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Hungarian invasions of Europe

Years: 820 - 973

The Hungarian invasions of Europe take place in the ninth and tenth centuries, at a time when three groups are attacking Europe: the Vikings, the Muslims and the Hungarians.

In the short run, the Hungarians wreak havoc on land and people; in the long run, they are absorbed into the European population and become constituents of European civilization.

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)