\u201cGod, in his goodness and justice so much offended by our sins, had thus worn down the lands and kingdoms of the Christians.\u201d That\u2019s a quote from Prudentius of Troyes, who was struggling to explain why the Franks met abysmal failure every time they fought the Scandinavians. While that quote came from from across the [\u2026]
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