Directions: The sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced, form…

Directions: The sentences given in the question, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

A. They ravaged in Neustria as they ravaged in England; and a large part of the northern coast, including the mouth of the Seine was given by Charles the Bald to Rolf or Rollo, one of their leaders, whose land came to be known as the Northman's land or Normandy.

B. He and his family became Counts (i.e. judges and protectors) of Paris and Dukes (or leaders) of the Franks.

C. What most checked the ravages of these pirates was the resistance of Paris, a town which commanded the road along the river Seine; and it was in defending the city of Paris from the Northmen, that a warrior named Robert the Strong gained the trust and affection of the inhabitants of the Neustrian kingdom.

D. Three generations of them were really great men — Robert the Strong, Odo and Hugh the White; and when the descendants of Charles the Great had died out, a Duke of the Franks, Hugh Capet, was in 987 crowned King of the Franks.

E. The great danger which this Neustrian kingdom had to meet came from the Northmen or as they were called in England, the Danes.