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Assess the impact of the Vikings on the political development of western Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. During this period, doubts about "a new political order were stimulated by continuing depredations from beyond the fringe of Christendom".1 The disruption of the Viking invasions was made all the worse by the fact that Europe was still recovering from the economic decline and political mayhem caused by the fall of the Roman Empire. The crowning of Charles the Great in 800AD was meant to signify the restoration of peace and stability to Europe under one emperor but the political structures of western Europe remained loose and unstable. The Vikings exploited this weakness during the ninth century but the threat they presented to the European kingdoms led to a greater cohesion and unity amongst them and by the end of the tenth century the states of Europe had stronger forms of governance....

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