VIK: This is Lindisfarne. It's an island off the north-east coast of England. We Vikings came here in the 8th century. It was one of the first pieces of English land that we arrived at when we ...

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, was one of the first landing sites of the Vikings. Monasteries were places where monks lived and worshipped. Most people respected the monks and gave them ...

Famously, the Viking period is usually marked by the raid on Lindisfarne, a small island off the northeastern coast of England, in 793. But evidence shows that decades before this violent encounter, ...

On Lindisfarne the monks had to suspend their ... Just a few weeks later the dragons returned but now they were on the front of Viking longboats. This was the first recorded Viking Raid.

And, of course, the church centers and monasteries like Lindisfarne [a monastery in Northern England that Vikings pillaged in A.D. 793] constituted the major sources of wealth at that time.

Lindisfarne Festival is where music, magic, and mayhem collide, and this year, we’re going even bigger,” said spokesperson ...

Lindisfarne Festival is gearing up for its 10th anniversary with more than 50 new artists joining the line-up for its August celebration. Set against the backdrop of the Northumberland coast, the ...