About this episode

This episode discusses the Viking raid on Lindisfarne, marking the beginning of the Viking period in Britain.

Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British ...

People in this episode

Host: Scott Allsop

Topics covered

• Viking history
• Lindisfarne
• Norse raiders
• British history
• historical events

Keywords

• Vikings
• Lindisfarne
• Northumbria
• Norse
• historical events
• British history
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Places: Lindisfarne, Northumbria

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