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.

EVIL portents in the year 793 preceded a seaborne raid of Lindisfarne ... time, where land was limited and there was an excess of people looking for new lands. The Norse never called themselves ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

and it became highly profitable and organized over time. Famously, the Viking period is usually marked by the raid on Lindisfarne, a small island off the northeastern coast of England, in 793. But ...

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.

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 ...