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Do we know how many Scandinavians ended up permanently settling in Britain? I’ve seen that there is still a large genetic presence, but I’ve never seen any hard numbers or guesstimates as to the demographics around say the time between Cnut and the Norman Conquest.

by /u/AustinioForza in /r/AskHistorians

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