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Part one in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1000–1049. Sarah Foot examines the most dramatic event of the early 11th century – one which threatened to change the course of English history ....
The Viking Invasion of Leicestershire We know exactly when the Viking Age began in England – it was more than 1,200 years ago – on June 8, 793. That was the day when invading Norsemen destroyed the Abbey church on the island of Lindisfarne, off the north-east coast of England. Lindisfarne was a centre of learning famous across the continent – but that meant nothing to these fierce invaders. The Vikings arrived in England in 793 AD Monks were either killed in the abbey, thrown into the sea to drown or carried away as slaves – along with the church’s treasures. The devastation of Northumbria’s Holy Island shocked Europe. “Never ....