Excerpt from The Danegeld in France, Vol. 10 For a discussion of the applicability of the term Danegeld to the tribute paid on the Continent, see infra, pp. 23-24. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Danegeld in France, Vol. 10 1. The Mechanical Composition of Wind Deposits, by Johan August Udden. 2. An Old Indian Village, by Johan August Udden. 3. The Idyl in German Literature, by Gustav Albert Andreen. 4. On the Cyclonic Distribution of Rainfall, by Johan August Udden. 5. Fossil Mastodon and Mammoth Remains in Illinois and Iowa, by Netta C. Anderson, and Proboscidean Fossils of the Pleistocene Deposits in Illinois and Iowa, by Johan August Udden. 6. Scandinavians Who Have Contributed to the Knowledge of the Flora of North America, by Per Axel Rydberg, Ph. D.; and A Geological Survey of the Lands Belonging to the New York and Texas Land Company, Ltd., in the Upper Rio Grande Embayment in Texas, by Johan August Udden. 7. Genesis and Development of Sand Formations on Marine Coasts, by Pehr Olsson-Seffer, Ph. D., and The Sand Strand Flora of Marine Coasts, by Pehr Olsson-Seffer, Ph. D. 8. Alternative Readings in the Hebrew of the Books of Samuel, by Otto H. Bostrom, Ph. D. 9. On the Solution of the Differential Equations of Motion of a Double Pendulum, by William E. Cederberg, Ph. D. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

In 885 AD, the Vikings laid siege to Paris, to which a young monk named Abbo, of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, stood as witness. Later, he came to make a record of what he saw, heard and believed in a verse chronicle, the Bella parisiacae urbis. His often stirring account speaks of the relentless and ingenious attacks of the Norsemen, the selfless heroism of the defending Frankish warriors, and the misery and terror of the besieged Parisians. But his canvas is far larger than this single occurrence, for he hints at greater things yet to come, such as the final disintegration of Carolingian rule, the eventual establishment of the Capetian line of monarchs, and the creation of a French Danelaw, namely, Normandy. Ultimately, however, Abbo is not concerned with an impartial narration of events, but rather with salvation through history - of the individual and of the nation of the Franks. The macaronic style of his chronicle very much appealed to the sensibilities of the time, thus ensuring that Abbo's work would endure.

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