In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Rollo the Viking — Norse raider, professional coastal inconvenience, and the man who invaded France so successfully they just gave him land and said, “Please stop.” This is the origin story of Normandy, accidental statecraft, and how biting people eventually becomes governance. Let’s squirt!

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Topics: Rollo the Viking, Normandy origins, Viking invasions, Norse history, medieval France, Viking settlement Europe, early medieval politics, funny history podcast, History Squirt