The personalities of these jarls/dukes was one of the main assets of Normandy. This was illustrated by the fact that several of its jarls/dukes had alternative names (Rolf/Rollo/Rollon was also called Robert) and that some of them had two weddings : one Christian, to maintain propriety and for stratgegic reasons, and the other pagan, more Danico (“in the Danish custom”).
The Normandy-Yorkshire Linguistic Connectionĭuring the early years of its existence, ducal Normandy was, in a way, a double-faceted state.Some Family names based on the craft of the Metalworking Smith.Terrain Features which affect Baltic weather.Basin Information, Current and their effects.Air masses which affect the Baltic and Skaggarack.Kovirke – Fortress of Mighty Oak and Earth.The Danelaw – population, culture and heritage.Scandinavian terms for landscape features in the Danelaw.Scandinavian take-over of estates in The Danelaw.Danegeld – The Vikings and money in England.From a midwinter celebration to a Christian feast.Yorkshire Dialect Words of Old Norse Origin.What was made in Viking Age Jorvik (York)?.What people ate and drank in Jorvik (York).Life Expectancy in Viking Age Jorvik (York).Jorvik (York) and the five boroughs of the Danelaw.Ólavsøka (The Olavs-festival) in the Faroe Islands.Irish words which have come from Old Norse.The Scandinavian contribution in Normandy.The 10th century foundation of the Duchy of Normandy.Place names for landscape features and similar.Place names based on a Scandinavian personal name element.The Voyage of the Norwegians Torulf and Egil To Estonia in 925.Olav Haraldsson – Olav the Stout – Olav the Saint.
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