The Vikings: The Sacred Land Of Lindisfarne

When the Vikings attacked the holy land of Lindisfarne in 793, it was the earliest recorded Viking raid in the west. Lindisfarne, located of the coast of Northumberland, was a monastery founded by Saint Aiden in 630. In Lindisfarne was the monastery named " Saint Cuthbert ", one of the most sacred places in Britain. Is it there that the sacred Lindisfarne gospels were located. For more than 150 years Lindisfarne had collected many riches in the monastery from people donating to the church. These people believed that if they donated, their souls would be saved. All of these riches were soon stolen by the Vikings. The Vikings loved to attack monasteries for the reason that they could take all of the riches that were located in them. For the people