raid on Lindisfarne
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The raid on Lindisfarne was a notorious 793 AD Viking attack on the Lindisfarne monastery in Northumbria, often regarded as the beginning of the Viking Age in England.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raid on Lindisfarne | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Viking raid
ⓘ
attack on a monastery ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lindisfarne Gospels (as a threatened treasure of the monastery) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attacker |
Norse seafarers
ⓘ
Vikings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | early Viking raid on Western Europe ⓘ |
| conflictType | maritime raid ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
featured in popular culture depictions of Vikings
ⓘ
frequent subject in modern historiography of the Viking Age ⓘ |
| date | 793 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Alcuin of York's letters
ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Viking raid on Jarrow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
subsequent Viking raids on English and Irish monasteries ⓘ |
| hasCause | Viking search for wealth and plunder ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
increased fear of Vikings in Anglo-Saxon England
ⓘ
rise in anti-pagan sentiment among Christian writers ⓘ strengthening of coastal defenses in England ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources |
Latin
ⓘ
Old English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Holy Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lindisfarne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Lindisfarne monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method | surprise coastal attack by longships ⓘ |
| partOf |
Viking activity in the British Isles
ⓘ
Viking expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | isolated Viking raids in the North Sea region ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Anglo-Saxon church
ⓘ
Christian monastery ⓘ |
| result |
destruction of religious artifacts
ⓘ
enslavement of some inhabitants ⓘ killing of monks ⓘ plundering of the monastery ⓘ |
| significance |
marked the start of large-scale Viking attacks on the British Isles
ⓘ
often regarded as the beginning of the Viking Age in England ⓘ shocked Christian Europe ⓘ symbol of Viking brutality in medieval sources ⓘ |
| temporalLocation | 8th century ⓘ |
| victim |
Christian community at Lindisfarne
ⓘ
monks of Lindisfarne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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