. The Normans in Europe . BOSTONESTES AND LAURIAT CHICAGO JANSEN, McCLURG, & CO. SAN FRANCISCO PAYOT, UPHAM, & CO. 1877 «6 PREFACE. The history of the Scandinavian Exodus which beganin the ninth century falls conveniently into two periods. During the first, (800 circ.—912) the people ofDenmark, Sweden, and Norway harassed Europe withtheir inroads, and formed definite settlements in theBritish Isles, Russia, and France. During the second, (1029-1066) France itselfbecame the starting-place for a new series of incur-sions, led by men of Scandinavian descent, who hadby that time adopted French cus
. The Normans in Europe . BOSTONESTES AND LAURIAT CHICAGO JANSEN, McCLURG, & CO. SAN FRANCISCO PAYOT, UPHAM, & CO. 1877 «6 PREFACE. The history of the Scandinavian Exodus which beganin the ninth century falls conveniently into two periods. During the first, (800 circ.—912) the people ofDenmark, Sweden, and Norway harassed Europe withtheir inroads, and formed definite settlements in theBritish Isles, Russia, and France. During the second, (1029-1066) France itselfbecame the starting-place for a new series of incur-sions, led by men of Scandinavian descent, who hadby that time adopted French customs and this period belong the settlements in Spain andItaly, and the Norman conquest of England. The aim of this book is to present a connectedview of these incursions, and to bring clearly beforethe reader the important fact, that the Norman Con-quest was only the last of this long series of settle-ments and conquests. The narrow limits required by the character of theseries have necessitated mucnormansineurope01john
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