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176:, where they caused great devastation in the country, and plundered Carolingian monasteries and episcopal cities. After 841, only in the years 874 and 875 are there no references to Viking activity. There is much to read in the annals, and the narrative sheds also some light on the many incidents that form the scenario in which Scandinavians came to more formal, i.e. diplomatic and ecclesiastic, relations with their southern neighbours – for example the 758:Щавелев 2014 – Щавелев А.С. Племя северян и хазарские крепости: еще раз о геополитике юга Восточной Европы первой половины IX века // Книга картины Земли. Сборник статей в честь Ирины Геннадиевны Коноваловой. Под редакцией Т. Н. Джаксон и А. В. Подосинова. М.: Издательство «Индрик», 2014. С.323-329. 195:
The concentration on ecclesiastic centres, which presumably housed vast amounts of movable wealth, has led some historians to believe that contemporary source writers, i.e. clergymen – including Prudentius and Hincmar, which are believed to have had at least editorial influence on the annals –
309:, who lived in northern Russia, had their ancestral homeland in Sweden. Garipzanov holds to the latter and finds that the form 'chacanus' is a unique occurrence in Frankish sources; variants hereof, in the Carolingian sources, that do signify the foreign form of sovereignty are 228:" – and had journeyed to Constantinople; but now they were fearful to return home, because the roads they had travelled were not safe. They had therefore set out with the Byzantine embassy hoping to obtain the Franks' assent for travelling via Germany. At 116:(until 882), on whose lost manuscript their tradition is almost entirely dependent. Moreover, there are strong hints that the original text of the annals underwent at least minor changes under the latter's supervision. 266:". He decided to keep them by him until it could be ascertained for sure whether they had come in earnest purpose or not, and they are not mentioned again in the annals. This incident is mentioned under the year 839. 411:
Misit etiam cum eis quosdam, qui se, id est gentem suam, Rhos vocari dicebant, quos rex illorum chacanus vocabulo ad se amicitiae, sicut asserebant, causa direxerat, petends per memoratam epistolam...
749:Шинаков 2014 - Шинаков Е.А. Три первых упоминания русов (росов) конца 30 - начала 40-х гг. IX в. в международном аспекте // Вестник Брянского государственного университета. № 2, 2014. С.158-165. 325:. Scholars have also sought to establish a connection between the Rus'-Byzantine embassy to Louis the Pious and contemporary events in the Eastern Empire, as recorded in the 740:Александров 1997 - Александров А.А. О руссах на Западе и на Востоке: от Ингельхайма до Могилевского клада // Гістарычна археалагічны зборник, (12), Мінск, 1997. С.17-23. 108:. There is no doubt that they were later continued as an independent narrative, eventually becoming somewhat emancipated from the Palace since the early 840s, first by 851: 821: 586: 478: 421:
had directed to him for the cause of friendship, as they asserted, requesting by the above-mentioned letter..."). In a Latin footnote to the word
281:, p. 44). The phrase belongs to the written presentation to the emperor, and in context names the king of the Rus'; king Chacanus or Chaganos. 846: 836: 831: 607: 140:" – and as well the raids from neighbouring regions. Amongst these last are the practically annual reports of raids carried out by various 208:
in 885-6. Most scholars now believe the Vikings posed little more than a persistent, niggling military threat to the Carolingian regime.
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Quellen zur Karolingischen Reichsgeschichte Zweiter Teil : Jahrbücher von St.Bertin, Jahrbücher von St.Vaast, Xantener Jahrbücher
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was presented through a letter handed over to the emperor by the emissaries. The letter stated that they called themselves Rhos – "
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is the correct, i.e. original term. The traditional interpretation is that 'rex illorum Chacanus' is meant to be understood as
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Non nomen proprium, sed titulus populis Asiae septentrionalis usitatus, hic perperam ad Sueones translatus esse videtur.
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exaggerated their accounts of the raids because they were usually the invaders' primary targets and frequently had to
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The text is characterized by the struggles between the Carolingians, their relations to the Holy Roman Church – "
60:, France, after which they are named. Their account is taken to cover the period 830-82, thus continuing the 259: 354:
The annals is one of five major independent narrative accounts of the late 9th century. The others are:
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The annals' account is mostly first-hand and includes documents such as papal letters and excerpts from
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The narrative came to an end in 882 when an elderly, frail Hincmar was forced to flee his cathedral at
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The annals are notable, among other things, for containing one of the earliest written references to
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It has been suggested that the annals were first written by scribes in the court of
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Annales de Saint-Bertin (avec une introduction et des notes par Léon Levillain)
348: 86:, and are particularly well-informed on events in the West Frankish sphere of 57: 615: 229: 161: 293:, not actually a person's name, but instead an entirely foreign kind of 534:
Coupland, Simon; Nelson, Janet (1988), "The Vikings on the Continent",
220:. According to the annals, a group of followers to the emissaries from 177: 157: 141: 83: 458:, Société de Histoire de France, vol. 470, Paris: C. Klincksieck 344: 290: 237: 181: 145: 96:
are usually read as an East Frankish counterpart to their narrative.
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Rau, Reinhold; Rehdantz, Carl; von Jasmund, Julius, eds. (1980),
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Grat, Félix; Jeanne Vielliard; Suzanne Clemancet, eds. (1964),
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is a Latin transcription of the Scandinavian proper name
144:-bands from Scandinavia – who are now popularly known as 297:. However, there is an alternative interpretation, that 285:
has recently made observations on the likelihood that
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Index

Annals of Saint-Bertin
Saint Bertin
Carolingian
Frankish
annals
Abbey of Saint Bertin
Saint-Omer
Royal Frankish Annals
Monumenta Germaniæ Historica
Waitz 1883
Grat 1964
Francia
Charles the Bald
Annales Fuldenses
Louis the Pious
Prudentius of Troyes
Hincmar of Reims
conciliar acts
warrior
Vikings
warrior
Frisians
Seine
Loire
Rhine
Normans
fealty
King Charles III
West Francia
foot the bill

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