Northmen enter Paris in March
The annals report that 120 Northmen’s ships advanced along the Seine, devastating both sides, and entered Paris without opposition in March.
What this does and does not establish
Annales Bertiniani, Prudentius section, pinned Wikisource raw revision 228344. The ship count and absence of opposition are the annalist’s claims. The following sentences describe Charles’s payment and the subsequent withdrawal; these are parts of the same expedition.
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- Region
- Europe
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 845, March
- How we use it
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Dating notes from the research record
Read bert2.wikitext, lines 85–107: preceding 844 annal at lines 85–92, 845 heading at line 94, winter notice and March expedition at line 97, continuation at line 99, and 846 heading at line 101 with its opening at line 104. The explicit March follows the winter notice within the 845 annal, establishing Julian March AD 845 without a Christmas rollover. Original quotation begins at line 97, character 67581.
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Annales Bertiniani
Prudentius, bishop of Troyes (second part of the Annales Bertiniani)
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Quoted text (Latin)
Nordmannorum naves centum viginti mense Martio per Sequanam hinc et abinde cuncta vastantes, Loticiam Parisiorum nullo penitus obsistente pervadunt.AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
One hundred and twenty ships of the Northmen, devastating everything on either side along the Seine in the month of March, enter Paris with absolutely no one resisting.
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