GEO Epoche 125 Die Normannen

The Traces of the Northmen: How the Descendants of Vikings Shaped the Middle Ages. The Normans were much more than just brave warriors; they were also masters of adaptation in foreign lands. It is a long story, quite literally. The Bayeux Tapestry measures about 70 meters and tells the story of the Normans' greatest triumph: the invasion of England by Duke William in the autumn of 1066. The ancestors of the conqueror, raiding seafarers from Scandinavia, had once wrested their own dominion along the Channel coast from the West Frankish king, which later became Normandy. With their victory over the English, the Normans reached the pinnacle of a spectacular rise around 150 years later. Geo Epoche describes how they fought their way from pirates to kings.