Vikings

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The Viking attack on Lindisfarne.

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https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lindisfarne-priory/History/viking-raid/
Quote: The devastating Viking attack on the church of St Cuthbert in 793 sent a shockwave through Europe. But a Christian community at Lindisfarne survived, and recorded the event on the famous ‘Domesday stone’. English Heritage

 

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