Norman

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ethnic group medieval people

The Normans were a medieval people of Viking origin who settled in northern France and became influential conquerors and rulers across Europe and the Mediterranean, notably shaping the culture and politics of regions such as England, southern Italy, and Sicily.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Normans	0
Norman administration	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ medieval people ⓘ
administrativeInfluenceOn	English monarchy ⓘ
conquered	Antioch ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ Malta ⓘ Sicily ⓘ parts of Ireland ⓘ parts of Scotland ⓘ parts of Wales ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
culturalSynthesisIn	Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily ⓘ surface form: Norman Sicily
culturalSynthesisWith	Byzantine culture ⓘ Islamic culture ⓘ Western Christianity ⓘ surface form: Latin Christian culture
dynasty	Hauteville dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hauteville family William the Conqueror ⓘ surface form: Norman kings of England
ethnogenesisInCentury	10th century ⓘ
hasOrigin	Scandinavia ⓘ Vikings ⓘ
influencedCulture	English culture ⓘ French culture ⓘ Italian culture ⓘ Sicilian culture ⓘ
influencedLanguage	English ⓘ surface form: English language French ⓘ surface form: French language Sicilian language ⓘ
introducedArchitectureStyle	Norman architecture ⓘ Romanesque architecture ⓘ
introducedCastleBuildingTo	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedCastleType	motte-and-bailey castle ⓘ
introducedFeudalismTo	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Old Norman ⓘ
languageFamily	Romance languages ⓘ
legalInfluenceOn	English law ⓘ
militaryCharacteristic	feudal knights ⓘ heavy cavalry ⓘ
nameEtymology	derived from Latin Nortmanni meaning Northmen ⓘ derived from Old French Normant meaning Northman ⓘ
notableEvent	Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
notableLeader	Bohemond I of Antioch ⓘ Robert Guiscard ⓘ Roger I of Sicily ⓘ Roger II of Sicily ⓘ William the Conqueror ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledRegion	County of Tripoli ⓘ Duchy of Normandy ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Principality of Antioch ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
settledIn	Normandy ⓘ northern France ⓘ
timePeriod	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ High Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Durham Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Norman ⓘ

Durham, England → cathedralStyle → Norman ⓘ

Kingdom of Sicily → culturalInfluence → Norman ⓘ

Eremburga of Mortain → culture → Norman ⓘ

Remigius de Fécamp → ethnicGroup → Norman ⓘ

Roger de Montgomery → ethnicGroup → Norman ⓘ

Wace → ethnicGroup → Norman ⓘ

Hauteville dynasty → ethnicOrigin → Norman ⓘ

Tancred → ethnicity → Norman ⓘ

Palermo → hasCulturalInfluence → Norman ⓘ

Count of Calabria → hasCulture → Norman ⓘ

Chausey (historically associated) → historicalLanguageRegion → Norman ⓘ

subject surface form: Chausey

Jèrriais → subclassOf → Norman ⓘ

Wales (parts) → usedBy → Norman ⓘ

this entity surface form: Norman administration