Northmen capture Bishop Sigmund and the population of Meaux, breaking their promise of free passage.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Northmen/Varangian/Viking Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Sigmund, Bishop of Meaux Origin: Frankish Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: religious figure, Direct Consequence: capture
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Frankish Gender: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Annales Vedastini 888 Annales Vedastini 888 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Meldis (Meaux), Matrona (Marne)
Time Periode :	Carolingian Period
Century :	A.D. 9
Year :	A.D. 888
Context :	siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical economical
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation
Original Text :	Cumque amnem Maternam transissent et longius a civitate processissent, Nortmanni eos omnes insecuti comprehenderunt ipsum episcopum cum omni populo. Indeque reversi civitatem igne combusserunt murosque quantum placuit destruxerunt; atque inibi morati sunt usque mense prope Novembrio.
Translation :	-
Edition :	B. von Simson, Annales Xantenses et Annales Vedastini (MGH SS rer. Germ., 12), 1909, 40-82.
Notes :	For the preceding siege, please refer to: "Northmen attack Meaux with siege engines."
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