Rollo of Normandy on the Web
Below are websites that offer useful biographies, primary sources and images of Rollo of Normandy.
General
Rollo of Normandy
Concise, well-hyperlinked biography at Wikipedia.Rollo of Normandy Homepage
Very nice collection of useful pages, including essays on Rollo's historicity and literary connections, a bibliography, and some interesting links, by Robert Helmerichs.
Primary Sources
References to Rollo
These segments extracted from Dudo of St. Quentin's Gesta Normannorum (Deeds of the Normans) are supplied by Michael Milsom.Three Sources on the Ravages of the Northmen in Frankland, c. 843 - 912
Includes information on Rollo from the Chronicle of St. Denis; at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.
Images
Baptism of Rollo
Manuscript illumination at the Bibliotèque nationale de France. Click the thumbnail for a much larger version of the image.Statue of Rollo
A photo of the statue in Normandy by John Sinclair Quarterman.
Also of Interest
History of the Norman World
Design flaws hinder an otherwise useful site offering extensive info about the Normans in France and elsewhere. Also available in French and Italian.Places in France Associated with Rollo the Viking
Contribution to the Sinclair Family Discussion List by Susan M. Grady.Vikings Raid European Mainland: 800-900
Concise, lucid background to Scandinavian raiding activity up to the time of Rollo.
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