>you're an Anglo-Saxon peasant in 1066
>you have to work the fields all day, but your lord is cool and you have a loving wife
>Harold fucks up, some faggot from Normandy is the new King of England
>your lord is sacked and replaced with a fucking asshat that only speaks French and treats you like a slave
>your wife is raped by Norman soldiers and commits suicide because of the shame
>your life is ruined
>hear that the Greek Emperor is recruiting mercenaries and is willing to accept Anglo-Saxons
>sneak out and join up
>company is absolutely full of dispossessed Anglo peasants like yourself
>feel more at home in Constantinople than you ever could in England
>Emperor sends you to protect his holdings in southern Italy, they're being conquered by someone
>show up
>IT'S ANOTHER MOTHERFUCKING NORMAN
>your latent Viking genetics send you into berserker mode
>lose anyway
>get stabbed by some Norman faggot
>bleed to death hundreds of miles from home
>FUCKING NORMANS
Shit meme tbqh
>>1655954
NORMANS, NOOORMAAAANNNNSS
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>1656313
this.
I have a suspicion its mostly perpetuated by posters who found 4chan through r9k because of 'rare pepes' less than 3 years ago. A very sorry lot.
>>1655954
>nationalism before the 18th century.
1/10
>>1656537
This is an even worst meme than OP. Just because populist nation-state nationalism didn't exist in its modern form doesn't mean ethnic and regional identities didn't exist at all, and hating foreigners is pretty much the norm throughout history.
>>1656549
yes literally all you have to do is read the Bible to see strong ethnic identities manifesting both in nation states and wandering tribes
>>1655954
Why would they rape your ugly wife?
>>1656587
French slags are even worse
>>1656537
>National identities didn't exist before the 18th century
Stupid garlic stained, snail eating frogs...
At least his people rule the world now
>>1656549
thank you, i fully agree