Vikings raided all along the coasts, and up the major rivers, of Europe in the Early Middle Ages.
The Vikings raided all along the coasts of Western Europe, and up navigable rivers. They especially raided England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and France, but they went as far as Constantinople. They began doing this on the coast of Northumbria at Lindisfarne in 793 and continued for another 200 years or so. In Eastern Europe, they were highly regarded as merchant traders. There is a link below.
The strongest civilizing force in Europe during the early Middle Ages was the Church.
During the early middle ages, 500 - 1000AD, Europe was a frontier land as it was sparsely populated and undeveloped. ;P
clergy
William the Conqueror.
romans
Manorialism.
Manorialism.
Paris
Jose Gaspar, known by his nickname Gasparilla was a purported Spanish pirate, the "last of the Buccaneers", who is claimed to have raided the west coast of Florida during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
William the Conquerer
Charlemagne