The Viking raids in the Rhineland were part of a series of invasions of Francia by the Vikings that took place during the final decades of the 9th century...

Scotland's western isles well into the 12th century. In this era, Viking activity started with raids on Christian lands in England and eventually expanded...

the Merovingian king who united all the Frankish tribes and northern Gallo-Romans in the 5th century. It includes the Carolingian Empire (c. 800–888) and...

roots from a Norsemen settlement on the edge of the river Moselle during the Viking raids in the Rhineland or also the italian surname Trittoni of Italo-Norman...

Knowledge about military technology of the Viking Age (late 8th to mid-11th century Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial...

a victory for the Vikings, although they retreated after the battle. It marks the southernmost advance of the Vikings into the Rhineland. Walther Vogel:...

explanation is that the Vikings exploited a moment of weakness in the surrounding regions. Contrary to Simek's assertion, Viking raids occurred sporadically...

describing Vikings bringing “Blue Men” back from raids in the south as slaves. These slaves were likely Black African prisoners taken from raids in either...

The Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages...

premodern wars that occurred in the Low Countries until 1560. For subsequent wars in the north, see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic (1560–1795)...

was assassinated in 885, after which Gerolf of Holland assumed lordship and Viking rule of Frisia came to an end. Viking raids of the Low Countries continued...

for the Franks by encouraging Viking raids on the Frisian coast when he was exiled.[citation needed] Between 834 and 839, there were extensive raids. Although...

king Cnut the Great from 1016 to 1042. Vikings were also active in both east and west Francia. There were extensive raids in the Rhineland, and Hamburg...

Louis the Younger, prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat Charles II at Andernach. The Rhineland remains part of the East Frankish Kingdom. The Great...

in this battle Æthelwold was killed. Edward followed up his attack on East Anglia with raids into the Viking kingdom. The following year the Vikings retaliated...

improve the transportation of goods between the Rhineland and Bavaria. Charlemagne's son, Pepin of Italy, campaigns against the Lombards in Benevento...

Bingerbrück, Rhineland-Palatinate made from olive green glass is kept at the British Museum. Some of the skills of the Roman glass-makers survived in Lombardic...

runestones, such as the Viking Runestones and the England Runestones. One example is the Komstad Runestone which was raised in memory of the marshall Vrái,...

The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy...

count in Betuwe (Batavia) now in the Netherlands, possibly into parts of the Rhineland now in Germany. Historians sometimes refer to his family as the "Balderics"...

The Battle for Normandy. New York; Toronto: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-02119-2. Boog, Horst; Krebs, Gerhard; Vogel, Detlef (2001), Das Deutsche Reich in der...

encouraged the widespread adoption of Christianity by Scandinavia's Vikings/Norsemen. Pope Alexander III confirmed Olaf's local canonisation in 1164, making...

Vikings sack the Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey in Northumbria (the second monastery target in England of the Vikings, after the raids on Lindisfarne in 793)...

the area and adapted the name by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc or Eoforīc, which means "wild-boar town" or "rich in wild-boar". The Vikings,...

clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the territory...

slave raids and kidnappings, which captured men, women and children, brought revenue to the Gaelic Irish Sea raiders, as well as to the Vikings who had...

at the Heart of the Catholic Church. NY: Viking. pp. 121–122. ISBN 978-0-670-02671-5. Morss, John R. (2015). "The International Legal Status of the Vatican/Holy...

– the Salian Franks to the west, who came south via the Rhine delta; and the Ripuarian or Rhineland Franks to the east, who eventually conquered the Roman...

Mesnil-Patry The Scheldt Caen The Rhineland Bourguebus Ridge The Hochwald Falaise The Rhine Boulogne, 1944 Seven members of the Regiment have been awarded the Victoria...

influences from the Vendel Period (from AD 550 to 800) and the subsequent Viking Age (until AD 1050) can be seen in the Germanic context. The associations...