STUNNING NEW ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS "Ragnar Lothbrok first views Paris" (XI - Ragnar Series) .............
"Ragnar Lothbrok first views Paris" (XI - Ragnar Series) by Leon Goodman
This stunning painting capturing Ragnar Lothbrok's first view of Paris!! His ships sailed down the River Seine past Rouen to the Legendary magical town of Paris !!!!
The appearance of the Viking fleet causes panic among the population of Paris. King Charles, urged by his daughter Gisla, announces in Court he will remain in the city.The defence of Paris is in the hands of commander, Count Odo, who hopes that a heroic victory against the Vikings will gain him Gisla's hand in marriage. The Vikings establish camp downriver from the city and plan an attack.
The raiding party arrives in Frankia, getting ready for the greatest of all battles. Ragnar shocks the leaders when he decides to leave Floki in charge of the attack. Both Vikings and Franks prepare for the siege as the Christians gather to pray for protection from the pagans camped just around the riverbend. New characters are shown: Count Odo, commander of the troops of Paris; Emperor Charles the Third, ruler of Paris; and his daughter Gisla who seems to have all the qualities of a great leader.sh camp downriver from the city and plan an attack.
Count Odo of Paris (born c. 853) is a real historical character, an ancestor of the subsequent Capetian dynasty of French kings. He successfully defended Paris against a Northmen army under a figure known as Sigfred, in the Viking siege of AD 885-86. However, the (succesful) siege attributed to Ragnar Lodbrok took place forty years prior, in AD 845, when Odo of Paris was not even born yet. The father of the historical Count Odo also was not named Odo, but Robert. The Count of Paris at the time of Ragnar's historical siege was one Leuthard II, but his role in the event, if any, is uncertain. Charles the Bald, King of West Francia, was in fact the figure who led the effort against the Vikings at Ragnar's siege. He was much younger than portrayed, being 22 years of age in 845 (he was long dead by the time of the historical Count Odo's siege in 885). In the episode, Odo refers to Charles the Bald as "his Imperial Highness". At the time of Ragnar's historical siege, Charles was not emperor yet, but king: the Emperor was his half-brother Lothair I, who did not exercise any power in the region. A brother of Charles is referred-to as the "Eastern Emperor" - but there were no two emperors in Western Europe at this time. The term "Eastern Emperor" in this historical context would have referred to Michael III, current Emperor of the Byzantine Empire and no relative of Charles (and a figure far too distant to provide any assistance against Vikings)..sh camp downriver from the city and plan an attack.
England's history with Vikings runs deep!!! The Vikings actually controlled half of England with the Danelaw so all Northern place names are Viking! Many Northern English Folk have SON on the end of their surnames like PatterSON like Scandinavian people!!! The English language has many Viking words and Northern English folk to this day don't say "The" before words which is the same as the Norwegian/Swedish/Danish language!!!!! Southern English folk would say today for example - "in THE Kitchen" more like modern German so "in DER Küche". A Northern English person would say today "in Kitchen" like Norwegian "i Kjøkkenet"
Vikings also lay claim to most of the thrones of modern Europe as King of England William the Conqueror (a Norman Viking) was descended from Rollo a Norwegian Viking who was so large they called him Rollo "The Walker" as no horse was big enough to carry him!!! Our modern Royal Family are blood descended from Rollo and therefore so are most of Europe's Monarchs and Ruling Families!!!!!
....................BY THE SUPERB LEON GOODMAN WHO IS AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST HAVING BEEN A FINALIST AT THE GARRICK-MILNE PRIZE. HE HAS MANY OF HIS WORKS SOLD AT CHRISTIES.
Measurements; 18 inches x 24 inches. (45.7 cms x 61 cms)
Oil on Canvas. .
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