@inbook{2ba25e8d1d3744a8a3e0be7cd8a81692,
title = "The Vikings and Francia, 799–936",
abstract = "The earliest recorded Viking raid on Frankish territory occurred off the Aquitanian coast in 799. It marked the opening of one and a half centuries of conflict as the Vikings plundered along Frankish coasts and rivers with increasing intensity and shifting aims. Small-scale raids turned to large-scale incursions, turned to settlement and even political integration, the form and development of this activity having a fundamentally regional aspect, This chapter provides an overview of Viking activity and its evolution in regions connected to some of Francia{\textquoteright}s most important river systems: the Garonne, the Loire, and the Seine.",
keywords = "Vikings, Francia, 799–936, raiders, Scandinavians, French history, Garonne, Loire, Seine",
author = "Matthew Firth",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.4324/9780367808471-4",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367406820",
series = "Routledge Handbooks",
publisher = "Routledge, Taylor & Francis",
pages = "31--41",
editor = "David Andress",
booktitle = "The Routledge Handbook of French History",
address = "United Kingdom",
}