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    manufacturing. Merovingian coins minted in Maastricht have been found throughout Europe. In 881 the town was plundered by the Vikings. In the 10th century it...
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    – Writer Jan van Eyck (ca.1390–1441) – Flemish painter Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934) – Former Antarctica explorer Lambert of Maastricht,– Early Christian...
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    the gates to Henri Louis d'Aloigny (the Marquis de Rochefort), to avoid plundering. On 18 June, William withdrew his forces. The flooding was not ready yet...
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    Limburg, Belgium, founded in around 670 by Saint Landrada. It was plundered by Vikings in 881 but restored. From the 9th century it was dedicated to Saint...
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    Holy Roman empire. In the period around 881 and 882 the areas along the Maas and in the Haspengouw were plundered by Norse Vikings, who established a base...
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    Edouard Van Even, "Jaerboeken der Abtdy van Perk van 1077 tot 1316", Mengelingen (1871), pp. 392-393. G. Hansotte, "Bevestiging van de bezittingen van de abdij...
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