Siegfried's Use Of Medieval Warfare Be Affected By The Vikings?

The viking attack on Paris in 885 was a splendid representation of medieval warfare. Where the two sides met beforehand in order to attempt a relatively peaceful solution, where the viking Siegfried asked, basically, for all the goods of the city and the bishop responded with the obvious ‘no’. The battles themselves were showing how the defenders of Paris held their city from the vikings for just long enough so that Odo could return with aid from the emperor to finally drive off the vikings. Though some flaws remain present, for example, how would pitch tear anything, let alone a scalp off of a northman. Another problem is that it seems as though the vikings should have at least pierced the walls of Paris since they had “...vessels for more than two leagues…” and atop that also had war machines to break down the gates. The flaws, however, are minor in comparison to the wonderful example of medieval warfare this document is. …show more content…
Whereas a group of hopelessly outnumbered defenders hold off a point until reinforcements arrive to defeat the attacking force. The entire battle is very reminiscent of the battle of Minas Tirith in Lord of the Rings, from the great war machines to the arrival of the riders of Rohan to the forces of Mordor from the rear. There is one thankful thing that is not similar to modern war, that bioweapons being banned from use in war today so to prevent unnecessary death and suffering. This is opposed to the vikings claiming to use poison arrows to bring pestilence to the people of