Vikings and Bretons? The Language of Factional Politics in Late Carolingian Brittany
Fraser McNair
The prevailing view of the period Viking rule in Brittany is that Scandinavians came from outside, attempted to subjugate inhabitants and were eventually driven out by Bretons. On basis an examination political language during ninth century, this paper instead argues Northman peninsula was result vicious factional politics. development regalian, Carolingian-influenced languages legitimacy late century discussed compared with alternatives determine why ideologies emerged as salient. ‘Viking occupation’ thus reinterpreted arising internal dynamics rather than being alien intrusion.
Viking and Medieval Scandinavia