Ireland, Iceland, part ofGreenland, Normandy, part of western France outside of Nor-mandy, and Sicily, mnst have covered at least 300,000 sqnaremiles of territory, with a population of not far from five was, in a sense, a world-power. ROLLO OF NORMANDY 35 NORWAYS SEA-EMPIRE. By the end of the 9th century, then, a sort of Norwegiannaval empire had arisen, consisting of the Hebrides, parts of thewestern coasts of Scotland, especially the modern Argyllshire, theisles of Man and Anglesey and the eastern shores of Ireland. Thisempire was under a line of sovereigns who called themselves theHy=Ivar, or grandsons of Ivar, and resided, now in Man, now inDublin. It is no doubt largely due to the infusion of Norwegian-Danish blood into the Scotch and the Irish, that the purest Eng-lish is said to be spoken in the Irish city of Dublin and i
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