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.

It's known for a Christian monastery founded in the 7th century that suffered a Viking raid so ... monastery at Lindisfarne was founded by a monk named Aidan in A.D. 635. At the time, Lindisfarne ...

The first Viking raid was at Lindisfarne on June 8, 793 AD. Lindisfarne was chosen as it was situated at the heart of the Northumbria and the centre of Christianity in Britain at the time.

British archaeologists have announced the discovery of a rare board game piece, believed to date back to one of the first Viking raids on the island of Lindisfarne ... around the time of the ...

Alcuin was a scholar and monk living in Germany, who, when he heard the news of the raid on Lindisfarne ... The raid of 793 was the first recorded Viking raid on Britain, and Alcuin's words ...

On June 8th of 793, Lindisfarne Abbey, located on a tidal -island on the north-east coast of England, was ravaged by hordes of heathen men. At the time a ... examines how Viking raids shaped ...

VIK: This is Lindisfarne. It's an island off the ... The Christian monastery here was famous and we Vikings knew that it was full of beautiful things, maybe even treasure. Well, you can't blame ...

For those reasons it became the victim of the most famous and supposedly the first Viking raid on ... s Church, Lindisfarne. He wasn’t destined to rest in peace for quite some time.

The Viking hit-and-run raids on monastic communities such as Lindisfarne and Iona were the ... what would make a young chieftain invest in the time and resources for such a risky venture.