Simon Barker:AJJewsbury:Hastings ? - I think there was a bit of unpleasantness with a few French chaps a while back - had someones eye out, I believe
I got told off once by a resident of those parts for spreading false rumours - apparently the locals claim the battle wasn't as Hastings at all, but a few miles inland at a place called, believe it or not, Battle. (I presume it wasn't called that at the time though - that would have been too much of a co-incidence)
- Andy.And William was only nominally French. He was a Norman (i.e. a Norse man). They pretended to be subservient to the king of France, but only if the king of France didn't try to tell them what to do. In reality, the Normans had invaded Normandy, and there was nothing the French could do about it.
Normandy named after the men from the north!
Cheers!
Simon Barker:AJJewsbury:Hastings ? - I think there was a bit of unpleasantness with a few French chaps a while back - had someones eye out, I believe
I got told off once by a resident of those parts for spreading false rumours - apparently the locals claim the battle wasn't as Hastings at all, but a few miles inland at a place called, believe it or not, Battle. (I presume it wasn't called that at the time though - that would have been too much of a co-incidence)
- Andy.And William was only nominally French. He was a Norman (i.e. a Norse man). They pretended to be subservient to the king of France, but only if the king of France didn't try to tell them what to do. In reality, the Normans had invaded Normandy, and there was nothing the French could do about it.
Normandy named after the men from the north!
Cheers!
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