Vikings in Spain
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Transcendental Tradition of the Vikings
In the 10th century, a huge Viking army that comes into the Lissia 100 ships. And they stay in the whole region of Galicia from the coast up to the very mountains in the east. So this is maybe a case where we can see a group of Viking settled here in a collective area but an area that was clearly under the blessing of the king. It's actually a buffer zone with an area of conflict with a landlampus. This again speaks of something that clearly has happened several times before,. When they show up there, they can have a bit demanding and they want a foot market for provisions.
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