Allow me to use my FIVE (5) university degrees +
ALMOST FIVE (5) OTHER UNIVERSITY DEGREES to my advantage,
please. :D
You say "a quick read". INDEED! (Ha! Ha!)
Being a university liberal arts "trained scholar", I know the
importance of CHECKING one's SOURCES in order to know
how correct/incorrect they are. :D
LET'S START by agreeing on a few things.
FIRST, the founder of Normandy was the Viking king, Rollo.
"the Viking leader Rollo and the Frankish King Charles the
Simple signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, under which
Charles gave Rouen and the area of present-day Upper Nor-
mandy to Rollo, establishing the Duchy of Normandy."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Normandy
By the way, the city of North-Western Quebec, Rouen Noranda
gets its name from Jean-Baptiste de Rouyn, Rouyn being the
Norman city of Rouen, France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouen
THE QUESTION IS THIS: "where" was he born?
THE CORRECT ANSWER: we doN'T know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo
The Vikings can be divided into three (3) groups.
THE NORWEGIANS
They went back + forth from Norway to Northern Scotland.
My first name: Kenneth
My first name by the way is Kenneth: it is "commonly" believed
to be Scottish when, in fact, it's a Nordic name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kennet
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Kenneth
THE DANES
The conquered East England: East Anglia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_East_Anglia
Thet "imposed" Danelaw on the English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw
HEADS-UP: Danelaw was NOT part of Norman culture.
THE SWEDES
The Swedish Vikings were THE MOST ADVENTUROUS VIKINGS.
They held sway all the way into Russia where St. Petersburg is
today: as a result, the girls there look very Scandinavian.
By the way, Ivan the Terrible who unified Russian making it
the biggest country in the world was of Swedish descent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_the_Terrible
The Swedish Vikings sold lumber to the Arabs adroitly using
network of waterways and creating Viking cities along the
route such as Novgorod.
"There is archaeological evidence that Vikings reached Baghdad,
the centre of the Islamic Empire.[76] The Norse regularly plied
the Volga with their trade goods: furs, tusks, seal fat for boat
sealant, and slaves. Important trading ports during the period
include Birka, Hedeby, Kaupang, Jorvik, Staraya Ladoga, Novgorod,
and Kiev."
"Hoards of 9th century Baghdad-minted silver coins have been
found in Sweden, particularly in Gotland."
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings
THE KNIGHTS
The famous knights were from Normandy or lands occupied
by the Normans like England after the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings
The Knights of Normandy conquered English + Sicily. They
were responsible for the crusades. The English story of the
Knights of the Round Table + their king, King Arthur have
everything to do with being the descendants of the Knights
of Normandy.
My family name: Selin
My Swedish Viking family name is Selin (say'leen): it originates
near the Norwegian/Swedish borders. The are variations of
the name where the Swedish Vikings went and THAT BEING
NORMANDY. The Norman variation is Gosselin + Asselin:
French-Canadian names as 75% of French-Canadians come
from Normandy.
LET'S GET BACK to your "incorrect" quick read: what you're
falsely alleging is the "unsubstantiated", "speculative"
claim that the Normans were Danes. Were they?
You know already there was NO DANELAW in Normandy.
LET'S SUPPOSE they were Danes. (They, clearly, wereN'T!)
THEN, we would have "SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE" to that
would "effectively" support your claim arising from CLOSE
CONTACT with the Danes in East Anglia; but, THERE IS NO
SUCH SUPPORTING EVIDENCE - WHATSOEVER!
Your "uncorroborated" assertion is evidently specious - with-
out any grounds - at all.
University liberal arts intellectual training is all about
finding out what's TRUE + what's NOT! :D
That involves "being critical" of the veracity of your sources:
that's where GOOD RESEARCH SKILLS resulting from a good
university liberal arts program come into play.
Preferably, the findings are further substantiated by cross-
reference material by other legitimate, relevant documents.
Comic books doN'T count. (Ha! Ha!)
In summary,
- there were NO NORWEIGIAN KNIGHTS;
- there were NO DANISH KNIGHTS;
- there were only NORMAN/SWEDISH KNIGHTS.
THIS PROVES unequivocally that THE SWEDISH VIKINGS
are THE ONES who settled in Normandy.
And there you have it. :D
Ken, Toronto, CANADA