On this day in 793 Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
On this day in 793 Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
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>A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine.
From the fury of the Northmen save us, Lord.
The monastery at Lindisfarne was the preeminent centre of Christianity in the kingdom of Northumbria.
The event sent tremors throughout English Christendom and marked the beginning of the Viking Age in Europe.
Lindisfarne was just a Norwegian special military operation to liberate the unlawfully occupied gold from highly aggressive Christian militias.
Torn between the demand for reparations for historic crimes against my people and recognising that the Danelaw was a necessary construct to protect against S*utherners
Being from Britain I get to claim to be Celt, Roman, Viking, Norman, and saxon.
For you, the day the vikings graced your village was the most important day in your life, but for us? It was Tuesday.