| In the ninth century, when Paris was invaded by the Norsemen, those great pillagers of tombs, her relics were taken for safety some fifteen miles away. |
| The people who originated from Scandinavia, which in today's world are the countries of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden were called Norsemen. |
| In England the Viking Age began dramatically on 8 June 793 when Norsemen destroyed the abbey on the island of Lindisfarne. |
| Large-scale migrations of Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, and Norsemen, and substantial movements between Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, make estimates very hazardous. |
| At mid-winter the Norsemen lit bonfires, told stories and drank sweet ale. |
| With the arrival of the Norsemen wooden galleys and birlinns became the common transport and these stayed in use until the Jacobite rebellion. |
