• The phrase more danico is a Medieval Latin legal expression which may be translated as "according to Danish custom", i.e. under Medieval Scandinavian...
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    "overseas" to the Viking Rollo (while he was still a pagan) and his wife more danico (a kind of non-Christian marriage), Poppa of Bayeux. Poppa's parentage...
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    Poppa of Bayeux (French: [pɔpa d(ə) bɛjø]; born c. 880) was the wife more danico of the Viking leader Rollo. She was the mother of William I Longsword...
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    captive taken at Bayeux, Poppa, to whom he joined himself by marriage more danico ("according to Norse custom"). Poppa was mother of Rollo's son William...
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    Mores (redirect from Social more)
    customary law. Etymological derivations include More danico, More judaico, More veneto, Coitus more ferarum, and O tempora, o mores!. The Greek terms...
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  • century woman of obscure origin who became wife 'in the Viking fashion' (more danico) of William I, Duke of Normandy, by her becoming mother of his successor...
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    marriage that was not blessed or sanctioned by the Church, known as More danico, or "in the Danish manner", and was accepted by most laypeople in England...
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    ruler) of Normandy, and Sprota, a Breton concubine bound to William by a more danico marriage. He was also the grandson of the famous Rollo. William was told...
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    titles Rollo (Rollon) c. 835/870 – 928/933 911–928 (1) Poppa of Bayeux more danico one son and one daughter (2) Gisela of France existence uncertain Granted...
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    in the 12th century, when it was used in the Roman de Rou. Marriage more danico ("in the Danish manner"), that is, without any ecclesiastical ceremony...
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