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	Vexin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vexin is a former region in France, divided since the 10th century between the Norman Vexin (Vexin normand) and the French Vexin (Vexin français).
		The Gaulish tribe of the Veliocassi, whose capital was at Rouen, gave their name to the region that became known as the Vexin, later to become a county.
		The Norman incursions under Rollo of Normandy were halted by the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911 which established the Duchy of Normandy and fixed its boundary with the territory of the Kingdom of France along the river Epte.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vexin (202 words)

	Normandy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Normans were a mixture of the indigenous Gauls and of the Viking invaders under the leadership of Rollo, who besieged Paris and was given the area of Normandy (Treaty of St.-Claire-sur-Epte, 911) in return for defending it against future pirate attacks.
		Norman families, such as that of Tancred of Hauteville played important parts in the Crusades and established a kingdom in Sicily and the south of Italy.
		The Norman language, a regional language, is spoken by a minority of the population, with a concentration in the Cotentin peninsula in the far West, and in the Pays de Caux in the East.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Normandy (1861 words)

	Normandy - LoveToKnow 1911
		From the confluence of the Epte and Seine to Ivry, the boundary between Normandy and the Ile-de-France is artificial; it is afterwards practically determined by the course of the Eure and the Sarthe.
		It is to the settlement of the Normans in the country that Normandy owes its name; from the loth century onwards it formed a duchy, roughly coextensive with the ecclesiastical province of Rouen.
		The Vexin was consequently the scene of hostilities in 1159 and 1165.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Normandy (3068 words)

	normandy - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		The Normans were a mixture of the indigenous Gauls and of the Viking invaders under the leadership of Rollo (Gange Rolf), who besieged Paris and was given the area of Normandy (Treaty of St.-Claire-sur-Epte, 911) in return for defending it against future pirate attacks.
		Norman families, such as that of Tancred of Hauteville played important parts in the Crusades.
		The Norman language, a regional language, is spoken by a minority of the population: the Cotentin peninsula especially in the far West and in the Pays de Caux in the East.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/Normandy (1324 words)

	Normandy oddd.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The literature of the Duchy and England during the period of the Anglo-Norman realm is known as Anglo-Norman literature.
		Anglo-Norman and French political relations became complicated after the Norman Conquest, as the Norman rulers retained control of their holdings in Normandy as vassals owing fealty to the King of France, but were his equals as King of England.
		In the 9th century, it was overrun by Normans and since 912 has been the capital of Normandy and residence of the dukes.
	www.oddd.org /en/Normandy (4758 words)

	Normandy - ChristWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		A second war between John Lackland, King of England in 1199 and Philip Augustus, was terminated by the treaty of Goulet (1200), by which John Lackland recovered Norman Vexin, but recognized the French king's possession of the territory of Evreux and declared himself the "liege man" of Philip Augustus.
		Norman sailors were enrolled by Philip VI of France for a naval campaign against England in 1340 which resulted in the defeat of Ecluse.
		The Norman school of architecture from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century produced superb Gothic edifices chiefly characterized by the height of their spires and bell-towers.
	christ.relately.com /w/index.php?title=Normandy&redirect=no (3576 words)

	The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Norman frontier in the reign of Henry I (1106-35); 11.
		The Norman frontier and the Angevin dukes (1135-93); 12.
		The Norman frontier and the fall of Angevin Normandy (1193-1204); 13.
	www.cup.cam.ac.uk /us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521571723&ss=exc (254 words)

	Review: La première Normandie (Xe - XIe siècles): sur les frontières de la haute Normandie: identité et ...
		Boüard restated the traditional interpretation of Norman history, whereas the view that the old Frankish estates had survived the disruption of the Norman settlement was advanced from 1945 by Musset, based on his detailed archival research.
		A sister of Duke Robert II (1027–35) was married to Baldwin IV of Flanders; a ducal cousin, Godgifu, sister of Edward the Confessor, was married to the count of Boulogne; William the Conqueror married Matilda of Flanders.
		Here the Normans’ neighbours were the counts of Amiens, Valois and Vexin, with whom, from the mid tenth century, relations were generally cordial, culminating in the joint pilgrimage of Count Walter I and Duke Robert I of Normandy to the Holy Land in 1035.
	www.history.ac.uk /reviews/paper/thompsonk.html (3012 words)

