Normandy was a province in the North-West of what later became France under the Ancien Régime which lasted until the later part of the 18th century. Initially populated by Celtic tribes in the West and Belgic tribes … See more

18th and 19th centuries
Although agriculture remained important, industries such as weaving, metallurgy, sugar refining, ceramics, and shipbuilding were introduced and developed.
In the 1780s, the economic crisis and the crisis of the See more

• History of the battle of Normandy at memorial-montormel.org Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine See more

Normandy before the Roman conquest
Archeological finds, such as cave paintings, prove that humans were present in the region in See more

Frankish Normandy
As early as 486, the area between the Somme and the Loire came under the control of the Frankish lord Clovis. Frankish colonization did not occur on a massive scale, and is evidenced chiefly by cemeteries in See more

• Charles the Bald
• Danegeld
• Æthelred the Unready
• History of Lower Normandy
• Timeline of Caen See more