Lindisfarne island to raid the monestery
The first recorded Viking raid occurred in the year 793 against the great monastery of Lindisfarne off the northeast coast of England.
June 8, 793 AD. Danish raiders sacked the monastery Lindisfarne.
During the Viking invasion of Lindisfarne in 793 AD, it is estimated that around 60 monks were killed. The raid, which targeted the Lindisfarne Priory, marked one of the first recorded Viking attacks on a Christian monastery in England. The event shocked the Christian world and is often cited as the beginning of the Viking Age.
They began to raid because that was how they where raised and they thought it was normal. It was part of there culture.
Viking Raid
Lindisfarne island to raid the monestery
In 793 in Lindisfarne, Northumbria, England.
The first recorded Viking raid occurred in the year 793 against the great monastery of Lindisfarne off the northeast coast of England.
June 8, 793 AD. Danish raiders sacked the monastery Lindisfarne.
During the Viking invasion of Lindisfarne in 793 AD, it is estimated that around 60 monks were killed. The raid, which targeted the Lindisfarne Priory, marked one of the first recorded Viking attacks on a Christian monastery in England. The event shocked the Christian world and is often cited as the beginning of the Viking Age.
Cutheard of Lindisfarne died in 915.
They began to raid because that was how they where raised and they thought it was normal. It was part of there culture.
Lindisfarne College ended in 1994.
Lindisfarne College was created in 1891.
Colmán of Lindisfarne was born in 605.
Egfrid of Lindisfarne died in 830.