	BBC - History - The Threat of Invasion 1066-1789: An Overview
		Knights of the Norman Conquest as depicted in the Bayeux tapestry ©
		Nevertheless the Normans were still forced to repel invasions from large Norwegian and Danish forces in the late 1060s that found native support in the north-east of England.
		Friendly Norman ports protected England's southern coasts, whilst the Channel was viewed as an inconvenient break in the lines of communication between the two territories rather than a defensive ditch.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/british/normans/invasion_threat_01.shtml (350 words)

	Mantes : the last battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In England, the betrayals of the Norman barons followed revolts by the Anglo-Saxons.
		Control of the Vexin region set the King of France and the Duke-King in opposition.
		The frontier artificially separates a Norman Vexin and a French Vexin.
	www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/histoires/5/histoireNorm5_5.htm (355 words)

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		In especial, a Norman monk, Robert of Jumièges, was nominated Bishop of London(1044), and some six years later Archbishop of Canterbury (1051); while another Norman, Ulf, was made Bishop of Dorchester (1049).
		But all the time these and many other Norman strangers were swarming into the land, the house of Godwin was becoming more and more the centre of the national party.
		The Normans under Richard were able to re-establish their autonomy and from 947 Richard governed in relative peace.
	www.evere.co.uk /eavespage/download/d'ewyas/report.txt (3089 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Normandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Writers in the Norman language include: {width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="5" - valign="top" align="left"
		From the 1860s, plein-air painters, who worked outside the studio, were attracted to Normandy by the ease of railway access from Paris.
		Composers and musicians Norman by birth include: {width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="5" - valign="top" align="left"
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Normandy (1924 words)

	NORMANDY - Online Information article about NORMANDY
		Normans in the country that Normandy owes its name; from the loth century onwards it formed a duchy, roughly coextensive with the ecclesiastical province of Rouen.
		Christian communities in Normandy, as seems to be proved by the existence of St Nicasius, who was martyred in the Vexin.
		Simple of France and Rolf or Rollo, chief of the Normans, the territory comprising the town of Rouen and a few pagi situated on the sea-coast was ceded to the latter; but the terms of the treaty are See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NEW_NUM/NORMANDY.html (4491 words)

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		In 1031 Robert supported King Henry I. of France against his brother Robert, who was laying claim to the throne, and in return for his services received the French Vexin.
		Three years later, William took possession of England, of which he was crowned king in,o66.
		Palgrave, The History of Normandy and of England (2 vols., 1851--1857); E. Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England (3rd ed., 5 vols., Oxford, 1877) ; Joh.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=48713 (3041 words)

	Chateau de Requiecourt : tourism around your bed&breakfast
		Carries Norman on the valley of the Seine
		Val d’Oise Archeologic Museum in Guiry en Vexin – 15 mn.
		Vexin castles: Trie Château - Chaumont en Vexin – Boury en Vexin – Lattainville – Alincourt – … La Collégiale Notre-Dame de l’Assomption in Écouis (XIVth) – 20 mn.
	www.chateauderequiecourt.com /eng/rqttourism.html (141 words)

	Welcome to Medieval Forum \| Dinah Hazell
		For example, Ewert cites Suchier's inclination to "identify Marie's language as that of the Vexin" and his notation of her reference in Les Deus Amanz to Pitres, which lies in the Norman part of the Vexin, in terms that suggest she knew the area personally (Ewert, Lais vii).
		However, domicile in the Vexin would place her in an ideal position to observe the Norman court and culture of Henry II while benefiting from proximity to Paris and the heart of the French kingdom, as well as in the path of political, social and intellectual cross-currents.
		To imagine her traveling between the Vexin, Paris, Normandy, and England is not unreasonable; but even if she did not, she would have had plentiful opportunity to gather material for her works from Breton jongleurs, southern troubadours, and other travelers who disseminated poetry and literature as they went.
	www.sfsu.edu /~medieval/Volume2/Hazell.html (6100 words)

