lordgarlans:history meme | [8/10] moments: viking raid on lindisfarneThe Viking Raid on Lindisfarne

lordgarlans:history meme | [8/10] moments: viking raid on lindisfarneThe Viking Raid on Lindisfarne in 793 (the generally accepted date for which is actually 8th June) is often said to be the beginning of the Viking Age.“A.D. 793. In this year fierce, foreboding omens came over the land of the Northumbrians, and the wretched people shook; there were excessive whirlwinds, lightning, and fiery dragons were seen flying in the sky. These signs were followed by great famine, and a little after those, that same year on 6th ides of January, the ravaging of wretched heathen people destroyed God’s church at Lindisfarne.” (From ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’) -- source link

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