A northmen longphort viking conquest5/20/2023 ![]() The raid did not actually strike England but the northern Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria, which stretched from the Humber river to the lowlands of modern Scotland. With unfriendly neighbours to the north and a new power centre to the south, Northumbria was a tough place to control where the rulers had to be capable warriors. ![]() The Vikings’ sudden attack on Lindisfarne was not, therefore, just another spasm of violence in a barbaric and lawless era, but a genuinely shocking and unexpected event. ![]() Charlemagne’s powerful and enlightened rule covered much of continental Europe, and he respected and shared contact with the formidable English King Offa of Mercia. The Lindisfarne raid took place during the time normally known as the “Dark Ages” but Europe was already well into the process of emerging from the ashes of Rome. They discuss why the Vikings chose to raid Lindisfarne, the community that they would have found there, and how the attack impacted upon Northumbrian Christendom and the wider world. In this episode, Cat speaks to Dr David Petts from Durham University. This raid had such an impact across Europe that despite there being no archaeological evidence for it, only literary sources, it is still remembered today. 1228 years ago, on June 8 793, Vikings attacked a monastic settlement on the island of Lindisfarne.
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