[DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3365, aired 1999-04-02 [PAR] The Normans called their knights this; one may have been ... The first Norman 
foothold in France was near Rouen, around the mouth of this... [DOC] [TLE] Norman | people | Britannica.com [PAR] Member of those Vikings, or Norsemen, who settled in northern France (or the 
Frankish ... foothold on Frankish soil in the valley of the lower Seine River by 
about 900. ... him the land around the mouth of the Seine and what is now the city 
of Rouen. ... Again, although the Normans were at first novices and imitators in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] The French Hakluyt; Marc Lescarbot of Vervins - JStor [PAR] Lawrence and the discovery of the river of that name by Jacques ... Cf. Gosselin, 
Nouvelles Ghines Historiques Norman- des, Rouen, I873, pp. ... near Cape St. 
Vincent by six French rovers who carried off two ... The list of English voyages 
and discoveries during the first half ..... to establish a foothold in the New World. [DOC] [TLE] Rollo - Wikipedia [PAR] Rollo (c. 846  c. 930) was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, a 
region of France. He emerged as the outstanding personality among the 
Norsemen who had secured a permanent foothold on Frankish soil in the ... The 
name is given as Roul in the 12-century Norman French Roman de la Rou by 
Wace,... [DOC] [TLE] William the Conqueror - Wikipedia [PAR] William I usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the 
Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death 
in 1087. ... The lands around Rouen became the core of the later duchy of 
Normandy. .... Bellme's overlord was the king of France, but Domfort was under 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Rollo and the Norman colony - The Vikings: A History - Erenow [PAR] Rouen was captured and burnt by Asgeir in 841, and when he returned to the 
Seine in ... of which established themselves in the region around what would 
later become ..... at the mouth of the river Bresle in the east, across to the river 
Vire in the west. ... The government of the Norman rulers was illiterate for most of 
the first... [DOC] [TLE] Normandy - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy [PAR] Normandy ( ; French : Normandie , pronounced , Norman : Normaundie, from Old 
... Its population of 3.37 million accounts for around 5% of the population of 
France. ... As early as 841, a Viking fleet appeared at the mouth of the Seine, the 
principal route ...... Origins The first Viking attack on the river Seine took place in 
820. [DOC] [TLE] Rollo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Photos and Stories ... [PAR] Count of Rouen Reign911927 PredecessorNone SuccessorWilliam I Bornc. ... 
Flanders on pirating expeditions, and took part in raids along France's Seine river
. ... [6] Rollo is first recorded as the leader of these Viking settlers in a charter of 
918, ... [10] Later Norman writers, notably Dudo of Saint-Quentin, refer to Rollo as
... [DOC] [TLE] introduction to brittany & normandy - RG B-Format [PAR] Each quintessentially French yet cherishing its own unique identity, Brittany and 
... coastline winds its way around so many bays, peninsulas and river estuaries 
that it ... centuries later Norman seafarers established the French foothold in 
Canada. ... large-scale ports: Rouen, on the Seine, is as near as ships can get to 
Paris,... [DOC] [TLE] Pierpont Name Study - WikiTree [PAR] ... him the land around the mouth of the Seine and what is now the city of Rouen. 
... I assume near the stone bridge, a military fortification was created. ... The 
language was heavily influenced by the French (Norman-French) and the ... The 
first mention of the name Pierpont is in the year 938: "castrumque Petraepontem". [DOC] [TLE] Normandy, Part 1 by Gordon Home - Full Text Free Book [PAR] Concerning Rouen, the Ancient Capital of Normandy CHAPTER IV ... THE 
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Question: The first Norman foothold in France was near Rouen, around the mouth of this river
Answer: Seine