Norman raid

Little is known about his reign as Norman raids increased dramatically, destabilizing the region further.

During the Norman raid of Macedonia in 1185, the city was captured and burned.

Finally there are Norman raids on Byzantine territory from Italy.

The church's origins lie with a privately owned wooded chapel which is thought to have been destroyed during the Norman raids.

The main problem that the inhabitants of the city faced in the Middle Ages were Norman raids.

The area was depopulated due to Arab and Norman raids, and slowly reoccupied after the 10th century.

Norman raids left both in a sorry state, and Bishop Maurice de Sully decided a cathedral should be built to replace them.

The Dukes of Brittany suffered continuing Norse invasions and Norman raids.

When he was appointed as bishop of Utrecht in 900, the city was in ruins after a number of Norman raids.

The Norman raid on the monastic town of Lismore was interrupted by a Norse-Irish fleet from Cork.

After several Norman raids in the 9th century, Cherbourg was attached to the Duchy of Normandy along with the Cotentin, in 933, by William Longsword.

As the city began to recover during the Middle Ages the main problem for the inhabitants was the Norman raids, as well as the ever present threat of raids ("razzies") from Al-Andalus to the south.

Soviet historians state that the Slavs in Russia laid the foundations of their statehood long before the Norman raids, and that the Norman invasions only served to hinder the development of the Slavs.

Following the victory, the town of Matera switched its support to the revolt, while the coastal cities Bari, Monopoli and Giovinazzo relinquished their allegiance to the Byzantine Empire in order to avoid Norman raids.

It was the next bishop, Courantgern (850-868), who at length abolished the episcopal supervision of the abbey because of Norman raids, which made it too dangerous for monks to travel overland to Vannes for their ordination.

It was destroyed by Norman raids, but later reconstructed under Alfonso VII in 1134 in collaboration with several nobles, including Alfonso Bermúdez, Count Pedro Osório and the Counts of Traba, who endowed it.

Octávio Filgueiras noticed that "Appeared in Galicia boats and fishermen arriving from the north, after the critical period of the Viking and Norman raids" and "one of the most important features is the cultural unity of these fisher communities that used primitive ships".