793 War

Raid on Lindisfarne

Name: Raid on Lindisfarne
Start: 0793

The sack of the English monastery conventionally opens the Viking age.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 793 — the context national timelines leave out.

7 years later Charlemagne crowned Emperor Germany
7 years later The Book of Kells Ireland

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

Early Middle Ages 476 – 1000 Post-Roman kingdoms, Christianisation, invasions.

Countries involved

Norway

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What was written of it

Before 1914, the earth belonged to all. Everyone went where they wished and stayed as long as they pleased. There were no permits and no authorisations.

Stefan Zweig 1942

The World of Yesterday. Memoirs of a European

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