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Q: Why were the first normans called northmen?
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Which of the following groups was called the northmen?

The term Northmen applies to the people known as Scandinavians, Vikings or Norse.


What were the northmen from Norway denmark and seden better known as?

Northmen are also known as vikings. Specifically vikings from Denmark were called Danes, vikings from Sweden were called Varangians and vikings from Norway were simply known as Norway northmen.


Why were the vikings called northmen?

Because they were from the North.


What group of people were called the Northmen?

Men from the north


What were northmen led by Erik the Red called?

Vikings. He really didn't have a lot of men.


Where the northmen Vikings?

Yes.


How is Normandy connected to the vikings?

Normandy was conquered by the Vikings. It's called Normandy because it means "land of the Northmen".


What is a another name for northmen?

vikings


Was the Normans called vikings?

The Normans were descendants of Vikings who had settled in France. They were not Vikings themselves; they were French and acted pretty much as the French did. They were not called Vikings at the time.


What was William's army called in the Battle of Hastings?

The normans


What do the wendol want the northmen to think of them as?

bears


What languages were spoken by the Normans?

The Normans primarily spoke Norman, a northern dialect of Old French. They also adopted the languages of the regions they conquered, such as English in England and Sicilian in Sicily. Over time, their language evolved into Anglo-Norman and influenced the development of Middle English.