27 books
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11 voters
Normans
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32 voters
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The recently arrived Normans were a people very different from the subjects of the Capetian kings. They had quickly shown themselves to be anything but the Viking savages that the French had originally supposed. On the contrary, they had absorbed the Latin culture, language, and religion of their hosts with astonishing speed. They had moreover demonstrated qualities not normally associated with early Medieval France, an extraordinary degree of energy and vigor, combined with a characteristic lov
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― France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
― France: A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle
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Knowing this was the same man from last night now clad again in his hunky knightly armor was a strange aphrodisiac. Yeah, a hot look, no denying.
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― Must Love Chainmail
― Must Love Chainmail
