Norman pirates in the 9th century by Evariste Vital Luminais 1821-1896

"A.D. 838. This year Alderman Herbert was slain by the Heathens, and many men with him, among the Marshlanders. The same year, afterwards, in Lindsey, East-Anglia, and Kent, were many men slain by the army."

-The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Ninth Century

Norman pirates in the 9th century by Evariste Vital Luminais 1821-1896.


Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Evariste-Vital_Luminais_-_Pirates_normands_au_IXe_si%C3%A8cle.jpg

 

Quote:

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/ang09.asp

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