Contents of this Section:

• ORB Encyclopedia--Original Essays 

 
• The History of Normandy  
• 1. Normandy before the Normans: Lugdunensis Secunda and the Archdiocese of Rouen before 911 
• 2. The Foundation and Early Development of the Rollonid Principality (911-996), by Robert Helmerichs 
• 2.1 Introduction 
• 2.2 The Frankish World of the Early Tenth Century 
• 2.3 Rollo 
• 2.4 William Longsword 
• 2.5 Richard I 
• 2.6 For Further Reading 
• 3. The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Ducal Normandy (996-1066) 
• 4. Normandy in the Anglo-Norman Regnum (1066-1204) 
• Maps and Diagrams 
•  Regions, Rivers, and Major Towns of Normandy (map) 
•  Northern France (map) 
•  West Frankish Kings (genealogical tables) 

 
• Primary Sources--Literature, chronicles, other texts 
• Planctus for William Longsword -- Based on Jules Lair, Étude sur la vie et la mort de Guillaume Longue-épée, duc de Normandie (Paris: Picard, 1893) 
• The Laws of William the Conqueror 
• Dudo of St. Quentin's Gesta Normannorum, ed. and trans. Felice Lifshitz 
• Introduction 
• Frames version 

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• Transcription only 
• Translation only 

 
• Bibliographies 
• Rob's Norman Bibliography, by Robert Helmerichs 

 
• Other Online Resources 
• Secrets of the Norman Invasion 
• Secrets of the Norman Invasion rebuttal 

 
• Publications 
• Annales de Normandie (Web-site for a journal of Norman history) 
• Links to museums and libraries 
•  Musée de Normandie 
• Centers for medieval studies 
•  Office Universitaire des Etudes Normandes (U. Caen)

 
• Professional organizations 
• The Haskins Society 

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