{"product_id":"rambles-in-normandy-von-milburg-f-mansfield","title":"Rambles in Normandy","description":"\u003cp\u003e¿ONE doubles his span of life,¿ says George Moore, ¿by knowing well a country not his \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eown.¿\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e is a good friend, indeed, to whom one may turn in time of strife, and none other than \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNormandy¿unless it be Brittany¿has proved itself a more safe and pleasant land for \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etravellers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen one knows the country well he recognizes many things which it has in common with \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland. Its architecture, for one thing, bears a marked resemblance; for the Norman \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebuilders, who erected the magnificent ecclesiastical edifices in the Seine valley during the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emiddle ages, were in no small way responsible for many similar works in England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is possible to carry the likeness still further, but the author is not rash enough to do so. The \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabove is doubtless sufficient to awaken any spirit of contention which might otherwise be \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elatent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome one has said that the genuine traveller must be a vagabond; and so he must, at least to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe extent of taking things as he finds them. He may have other qualities which will endear \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehim to the people with whom he comes in contact; he may be an artist, an antiquarian, or a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emere singer of songs;¿even if he be merely inquisitive, the typical Norman peasant makes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eno objection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne comes to know Normandy best through the real gateway of the Seine, though not many \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edistinguish between Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy. Indeed, not every one knows \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere Normandy leaves off and Brittany begins, or realizes even the confines of the ancient \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eroyal domain of the kings of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041984916\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eExploring the Historical and Cultural transitions of Normandy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041984916","offer_id":48305978966341,"sku":"9791041984916","price":18.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/db9dd3b0-395a-48dc-8f48-99ebd5a2ad3d.jpg?v=1768460271","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/rambles-in-normandy-von-milburg-f-mansfield","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}