Background
For several decades, the Saracens had been making inroads into Provence, building several fortresses, the greatest of which was at Fraxinetum, the castle of La Garde-Freinet. From these bases, they raided and pillaged, capturing goods and people to be sold in far off Moslem ports. Though they resisted strongly at first, soon the Provençals settled down to a more passive resistance.
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