	WNO04-wedding-normandy-more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Contact Us In the heart of Norman Vexin, at 1 hour far from Paris and 45 minutes from Rouen, you will discover a splendid raised and flowered park.
		In a splendid raised and flowered park of 1,5 acre with A Norman pigeon loft, we offer you, for a whole day or for an evening until the daybreak, 3 rooms with different destinations and characters.
		The house which comprises 10 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms and toilets (that is sleeping accommodation for 17 adults) is at your disposal from 3 pm until 11:30 am the following day.
	simplychateau.com /castle-for-rent-NW/WNO04-wedding-normandy-more.htm (320 words)

	INLAND NORMANDY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		If the coastline is wild and rugged, the Norman countryside with it's golden plains, fresh undulating landscape, it's forests of beech and pine, is a haven of peace and serenity.
		Pays de Bray is an area of orchards and rich pastures, contrasting with Pays de Caux and Vexin Norman, a land of grand limestone outcrops dramatically overlooking the sea and the Seine.
		L'Epte used to be a frontier defended by many fortresses, (Baudement, la Bresle bordered by the forests of Lyons and d'Eu; the Bethume and a dozen other rivers have flowed through this chalky mass of verdant ravines.
	www.normandy-tourism.org /gb/01bienv/gene21.html (581 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Princess Margaret FRANCE ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
		The children were still both infants, but the arrangement was made less for their sakes than for peace between their fathers and for substantial advantages which Henry hoped to gain.
		His sister Margaret was now a widow without children, and he had some right to demend that the lands which had been ceded by France to Normandy as her marriage portion should be restored.
		These were the Norman Vexin and the important frontier fortress of Gisors...[Geoffrey] replied to Philip that the cession of the Vexin had been final and that there could be no question of its return.
	www.geneal.net /1242.htm (737 words)

	Fly fishing in Normandy
		It is a tributary of the river Seine and it is flowing in the region called the Norman Vexin (roughly between Rouen and Giverny).
		Castle of the Norman Vexin, near the river Andelle
		The Vexin region of Normandy offers a wonderful countryside where the famous Parisian sportsmen of the golden age, liked to have their week-end properties.
	www.gourmetfly.com /Norm1.htm (2329 words)

	Killing or Clemency? Ransom, Chivalry and Changing Attitudes to Defeated Opponents
		The Norman Conquest, however, was to mark the importation into England of a differing military ethos, which placed an increasing stress on ransom and the sparing of knightly captives, and which eschewed the enslavement of prisoners of war as a token of barbarism.
		The impact of the Norman Conquest on behaviour in war within the British isles is a subject which cannot be explored in detail here, thought we may note that the clash and partial fusion of Anglo-Norman and Celtic military cultures created a complex pattern of conduct.
		The Normans were probably justified in their belief that little mercy would have been shown to them at Hastings if Harold had been victorious.
	www.deremilitari.org /resources/articles/strickland1.htm (10021 words)

	Ancester of Onesime Godin - pafg30 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Geoffrey was popular with the Normans, but he had to suppress arebellion of malcontent Angevin nobles.
		TheBarons took the oath to uphold the succession of Matilda and Geoffrey and their childrenafter them; when, therefore, the sons, Henry, Geoffrey and William, were born, theirgrandfather, King Henry, thought the succession to the throne was secure.
		Geoffrey was popular with the Normans, but he had to suppress a rebellionof malcontent Angevin nobles.
	www.osmondheaven.com /pafg30.htm (17120 words)

	WNO04-wedding-normandy
		In the heart of Norman Vexin, at 1 hour from Paris and 45 minutes from Rouen, you will discover a splendid raised and flowered park.
		This manor house, has preserved the wonders of the architecture of 13th and 17th centuries.
		Accommodation is available for up to 17 people.
	www.simplychateau.com /castle-for-rent-NW/WNO04-wedding-normandy.htm (67 words)

	Chateaux-France.com - Receptions and exceptional events search multicriteria and focuses
		In the heart of Norman Vexin, at 1 hour far from Paris and 45 minutes from Rouen, you will discover a splendid raised and flowered park.
		In the heart of the natural reserve of French Vexin, nested in a true island of greenery, the castle of Gadancourt, listed as historic monument, harmoniously composed of two houses built during King Louis the 13th reign and a central building created in the 18th century.
		Four smoking and standing rooms with double exposition and direct access to a large terrace....
	www.chateaux-france.com /mariages-en.html (214 words)

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