Memorial essay on some phases of the maritime life of France and England directly traceable to the vikings . onastic chronicler had any un-derstanding of. They came sailing down the Irish channel fromthe Norwegian settlements on the islands off the west coast ofScotland, and one of them at least, the leader of this , had an imperial brain. His name was Hrolf, or Gange-Rolf. Rollon or Rou he iscalled in French. The English call him Rollo. He appeared on the river Seine for the first time in 876, andafter having demonstrated by repeated attacks which resulted inactual conqu
Memorial essay on some phases of the maritime life of France and England directly traceable to the vikings . onastic chronicler had any un-derstanding of. They came sailing down the Irish channel fromthe Norwegian settlements on the islands off the west coast ofScotland, and one of them at least, the leader of this , had an imperial brain. His name was Hrolf, or Gange-Rolf. Rollon or Rou he iscalled in French. The English call him Rollo. He appeared on the river Seine for the first time in 876, andafter having demonstrated by repeated attacks which resulted inactual conquest that he did not intend to leave, he entered into atreaty of peace with the French king Charles the Simple at Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911, received the kings daughter G-isela in mar-riage, and Normandy as a fief to be ruled by him as duke. This is the turning-point in the history of France, as theconquest of England by his descendant William the Conqueror isa turning-point in the history of England. What would France and England have been without the Nor-mans? ROLLO OF NORMANDY 37 ROUEN AND ROLLO OF NORMANDY! 39- ROUEN. Diex Aie aux ducs-roys!Rholf, Vuillaume, et nos DroitsNormands, vos Lois!Fils du Sang genereuxdes Viking glorieuxdonnons la Paix a tout pais,Normands unis! As Rollo was the hero of the Franco-Norman millennialcelebration, so was Rouen the theatre where this splendid affairwas staged. And rightly so. For all throughout the history ofNormandy this beautiful and thrifty city of Rollo has been thecenter around which many important events of the past thousandyears have ranged themselves; and it holds to-day, with its mag-nificent cathedrals, its beautiful public buildings, its rich collec-tion of monuments of Normandys great sons, and its presentwell-to-do and energetic population, a wealth of memories of thepast that far surpasses anything possessed by any other city inNormandy. To be sure, Normandy is rich in cities and otherhistorical places each of
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