Recent content by Spiralis

A historian writing about an event three generations after it occured should, in theory, give the most realistic image of what really happened. But that isn't necesarrily the case. Being a reliable source isn't just about being close to the events. (In fact neither Snorri nor Dudo ever met...

"Rollo, Robert 1., 927, vikingehøvding, stamfader til det normanniske dynasti i Normandiet og England. Rollo anførte en vikingehær, som i begyndelsen af 900-t. opererede i Nordfrankrig. I 911 overlod Karl 3. den Enfoldige ham områderne omkring Seinens nedre løb mellem floderne Bresle, Epte og...

I'll quote Encyclopædia Britannica: "According to later Scandinavian sagas, Rollo, making himself independent of King Harald I of Norway, sailed off to raid Scotland, England, Flanders, and France on pirating expeditions." The main Norman source is Dudo of Saint-Quentin. Neither he nor the...

Another simplification? I'll just quote from Wikipedia: "The question of Rollo's Danish or Norwegian origins was a matter of heated dispute between Norwegian and Danish historians of the 19th and early 20th century, particularly in the run-up to Normandy's 1000-year-anniversary in 1911. Today...