英语国家社会文化Norman_Conquerors_and_the_Norman_C.pptVIP

ⅠNorman Conquerors ⅡThe Norman Conquest Origin of the Normans They were descended from Norse Viking(北欧海盗). The French king gave the Norse leader a large tract of land in the northern part of France on condition that the Norsemen promised to aid him in war and to accept the Christian religion. The place where they lived took on the name Normandy. They themselves came to be called the Normans, meaning Northman. Characteristics They were specially marked by cunning（狡猾），despising their own inheritance in the hope of winning a greater, eager after both gain and dominion. They were a race