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No, the Gauls were not Vikings. The Gauls were a Celtic tribe that lived in what is now France. They were conquered by the Roman in the 1st century…

Recorded as Caron, Charon, Cheron, and the diminutives Caronet, Cheronnet, and Cheroneau, this is a famous French surname. It originates from the ancient Celtic and Breton word “car” meaning love, and as such was originally a personal and baptismal name of endearment, which in medieval times developed into a surname.

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The masculine given name Karen derived from the Parthian name of House of Karen (or Caren), one of the seven aristocratic families of ancient Iran. Several Iranian princes named Karen are known before and after the Islamic period.

Caron is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Antoine Caron (1521–1599), Mannerist painter to the court of the House of Valois.

The name ‘Caren’ derives from Welsh; Car ‘Love’ & en ‘one’, meaning; ‘to love’ or ‘the one who loves’ The pronunciation is similar to Karen, but there is little integration. The actual pronunciation is close to Kah-ren.

Supervisor Shamann Walton, who introduced the legislation Tuesday, calls it the CAREN Act. The acronym stands for Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies, but the proposal seems to carry more meaning.

Paris has been voted the most beautiful city in the world in a new ranking. Travel website Flight Network compiled the list of 50 cities by surveying more than 1,000 travel writers and agencies around the world. The French capital came top, followed by New York in second place and London in third.

London has been called London longer than Paris has been called Paris. London named in 43 CE by the Romans who founded the square mile as the first City of London. Paris however has been occupied as a large settlement longer than London. Celts and Germanic tribes occupied Paris circa 200 BCE.

The Walls of Paris (French: enceintes de Paris or murs de Paris) refers to the city walls that surrounded Paris, France, as it grew from ancient times until the 20th century, built primarily to defend the city but also for administrative reasons. two medieval walls, one of which was the Wall of Philippe Auguste.

The Notre-Dame de Paris fire broke out on 15 April 2019, just before 18:20 CEST, beneath the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris. By the time the structure fire was extinguished, the building’s spire had collapsed and most of its roof had been destroyed and its upper walls were severely damaged.

Siege of Paris, (November 25, 885–October 886), nearly year-long Viking siege of Paris, at the time the capital of the kingdom of the West Franks, notable as the first occasion on which the Vikings dug themselves in for a long siege rather than conduct a hit-and-run raid or fight a battle.

In 845 the Vikings sacked Paris and did not leave until King Charles the Bald paid them 5,670 lbs of silver and gold. The Siege of Paris and the Sack of Paris of 845 was the culmination of a Viking invasion of the kingdom of the West Franks.

With hundreds of ships, and possibly tens of thousands of men, the Vikings arrived outside Paris in late November 885, demanding tribute. This was denied by Odo, Count of Paris, despite the fact he could assemble only several hundred soldiers to defend the city.

Portaging Viking Ships The Vikings sailed inland, too, and there were many times when their ships had to be taken out of the water and transported over- land in order to bypass an unnavigable stretch of river or to reach another body of water. A small ship could also be put on wooden poles and carried by the crew.