 The Normans pillaged the region and then left, but the Saracens built castles and began raiding towns and holding local residents for ransom.Early in 973, the Saracens captured Maieul, the abbot of the monastery at Cluny, and held him for ransom.The ransom was paid and the abbot was released, but the people of Provence, led by Count William I rose up and defeated the Saracens near their most powerful fortress Fraxinet (La Garde-Freinet) at the Battle of Tourtour.