Talk:History of Normandy

The beginning
I have started this page because I believe that the English Wikipedia has inadequate information on the history of this region. I could only find a few paragraphs at the Normandy article and loose factoids scattered about the various related articles. When I took a look at the French Wikipédie, I found an excellent article on this subject. My aim is to translate this article into English. So far I have finished work on translating the first paragraph, and I intend to follow up with some more information. My skills as a translator are rather questionable, because I have only been studying French for a few months. I expect to make many errors, so I will be quite grateful for any proofreading or assistance with the translation that I recieve. Galanskov 00:21, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

nice to see a specified page
....but is all the church history really relevant?

might i put out a suggestion that something that should differentiate online sources from old-media sources is a purging of christanity at the centre of european history?

i mean, does anybody honestly care what monks did with relics? does that belong in a general history of a geographic space? and, insofar as religion is a focus, should it not be in the context of a class analysis? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.48.181.24 (talk) 03:42, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Omitted Periods of History in Normandy
The article omits many major periods in the history of Normandy, such as from 933 to 1009. In 936, the return in force of Duke Alan II of Brittany precipitated a major military crisis for Normandy. In 942, Duke William I "Longsword" sought an alliance with Flanders, but was assassinated in a meeting with his hosts. The French King, Louis IV, then seized Normandy and imprisoned William's son Duke Richard I. Most of Richard's career, which involved escaping from captivity, the construction of alliances, and the wholesale rebuilding and restructuring of Normandy, is scarcely touched upon. The mention of the marriage of his daughter Emma to Ethelred II of England lacks the necessary context of a deliberate policy of forming marital alliances with Brittany and Flanders - a very important matter, as it made possible the Norman Conquest of England. It is astounding that the period from 1057 to 1315 is neglected, and it's hard to credit that the Hundred Years' War does not even rate a mention in the main text. Zoetropo (talk) 23:51, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

This is a surprisingly insufficient and incomplete entry. It also omits the ultimately unsuccessful wars that King John, also the Duke of Normandy, conducted before finally losing the province. Tjobrien.seoul (talk) 09:39, 11 March 2022 (UTC)


 * The thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can correct what they deem to be flaws in articles. Even you. Agricolae (talk) 00:13, 12 March 2022 (UTC)