Viking Incursions and Carolingian Responses (c. 790–900)

1. Lindisfarne raid signals new raiding era

   Jun 8, 793Labels: Lindisfarne Monastery, Vikings

   • Britannica

2. Frankish shore defenses repel raid at Seine estuary

   Jan 1, 820Labels: Seine Estuary, Frankish Defenses

   • Viking no
   • WHE

3. Vikings sack Rouen and Jumièges on Seine

   May 14, 841Labels: Rouen, Jumi ges

   • Viking no

4. Vikings sack Nantes on the Loire

   Jun 24, 843Labels: Nantes, Loire River

   • NatGeo
   • VikingTimes

5. Treaty of Verdun fragments Carolingian political unity

   Aug 1, 843Labels: Treaty of, Carolingian Empire

   • Britannica

6. Vikings besiege Paris; Charles the Bald pays tribute

   Mar 29, 845Labels: Paris, Charles the

   • SiegeParis845
   • Reginheri

7. Assembly at Pîtres begins fortified Seine barrier project

   Jun 1, 862Labels: Assembly at, Pont-de-l Arche

   • VikingArchaeology

8. Charles the Bald grants Baldwin a frontier march in Flanders

   Jan 1, 864Labels: Baldwin I, Flanders

   • Britannica

9. Edict of Pîtres mandates mobile cavalry and fortified bridges

   Jun 25, 864Labels: Edict of, Carolingian Reform

   • EdictP tres
   • JMedHist

10. Fortified bridgehead at Pont-de-l’Arche develops on the Seine

    Jan 1, 870Labels: Pont-de-l Arche, Seine Valley

    • Structurae
    • JMedHist

11. Charles the Fat negotiates at the Siege of Asselt

    Jan 1, 882Labels: Siege of, Godfrid

    • Asselt

12. Vikings begin long siege of Paris

    Nov 25, 885Labels: Siege of, Viking Host

    • Britannica

13. Siege of Paris ends after imperial payoff and diversion

    Oct 1, 886Labels: Charles the, Siege Resolution

    • Britannica