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The English name "Normans" comes from the French words Normans/Normanz, plural of Normant, [17] modern French normand, which is itself borrowed from Old Low Franconian Nortmann "Northman" [18] or directly from Old Norse Norðmaðr, Latinized variously as Nortmannus, Normannus, or Nordmannus (recorded in Medieval Latin, 9th century) to mean "Norseman, Viking".
People or things connected with the Norman conquest of southern Italy in the 11th and 12th centuries Normanist theory (also known as Normanism) and anti-Normanism , historical disagreement regarding the origin of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and their historic predecessor, Kievan Rus'
Old Norman contained Old Norse loanwords unknown in other Old French dialects at that time. [4] Old Norman would be brought to England by William the Conqueror and his followers in what became known as the Norman Conquest, forming the ruling class of Anglo-Normans. Over time, their language evolved from the continental Old Norman to a dialect ...
Other Norman aristocrats with English wives following the conquest include William Pece, Richard Juvenis and Odo, a Norman knight. [1] Eventually, even this distinction largely disappeared in the course of the Hundred Years War (1337–1453), and by the 14th century Normans identified themselves as English, having been fully assimilated into ...
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Charles Normand (1889–1982), Scottish meteorologist; Dennis Normand (born 1971), American-born artist and architect; Ernest Normand (1859–1923), English painter; Gilbert Normand (born 1943), Canadian physician and politician
Pages in category "People of Norman descent" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Séverine Ferrer; L.
Pages in category "French people of Norman descent" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.