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- ISSN: 1782-7183
- E-ISSN: 2030-9902
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Money for Freedom: Ransom Paying to Vikings in Western Iberia
- Brepols
- Publication: Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, Volume 7, Issue 1, Jan 2011, p. 125 - 130
Abstract
Abstract
This article examines the taking of prisoners and collecting of ransoms by Vikings on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula, as described in two eleventh-century documents. Both documents are valuable sources for an understanding of Viking activity in the most westerly area of continental Europe.
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