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Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias

Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias

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The Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias occurred in 844. Many longships were lost in the attack and the fleet retreated to Aquitaine.[7]

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In 844, the Vikings, who at that time infested all the maritime provinces of Europe, made a descent at A Coruña, and began to raid the countryside, burning and pillaging. King Ramiro I of Asturias marched against them with a potent army, managed to rout the invaders with a prodigious slaughter, took many of them as prisoners, and burned the best part of their fleet. Ramiro's reception frightened the Viking raiders, so raiding parties no longer troubled the parts of Spain that were under the king's control.

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    Collins, Roger. Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400–1000. p. 193.
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    Kendrick, Sir Thomas D. (24 October 2018). A History of the Vikings. ISBN 9781136242397.
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    "Viking culture, people and history" (PDF).
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    Ferguson, Robert (2012). The Viking Age.
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