I’ve always been intrigued by the sheer aggressive energy manifested by the Normans in everything they did, and especially in matters military, political, religious, and cultural. I find just reading about their exploits exhausting - exploits all the more impressive for being generally conducted by relatively small groups of adventurers.…
I’ve always been intrigued by the sheer aggressive energy manifested by the Normans in everything they did, and especially in matters military, political, religious, and cultural. I find just reading about their exploits exhausting - exploits all the more impressive for being generally conducted by relatively small groups of adventurers. It’s like they were on uppers all the time. I guess it must be the Viking genes.
They were Vikings at heart, and their conquers a few generations before were literal Vikings. Many of them were of literal Viking blood. (Rollo and all, if you are into that.)
Vikings with a veneer of Latin civilization. Conquering barbarians often tend that way for a few generations, absorbed by the culture of the conquered, which can prove useful as well as comfortable.
I’ve always been intrigued by the sheer aggressive energy manifested by the Normans in everything they did, and especially in matters military, political, religious, and cultural. I find just reading about their exploits exhausting - exploits all the more impressive for being generally conducted by relatively small groups of adventurers. It’s like they were on uppers all the time. I guess it must be the Viking genes.
They were Vikings at heart, and their conquers a few generations before were literal Vikings. Many of them were of literal Viking blood. (Rollo and all, if you are into that.)
Vikings with a veneer of Latin civilization. Conquering barbarians often tend that way for a few generations, absorbed by the culture of the conquered, which can prove useful as well as comfortable.
If I recall correctly, Viking ancestors had "berserkers" as warriors. Following that thread through history and literature is quite fascinating.
Not to mention the genetics--redheads in Sicily.