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In this article you will find a presentation of the "House of Normandy" faction. But also the history around the family, the composition of the family present in the mod, the strengths and weaknesses of the faction in the mod and many other things. Have...
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Stephen Roberts Cromwell's Castle from the air - Credit: Historic England It’s about quality, not quantity. That was my feeling when I delved into Cornish castles. There aren’t oodles; possibly due to being a separatist community in the South West. The Normans were great castle builders, erecting fortresses to cow the defeated English into submission. Perhaps in Cornwall it wasn’t necessary, well, not on such a scale anyway. There are around 20 castles in the county, which is not a huge number, but there are exquisite examples other counties would give their touristy right arm for. Here...
A St. Landry Parish family is hopeful that a U.S. Army forensics team has discovered the remains of Sgt. Francis Joseph Vidrine, a Grand Prairie native presumably killed and missing for nearly 77 years following an infantry combat mission in France a month after the D-Day invasion. Vidrine, according to military records, was killed July 7, 1944, while with the 30th Army infantry division at Mortain, France. Then 24, he was declared missing in action and later declared dead. However, the body of Vidrine, who has received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, was never recovered. But military offic...
Born around 1036, Odo was the son of a minor lord of moderate income, one Herluin of Conteville. His mother was Herleva, a daughter of a Falaise tanner named Fulbert. From this marriage was also born Robert of Mortain, Odo’s brother and another of William the Conqueror’s closest supporters. What is more, Herleva had an illegitimate son, born from an extra-marital union with Robert I, Duke of Normandy. Often called “the Bastard,” that son was William the Conqueror. Being the half-brother of William the Conqueror was beneficial for Odo, but only later in life. Early on, Odo was brought...