Viking Warrior

In 793 CE, a wave of Viking warriors broke with a fury onto British shores. In a blizzard of blades and battle-axes, they attacked the Northumberland monastery of Lindisfarne, butchering the monks who lived there. Those not killed were carried away in chains; others drowned in the sea. Having looted the monastery for silver, the warriors set sail for home. The Viking age had begun. From their longships, the Vikings made further raids on the coastlines of Britain, France, and Ireland; they s...