Rubbish. Normans [1] were the direct product of Viking conquest and settlement -- one of many instances in which the Vikings essentially did not lose. Would y

Rubbish. Normans [1] were the direct product of Viking conquest and settlement -- one of many instances in which the Vikings essentially did not lose. Would you similarly claim that the Varangians [2] were somehow not Vikings? or were "losers"? [1] http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/418283/Norman http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/418283/Norman [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangians