![]() Quickly, however, they had realized that there was more money to be had in extortion. At first they had conducted smash and grab maneuvers, seizing whatever communion vessels or reliquaries were on hand. ![]() Within fifteen years of Ragnar’s raid on Paris, all the main rivers of western Francia had been visited by Viking raiders. It wasn’t that the Franks were getting any better at defending themselves, rather, the seemingly inexhaustible supply of Frankish gold was starting to dry up. Men of Horik and Ragnar’s generation had looked to the Frankish kingdoms for their raids, but their children began to look for greener pastures to the west. The great Viking invasion of England originated at least partially in Ireland. ![]() – The Ninth century Irish chronicle, Annals of Ulster “ The sea spewed forth floods of foreigners over Ireland, so that no haven, no landing-pace, no stronghold, no fort, no castle might be found, but it was submerged by waves of vikings and pirates.” ![]()
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