In 918, Charles the Simple granted the lands of the old abbey of La Croix-Saint-Leufroi to the abbey of Saint-Germanin-des-Prés ?except that part of the abbey's lands that we have granted to the Normans of the Seine, ... Later in 933, the Normans were given Avranchin and Cotentin. Excluding Maine, this established Normandy in the approximate form that it existed in 1066. The Cotentin peninsula was also settled by Vikings independently of the Vikings under Rollo at Rouen. ...
