The attack on Lindisfarne in 793 came from a viking settlement in the North, possibly originating in Norway. It was not the first time that raiders had attacked England. But it was this attack on ...

When Vikings landed on Lindisfarne’s shores in 793, slaughtering the local English populace and pillaging the monastery of ...

For centuries—indeed, ever since Viking raiders savagely attacked England's Lindisfarne monastery in A.D. 793—the Vikings have seemed to many to have been little more than blue-eyed barbarians ...

The famous Lindisfarne Gospels were produced on the island and, in 793, the monastery was raided by Vikings. The council plans to release images of the skeletons at a later date, the Local ...

VIK: This is Lindisfarne. It's an island off the north ... church than a true report of what actually went on here in 793 AD. Vikings came from Scandinavian countries, like Norway, Sweden, and ...

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, was one of the first landing sites of the Vikings. Monasteries were places where monks lived and worshipped. Most people respected the monks and gave them ...