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Assess the impact of the Vikings on either the political or the social development of Western Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries.  

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Assess the impact of the Vikings on either the political or the social development of Western Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. It cannot be denied that the Vikings invasions throughout Western Europe played a role in the shaping of society, both politically and socially in the ninth and tenth centuries. The Vikings constantly raided the kingdoms of Western Europe during this time, in particular those within the British Isles and Frankia and there is plenty of evidence to support there being extensive Viking settlement in these areas. This means that there would obviously be some influences upon the development of Western Europe that is due to the Vikings. However the nature of their impact and indeed the extent of it are less obvious and need to be discussed in order to be able to truly assess the impact the Vikings had on political and social development in the ninth...

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