Viking settlements occured in kingdoms and realms that were internally fragmented and thus unable to strike back effectively. There were raids in the Iberian peninsula, but they... let's just say they were better at defending against raiding there:Montegriffo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 21, 2020 2:48 amThanks Bjorn.
Why where there no settlements in Spain or Portugal? Is there just no evidence left or was it too inhospitable for some reason?
Primary source on a viking raid on Sevilla in 844:
So, yeah... too inhospitable.