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By Aditi JoshiThe Normans
The Normans were people from Normandy and they are also descendants from the Vikings.
Who were Normans?
1: Books in Normandy were published to tell people how to behave at feasts, one even said not to pass gas, scratch flea bites, or pick your nose while feasting!
2: Nobles ate whales, seals and porpoises!
3: The surname ‘Kid’ was given originally to someone not very sensible, who behaved like a goat!
Fun Facts about Normans !
The Battle of Hastings
• This is the battle where the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror defeated the army of King Harold II, (the second) in 1066
• This battle took place in Hastings
• The legend is that King Harold was killed when he got shot in the eye with a Norman arrow
• The Battle of Hastings is shown in the Bayeux Tapestry.
Bayeux tapestry facts!
1:Why is it called the Bayeux tapestryIt is called the Bayeux tapestry because it has been kept in Bayeux ,France probably ever since it has been made! 2: how long is the Bayeux tapestry?the Bayeux tapestry is about 50cm tall and 70m tall, it is about the length of 3 swimming pools! It is the longest tapestry in the world!
3:what language is it written in?It is written in Latin because Latin was the main language in the middle ages .
Norman foodFire Feast
Basic food Bread
Norman clothes