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My planned posting on “Martyrs of the Seawolves” was
beaten as a headliner today by the author of The Land of Lead. On that blog there is fantastic description
of a small “Viking Raid on a Monastery”, well-illustrated with photographs.
The Viking Age is considered to commence with the raid against the monastery of Lindisfarne on England's east coast
in the year 793 AD and is documented in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.
According to
Wikipedia:
“Her wæron reðe forebecna cumene ofer Norðhymbra
land, ⁊ þæt folc earmlic bregdon, þæt wæron ormete þodenas ⁊ ligrescas, ⁊
fyrenne dracan wæron gesewene on þam lifte fleogende. Þam tacnum sona fyligde
mycel hunger, ⁊ litel æfter þam, þæs ilcan geares on .vi. Idus Ianuarii,
earmlice hæþenra manna hergunc adilegode Godes cyrican in Lindisfarnaee þurh
hreaflac ⁊ mansliht. “
“In this year fierce, foreboding omens came over the
land of the Northumbrians, and the wretched people shook; there were excessive
whirlwinds, lightning, and fiery dragons were
seen flying in the sky. These signs were followed by great famine, and a little
after those, that same year on 6th ides of January, the ravaging of wretched
heathen people destroyed God's church at Lindisfarne.”
A slightly more detailed description is recorded in
“History of the Church of Durham” by the monk Simeon:
Nice looking monks.
ReplyDeleteThank you Chris. IMO they're OK..I not really happy with the final result.
ReplyDeleteThese monks are really nice, I do like the poses! Great work!
ReplyDeleteMerci Phil. I do like the figures. They are by Black Tree Design. Brothers of Shrewsbury Abbey FD1005
DeleteThanks for the reference!
DeleteFar better than what I put out Rob. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat. You are too kind. I've just had two very productive months. The joys of self(under)-employment.
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