The Normans - The Birth of Normandy | BBC Select

In this clip from The Normans on BBC Select, Professor Robert Bartlett heads to the location where the province of Normandy was born.
At the start of the 10th century, Rollo of the Vikings made a deal with Charles, King of France. He swore loyalty to the king and agreed to protect him against other Viking raiders and in return was given the land between the river and the sea, creating the region we now know as Normandy. Soon a great political transformation occurred and Normandy quickly grew, becoming one of the most powerful principalities in France. The Normans also quickly moved away from their Scandinavian routes, becoming wine drinkers and adopting the French language, social structure and legal and administrative systems.
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[@sarahgilbert8036]

I do miss Normandie - so much history.

[@MaitreRenard276]

Alors je le suis...

[@nordicson2835]

Another interesting subject, looking forward to seeing this in full

[@alexbay7885]

Great short informative clip.

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@neilfosteronly]

Crazy so many areas were conquered by foreigners so recently that had a major influence on modern day. Pretty much anywhere that there is Arab influence or Viking influence. So much change in a sort period. Wish more knowledge of Yunnan and how Indo European language spread. Would be cool to see more about how Arabs spread so fast also, unlike the Vikings they changed religion and culture much more.

[@silliaek]

intriguing.

[@silvershadchan4085]

If it weren’t for the Normans the Anglophone world we know and love today wouldn’t exist.

[@C_B_Hubbs]

We definitely know it, that is certain. But not love it. Anglo-Saxon, Norse, Latin, these were pure languages with logic and structure and cohesion. Then they mixed together; Anglo-Saxon into Romano-Celtic, Germano-Frankish into Gallo-Romance, Norse into Frankish Romance, and finally Norman French into Old English. The resulting bastard languages, modern English and French, are a complete linguistic mess, and sadly have been imposed on much of the world during the colonial period as languages of some kind of authority, that people from many nations had to speak to engage in society, international trade, economy, and politics. If only we could return to Latin being the international standard language, and old Celtic and Germanic being spoken across their respective territories.

[@anthonyparadiso1a]

​@C_B_Hubbs I like English. Complex yet simple and full of nice words like house and barn

[@506Edai]

​@@C_B_Hubbsfrench is quite structured, at least way more than english, for sure 😅

[@506Edai]

​@@C_B_Hubbsyou could still speak latin or celtic or old english at home, mate. Nobody's forcing you to not do that, but I bet you don't 😅 Try typing your entire comment in norse or old celtic, latin is a bit easier 😂

[@C_B_Hubbs]

@@506Edai nobody should be forced to learn any language, but if we are going to have an international language, let it not be the messy English or French. My point was these languages shouldn't be praised for mixing and displacing more cohesive ones which were inherent to their respective nations and cultures. So many people around the world now struggle to learn them just in order to participate in the modern global society. I am currently studying Latin and therefore do speak it to myself at home on a daily basis as a way to practice. Altho I don't speak them, I would like the Celtic languages to be revived and less imposition of English onto the remaining Celtic regions and the Nordic countries where English is becoming as common as the native language.

[@jacquesrenou2850]

My ancestors,starting in 967,Wragenwulf.❤

[@abdulazizclare9545]

My family was de Brionne in Normandy then after 1066 became de Clare.

[@miyojewoltsnasonth2159]

Do you know why your own family name changed, if it was and remained in Normandy? *Reply to:* _"My family was de Brionne in Normandy then after 1066 became de Clare."_

[@abdulazizclare9545]

@@miyojewoltsnasonth2159 The Normans slowly become English and anglicized family names. Just like years earlier they gave up the Viking names after becoming Christians or French. Yes people today in Normandy with the surname Brionne are on the Clare DNA list. Also people in Northern Germany as I think we are Danish Viking.

[@miyojewoltsnasonth2159]

@@abdulazizclare9545 Ah, I was getting the impression that your family _remained_ in Normandy, not that they were part of the Norman invasion of England. That's why I asked "if it was and remained in Normandy?" *Reply to:* _"The Normans slowly become English and anglicized family names. Just like years earlier they gave up the Viking names after becoming Christians or French. Yes people today in Normandy with the surname Brionne are on the Clare DNA list. Also people in Northern Germany as I think we are Danish Viking."_

[@abdulazizclare9545]

@@miyojewoltsnasonth2159 Yes if you look at Anglo Norman history they did go back and forth UK and France. My family took part in 1066 they are relatives of William I of England. The lands in Sussex a area called Clare they took the name after given many acres.

