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Northmen plunder and kill the population of Nantes, including the bishop.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Northmen/Varangian/Viking Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Origin: Unknown Gender: Male, Age: baby, Activity: religious figure, Direct Consequence: death
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Frankish Gender: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Annales Bertiniani 843 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Namnetum (Nantes)
    Time Periode :Carolingian Period
    Century :A.D. 9
    Year :A.D. 843
     
    Context :plunder
    religious
    Motivation :economical
    Long-Term Consequence :plunder
    seclusion
     
    Original Text :Pyratae Nordomannorum urbem Namnetum adgressi, interfectis episcopo et multis clericorum atque laicorum sexusque promiscui, depraedata civitate, inferioris Aquitaniae partes depopulaturi adoriuntur. Ad postremum insulam quandam ingressi, convectis a continenti domibus, hiemare velut perpetuis sedibus statuerunt.
     
    Translation :-
     
    Edition :F. Grat – J. Vielliard – S. Clémencet, Annales de Saint-Bertin (Société de l'histoire de France, 470), Paris 1964.
     
    Remark :victim: The victims are further described as the Bishop of Nantes, many clergyman and male and female laypeople of the population alike.
    long-term consequence: The Northmen continue raiding in Aquitaine, until they settle down on an unspecified island for the winter.
     
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    Created at :2021-01-12 : 12:06:11
    Last changed :2022-04-10 : 11:39:36
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00007323
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00007323