Timeline for Why did the Vikings stop raiding Europe?
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| May 30, 2023 at 14:49 | comment | added | totalMongot | @Evargalo This comes from readings a long time ago, so I don't recall specific cases. But as I recall, yes Normandy and Sicily did expand with one group of Vikings establishing in a territory by "donation" under threat (e.g. Normandy) or capture, and more Vikings coming in | |
| May 25, 2023 at 18:23 | comment | added | totalMongot | @PieterGeerkens Actually, reinforcement of power is not (always) synonym of centralized power, as well as unification is not entirely synonym of centralization. Yes, Charlemagne's empire was not that good at repelling the viking, but the worst part of the raids in France (siege of Paris for example) came 4 to 5 generations after. Harold was effective in repelling vikings | |
| May 24, 2023 at 9:20 | comment | added | Evargalo | Having doubts about "the third factor" : are there documented cases of Scandinavian moving to the Viking kingdoms of Normandy or Sicily after they were settled, being friendly welcome and enjoying "a high social rank" there ? | |
| Aug 18, 2022 at 23:26 | comment | added | Pieter Geerkens | Counterpoint: Viking raids began while Charlemagne still ruled, personally, a highly-centralized government. That worked fine to defeat and Christianize the Saxons, but was totally inadequate at countering marine invaders who showed up on an hour's notice. It was the increasingly decentralized responsibility for local defense as feudalism replaced Charlemagne's Empire that increasingly thwarted Viking raids. An Imperial army that mustered every Easter in Aachen was inadequate for sporadic coastal defense. | |
| Aug 18, 2022 at 19:20 | history | answered | totalMongot | CC BY-SA 4.0 |