In this clip from The Normans on BBC Select, Professor Robert Bartlett heads to the location where the province of Normandy was born.

At the start of the 10th century, Rollo of the Vikings made a deal with Charles, King of France. He swore loyalty to the king and agreed to protect him against other Viking raiders and in return was given the land between the river and the sea, creating the region we now know as Normandy. Soon a great political transformation occurred and Normandy quickly grew, becoming one of the most powerful principalities in France. The Normans also quickly moved away from their Scandinavian routes, becoming wine drinkers and adopting the French language, social structure and legal and administrative systems.

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