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Showing posts with label Lindisfarne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lindisfarne. Show all posts
Thursday, April 19, 2018

The History Of Mead And The Lindisfarne Mead

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Recipereminiscing If you’ve read mythology, you’ve undoubtedly run across mead, this drink of heroes, gods, lovers and kings. The god...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Did the Viking Age Really Start on 8 June 793 AD?

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Ancient Origins BY THORNEWS  “Never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race (…). The hea...
Sunday, July 2, 2017

Remains of Saxon Church Discovered on Viking Raided Lindisfarne Island

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Ancient Origins A team of archaeologists have recently excavated the remains of a church on Lindisfarne (Holy Island) in Northumberlan...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The Vikings at home

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History Extra A 13th-century saga manuscript from the Árni Magnússon Institute in Reykjavík, Iceland. (Corbis) One of the defining mo...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

History Trivia - Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne

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June 8 793 Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and is commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasio...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

History Trivia - Vikings attack Lindisfarne Island

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January 8 794 Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island (northeast coast of England).  871 King Ethelred of Wessex and his brother Alfr...
Monday, August 31, 2015

History Trivia - King Henry VIII of England excommunicated

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August 31 651 St. Aidan died. A monk at Iona, Scotland, Aidan became the first bishop of Lindisfarne. 1056 Byzantine Empress Theod...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

History Trivia - outbreak of St. John's Dance in streets of Aachen, Germany

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June 24 109 The Aqua Traiana was inaugurated by Emperor Trajan, the aqueduct channeled water from Lake Bracciano, 25 miles north-west ...
Monday, June 8, 2015

History Trivia - Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne

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June 8, 793 Vikings raid the abbey at Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and is commonly accepted as the beginning of the Scandinavian invasi...
Friday, April 24, 2015

History Trivia - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse

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April 24 1184 BC The Greeks entered Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date). 709 Saint Wilfrid died. A monk of Lindisfarne ...
Monday, March 2, 2015

History Trivia - Ethelred of Wessex defeats the Danish invasion army

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March 2 462 Total Lunar Eclipse. 672 Saint Caedda died. He was educated at Lindisfarne and spent time in Ireland before succeeding h...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

History Trivia - Vikings attack Lindisfarne Island

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January 8 794 Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island (northeast coast of England). 871 King Ethelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred (...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

History Trivia - The Aqua Traiana inaugurated by Emperor Trajan

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June 24 109 The Aqua Traiana was inaugurated by Emperor Trajan, the aqueduct channeled water from Lake Bracciano, 25 miles north-west of...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Great North Museum needs to raise £7,000 to safeguard Lindisfarne Hoard

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Collection of gold and silver coins dating from 1560s was found in the same building as those found 50 years ago on Northumberland island ...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

History Trivia - Attila the Hun invades Italy

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June 8 52 Italy invaded by Attila the Hun.  65 Jews revolted against Rome, capturing the fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem. 68 ...