Christmas Songs of My Ancestors: Norman French
Continued from Christmas Songs of My Ancestors: English
About the time of the Norman invasion of England (1066), my family tree begins to fill with Norman French ancestors who migrated northward from Normandy to England.
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| Normandy. Fobos92, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons |
Northern France was originally populated by Celtic peoples. In the 9th century, the Vikings began raiding, and eventually, the territory was awarded to the Viking leader Rollo, who became the first duke of Normandy. Consequently, Norman French evolved as the language of Normandy. Also known as “Viking French” it was greatly influenced by the language of the Northmen. (Northman easily contracts to Norman, so that’s easy to remember.) Two centuries later, Rollo’s descendant Duke William of Normandy invaded and conquered England.
For this blog series, I find that the farther back I go, the harder it is to find examples of authentic Christmas songs in the original old languages. If I’m remembering my music history correctly, songs at the time were either sacred or secular. Christmas songs would have been sacred and sung in Latin as Gregorian chant.
For this blog post, I offer two video clips. The first is what my ancestors might have heard when they attended Christmas Day Mass. The second isn’t a song, but a sample of spoken Norman French. Maybe those of you who speak French will hear the difference.
Source: https://www.5acresandadream.com/2024/12/christmas-songs-of-my-ancestors-norman.html
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