The Vikings, pt. 2 -- Into Distant Realms
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The Vikings in the Frankish Empire
In 835 there was the first large attack on southern england rather than north umbria according to the anglo-saxon chronicle in that year quote he then men ravaged sheppy. In later eight hundred thirties there were repeated raids on london and south hampton and a major escalation at the same time of attacks on ireland now meanwhile what was going on in mainland europe in the frankish empire in 808 it seems that there were escalating tensions between charlomaine's frankish empire on the one hand and denmark under a ruler named goodfred on the other. Viking sailed all the way around the northern end of scotland and began to raid and
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