[@miyojewoltsnasonth2159]

@@abdulazizclare9545 Now it all makes sense, thank you for explaining your ancestors' impact on history. It's been interesting to read. *Reply to:* _"Yes if you look at Anglo Norman history they did go back and forth UK and France. My family took part in 1066 they are relatives of William I of England. The lands in Sussex a area called Clare they took the name after given many acres."_

[@s.v.848]

I wonder what the Normans would say if they saw the state of the Caliphate of Britain today.

[@neilfosteronly]

Well the Henry VIII was willing to convert to being Muslim if it gave him alias and allowed him divorce. The Normans would want to covet to being Muslim as it allows them more freedom for conquest. Besides the not drinking alcohol it is a benefit. Normans don't care about religion. They care about conquest.

[@paulstilwell9973]

Very much like a Simon Schama history story. Not a bad thing at all.

[@bluebirdtechnologygrouplim3304]

It was an excellent series in the Norman’s. He did one about the Plantagenets too which again was superb

[@J-_-fer]

I am directing blood related to sir Edmund Giles Parker de brownsholme in the year 1500. I believe these were his ancestors.?

[@rohanwilkinson1021]

I love the Normans supernatural highlander castles called the Motte and Bailey which contains a mountain of Jord the earth mother created by earth magic created for a hall up high modelled after Valhalla and also created to see far and wide like a farseer psychic Raven lord.

[@SBonnieWhite]

I wondered why I m so hard headed. Why others fols where i fight harder...until I had my dna done. %10, Norman.

[@Kim-br5yj]

It funny how insane we shaped all of Europe, Im Norwegian. But we were peaceful in the end. Kind of misunderstud

[@reivang7196]

It’s crazy how Africans snapped the world.

[@rohanwilkinson1021]

Archaeology evidence states the sacred elder of Normandy heralded the title of Thor known as Bjorn which means bear indicating they are from the Thorbjorn family and not just the Thorstein family that they are from according to a sacred family tree on a rune stone and they weared a sacred Mjolnir necklace which indicates he was really invaded by Christian's that attempted to destroy or melt his Mjolnir necklace to turn it into the executioner cross known as the crucifix he also had oath rings to state he refuses to be the bane of his own kin as he opposes the puppet master that made brother the bane of brother. The oldest contradicted indigenous sources are correct the founder of Normandy is displaced after losing land and loved ones that they failed to avenge.

[@test-201]

The normans spoke old french the same way modern americans speak english its wasn't their language they merely adopted it from other people it had no cultural connection to them but much like americans with spanish the normans were surrounded by old french and they began speaking it the united states of america is the second largest spanish speaking country in the world and has been since 2013

[@seigneurcanardo7030]

Nope, Normans are the result of 5000 vikings who merged with 110,000 locals in 911 in Neustria. Rollo failed his siege of Chartres and accepted to settle with his men at the mouth of the Seine river (treaty of St Clair sur Epte). So dukedon of Normandy was created/given by the king of France in 911 and taken back in 1204 by an another king of France (Philippe Auguste). 150 years later, in 1066, they spoke old french, were catholics and adopted French feudal system. William/Guillaume was a descendant of Charlemagne, and begged the king of France for help in 1047 at the battle of Val Es Dunes. They even depicted themselves as "Francii" on the tapestry of Bayeux and imported to England gothic architecture, not some strange vikings architecture (like Westminter, Lincoln Cathedral, etc...).

