Quote Originally Posted by Mindaros View Post
What makes no sense is to think that the Normans were Scandinavians in France which one does when one assumes that the French culture had had no effect on them, apart from the surface (how can one be so much affected only on the "surface"?). They were both French and Norman and the two do not contradict.
Er? The Normans were both French and Norman, but not Scandinavian? No-one is saying that the Normans were not influenced by French culture. The discussion is about the claim that the medieval kings of England were culturally French. There is a good deal of truth in that statement, but it's not entirely true.

Sorry about the quote. I meant the Norman kings of England, my mistake, not the French king.
I assume the English kings were referring to their vassals and subject in Aquitaine and Normandy.