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| c. 900 |
| | | With the end of inconoclasm, the screen between the nave and the altar sanctuary becomes covered in icons in Orthodox churches | |
|  | Iconostasis, Suzdal
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| 909 |
| | | Monastic reform, begun at Cluny, is so successful that more than 1000 Benedictine houses eventually follow the Cluniac example | |
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| 911 |
| | | The Vikings settle in France, as Normans, when Rollo the Ganger is granted feudal rights over the region round Rouen | |
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| 920 |
| | | After years of raiding up the Shannon, the Vikings capture Limerick | |
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| 930 |
| | | An althing of chieftains establishes the commonwealth of Iceland, which will survive for more than three centuries | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | Leon forms a loose alliance with its southern neighbour, Castile, to become the most powerful unit in northern Spain | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | Medieval Europe's first institute of higher education is established, with the founding of the medical school at Salerno | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | So many Slavs are captured and sold, in the movement eastwards of the Germans, that their name becomes the European word for a slave | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | The Byzantine empire enjoys a revival, bringing the Slavs within the Greek Orthodox fold and winning victories against the Muslims | |
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