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> I can only think of one settlement the Vikings set up in Gaul Are you calling Normandy one settlement? As they certainly spent most of the Viking age coloniz
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
> I can only think of one settlement the Vikings set up in Gaul
Are you calling Normandy one settlement? As they certainly spent most of the Viking age colonizing from Iceland to Sicily.
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- gremloni 5y agoMost of the “colonizing” happened in prehistory. It was also based out of Ukraine, don’t know if you can attribute that to the Vikings.
- acjohnson55 5y agoI think you may be misinformed. Viking was a lifestyle or temporary occupation, not a people. The people were the Norse, and they did a massive amount of settling in the Viking Age.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoThis is akin to saying "most of the pillaging in history happened by people besides vikings, so you can't really attribute that to them." Yes, others colonized the areas. The Vikings also did during the Viking age.