daha önce ragnar'ın değil oğlu bjorn'un paris'e gideceğini söylemiştim. fakat ragnar'ın da paris'e gittiğini öğrenmiş bulunmaktayım. bu sezon ya da diğer sezon ragnar çok büyük bir ordu ile paris'e girecek. yakacak yıkacak ve yaptığı yağmanın haddi hesabı olmayacak.
EASTER 845 AD, PARIS, FRANCE
Extract from THE SEAWOLVES "The Viking creation of Normandy and its Iron Dukes"
Ragnars raid on Paris 845 A.D
The raids increased with ferocity during the 840s. In 845 A.D a Viking fleet of 120 longboats sailed the 240 miles from the sea to the French capital Paris. They were commanded by one of the most famous Vikings of them all; Ragnar Lodbrok hairy breaches. Ragnars fame was legendary, and his exploits earned him a place as one of the most popular heroes in the Viking Sagas. After ravaging the city of Rouen his pagan war band continued upstream and sacked the modern day town of Chaussy near Paris.
The new Frankish King, Charles II the bald raised an army and set out to confront Ragnars Vikings. He split his army on both sides of the Seine River hoping to encircle the Norsemen,
but Ragnar realised what Charles was up to and quickly ambushed the smaller Frankish force, taking numerous prisoners and slaughtering the rest.
The 111 unfortunate captured prisoners were taken and then executed on a tiny island in the middle of the Seine, in front of Charles and his remaining men who watched on helplessly. Ceasing the initiative again, Ragnar launched a second bold attack against the remainder of the Frankish forces. Charles fearing for his life fled the field with the remnants of his army and headed for the safety of St Denis.
With the Frankish forces destroyed, Rangnar terrorised the region, sacking towns, villages and wasting the land. On Easter Sunday 845 A.D the Vikings broke through the defences of the island city of Paris and plundered the capital. Charles who was still in St Denis behind the Vikings could have blocked off the Seine River and any escape route open to them. Instead he hesitated, and paid Ragnar off with 7000 pounds of silver. Charles payment became known as the Dane geld (Danes pay) or simply, protection money to stop any further aggression. The marauding Scandinavians returned back down the river Seine to Denmark unmolested.
As for the Viking warlord Ragnar, legend has it that he met his end when he was shipwrecked on the English coast. After being captured by the Northumbrian King Ælla, he was thrown into a pit of Snakes and bitten to http://www.amazon.com/Sea...ds=benjamin+james+baillie