[@test-201]

@@seigneurcanardo7030 france didn't exist at the time and all of the people living in modern day normandy and brittany were ethnically british now modern french people are basically southern europeans from north africa and the mediterranean the normans spoke old norman french which was different than old french

[@seigneurcanardo7030]

@@test-201 it's the most stupid thing I have ever read on internet, so far... Kingdom of France existed in 911 and the dukedom of Normandy was given by the king of France himself. People of normandy aren't British, but English were frenchified/normanfied for sure in 1066, and their kings spoke French for centuries. Normand language is a langue d'Oil very close to middle and modern french, "dieu et mon droit" is french, and once again they depicted themselves as "francii" on Bayeux tapestry. As for your claim about the new ethnicity of french, it's as stupid as saying modern British are from Pakistan/India/Poland

[@test-201]

@@seigneurcanardo7030 the people that the normans mixed with were from brittany so ethnically british it's called brittany for a reason the people there were ethnically british from the british isles lol and no the normans were not french they were scandinavian and they spoke norman french which is scandinavian pig latin basically the english have had much more impact on the french than the french have had on the english when you see a french person with blue eyes those eyes come from northern europeans (the english) the modern french today are more closely related to southern europeans than to any of those people from 1000 years ago the "french" (france didnt exist at the time) in the english language is norman french not modern french lol you need to be able to really understand history not french propaganda the french are a mix of peoples not one single people the french language is a mix of languages not one single language

[@seigneurcanardo7030]

@@test-201 so ,I respond to you in French this time: Non, désolé de briser ta petite propagande "anglocentrique", mais non, les normands ne sont pas des scandinaves qui parlaient un "pig latin", mais qq milliers de vikings qui se sont mélangés aux locaux de Neustrie qui n'étaient pas bretons, c'est la chose la plus idiote que je n'ai jamais lu. Non, les quelques millions de britanniques n'ont pas eu plus d'influence sur la France médiévale, d'ailleurs, vos rois ont parlé français pendant des siècles et étaient un "empire angevin". C'est dur a accepter pour toi, d'avoir été "francifiés" avec un système féodale français, un roi d'Angleterre vassal du roi de France, une langue anglaise influencés par le français, avec une architecture gothique venant de la région parisienne... Quant aux français, au milieu de l'Europe, ils sont celtes, latinisés, germanisés, et de partout. You should stop believing your english propaganda: Norman were not British, a little bit from Scandinavia, their dukes descended from Charlemagne like Guillaume/William, and Kingdom of England belonged to the dukedom of Normandy and not the the other way round. This dukedom was created by the french king in 911 until 1204. Signé: Un habitant de Normandie (de Livarot Pays d'Auge -Saint Germain de Montgommery) And you won't learn me History of my région 😂

[@rohanwilkinson1021]

It looks like in the end it was great that the personal tribe of Thor the rebellious Northmen the freemen joined their long lost traditional Dutch trade partners of Flanders who traded with the fairest viking trade merchants of Denmark the Danish fair child that joined the Dutch in Britanny to establish peaceful alliance and to prevent friendly fire for the Dutch loved their Scandinavian trade partner who they could not be forced to fight by the Christian empire that failed to make human shield puppets out of them.

[@vloveless6367]

Mountbatten screwed up everything he touched

[@antoinemozart243]

Big mistakes : The Vikings had been completely ousted from France at the beginning of the Xth century. Rollo was nothing . He just had been crushed by the Robertians at Chartres after a serie of defeats. It is only thanks to the feud between the Counts of Paris and the Carolingian king that this tiny group was granted land. Charles was far more afraid of the winning Count of Paris than of the viking loosers. 😂😂

[@smal750]

Norman = French

[@Fragoso93]

I thought the Franks were the French ? And Norman the English. I could be wrong

[@smal750]

​​@@Fragoso93 nope the normans are danes who mixed with the already settled celts and franks. the english are the angles which is a germanic tribe

[@test-201]

@jonnyneace8928 americans speak english but you're also the second largest spanish speaking country in the world, you're all basically hispanic and irish people that speak english the normans were literally north men from norway and denmark that spoke norman french a heavily scandinavian version of old french, not french its like saying old english is the same as modern english old french is a completely different language compared to modern french

[@francois-xaviernoro9861]

@@smal750the initial people before Northmens’ arrival that were living in the Neustrie area (present-day territory known as Normandy) were a mix of Celts-Gauls, Romans as well as Germanic Franks-Saxons. Similarly as in the rest of others Langue d’oïl territories (Northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg and western Rhine Germany). Danish and Norwegians Northmen intermarried with them and mainly settled in actual Cotentin, Calvados and Seine Maritime and other coastal areas like Dieppe, Eu-Le Tréport. This led to the Norman population that spread in the British Isles and in Southern Italy (Sicily).

[@smal750]

@@francois-xaviernoro9861 there are no romans in france are you dumb