Early Viking raids
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I can describe the early Viking raids on the island of Lindisfarne.
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The attack on Lindisfarne (where Bede had once lived) in 793 CE was the first major Viking raid on the British Isles.
The Vikings attacked using longboats crewed by about 30 warriors who could land, attack, and leave quickly.
Priories like those in Lindisfarne were centres of manuscript production and filled with valuable religious objects.
The Vikings murdered monks and stole these objects for trade and their own wealth.
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