Northmen capture people, horses and livestock in the area of Arras and to the Somme.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Northmen/Varangian/Viking Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Frankish Gender: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Annales Vedastini 881 Annales Vedastini 881 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Nemetacum (Arras), Samara (Somme)
Time Periode :	Carolingian Period
Century :	A.D. 9
Year :	A.D. 880
Month :	December
Day :	26 28
Season :	Winter
Duration :	Days
Context :	plunder war/military campaign
Motivation :	economical tactical/strategical
Application :	burning
Long-Term Consequence :	plunder capture destruction/devastation
Original Text :	Nortmanni vero cum infinita multitudine monasterium nostrum ingressi VII. Kal. Ianuarii ipsum monasterium et civitatem, exceptis aecclesiis, et vicum monasterii et omnes villas in circuitu V. Kal. lanuarii, interfectis omnibus quos invenire poterant, igne cremaverunt omnemque terram usque Sumnam pervagati sunt, capta praeda infinita hominum, pecudum et iumentorum.
Translation :	-
Edition :	B. von Simson, Annales Xantenses et Annales Vedastini (MGH SS rer. Germ., 12), 1909, 40-82.
Remark :	context: The Northmen continued to plunder in West-Francia, attacking Cambrai as their next target.
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Last changed :	2022-04-19 : 10:40:07
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