SC - recruiting/driving people away

[Bonne of Traquair]

*you are kidding Right?*
the duchy of Normandy was not "period to Western culture?"
If Vikings weren't "period to Western culture?" then the Duchy of
Normandy was not also
( why do you think it was call the Duchy of *Normandy* ( in 900 Vikings
took it over))
lets see most of EAST Engish lands ( you know YORK)







Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:39:06 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Par Leijonhufvud <parlei at algonet.se>
Subject: Re: SC - What is "period"?--off topic

On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Sue Clemenger wrote:

> Now I _know_ that this if off-topic, but I can't help it....<sheepish
grin> How
> could people _possibly_ think Vikings weren't "period to Western
culture?"
> Generations of my western european (Irish, French, English) ancestors
would have
> certainly disagreed!

I suppose that you can actually make a reasonable argument that the
Vikings were too different from the mainstream feudal culture to fit in
comfortably. OTOH, we *never* got truly feodalized...

/UlfR

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