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This article offers a retrospective view of contemporary Norman historiography (1966–2016), from the installation of the Vikings in what became the Duchy to the conquest of England by William the Conqueror. Two items are successively addressed, centered on a few key words that, rather than allowing us to comprehensively cover fifty years of reflection, enable us to follow a few principal lines of thought (even if it was not possible to look in detail at the study and editing of records). Firstly, we discuss the notions of continuity and discontinuity that have long preoccupied researchers, explore nuances in the notions of legacy and inheritance, and address the debate surrounding Norman identity. Secondly, we examine the influence of the “mutationist” debate on the historiography of the 1980s–2000s, and the new interpretations resulting from a convergence between history and the social sciences and the examination of religious reform movements. The article concludes by looking at Normandy’s place in European history, particularly in the light of studies dealing specifically with networks.