Four years later, in AD 793, there followed the much more famous raid on the island monastery at Lindisfarne: 'The harrying of the heathen miserably destroyed God's church in Lindisfarne by rapine and slaughter.' 'Never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race,' wrote the contemporary scholar Alcuin, 'nor was it thought possible that such an inroad from the sea could be made. Thus the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports the first raid, and the first victim, of the Vikings. These were the first ships of the Danes to come to England.' And in his days there came for the first time three ships of Northmen, from Hörthaland: and the reeve rode thither and tried to compel them to go to the royal manor for he did not know what they were-and they slew him. Who were the Vikings? '789: In this year King Beorhtric took to wife Eadburh, daughter of King Offa. Osprey Military Messenger, PO Box 5, Rushden, Northants NN10 6YX If you would like to receive more information about Osprey Military books, The Osprey Messenger is a regular newsletter which contains articles, new title information and special oilers. Sussex BN27 2SL The publishers regret that they can enter into no correspondence upon this matter. All enquiries should be addressed to: Scorpio Gallery P.O. All reproduction copyright whatsoever is retained by the publisher. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers.įilmset in Great Britain Printed in Hong Kong Artist's Note Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the colour plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, London SW36RB and Auckland, Melbourne, Singapore and Toronto © Copyright 1985 Reed International Books Ltd. First published in Great Britain in 1985 by Osprey, an imprint of Reed Consumer Books Ltd.
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