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Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, commonly accepted as the beginning of Norse activity in the British Isles.
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Lindisfarne
Tidal island in northeast England
Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Northumbria
Medieval kingdom of the Angles
Northumbria was an early medieval kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Viking activity in the British Isles
Aspect of Viking expansion
Viking activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries, when Scandinavians travelled to the British Isles to raid, conquer, settle and trade. They are generally referred to as Vikings, but some scholars debate whether the term…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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