in 793 the Vikings raided Lindisfarne

[Zebra]

it was a brutal and cowardly attack against an undefended Island
Helpless monks were killed or enslaved.

I have been to Lindisfarne, off the coast ofEngland, near Scotland.
Also called the Holy Island.
A very special place.
You may have read about it.

 

[Zebra]

searching the forum for Vikings, one mostly finds Football teams.

 

[gipper]

Didn’t the Vikings commit raids like this one throughout their history?

 

[Zebra]

Didn’t the Vikings commit raids like this one throughout their history?

indeed the did!
and the attack on Lindisfarne was just one of the first in a long row.

They were like a plague for Europe.

 

[Crepitus]

it was a brutal and cowardly attack against an undefended Island
Helpless monks were killed or enslaved.

I have been to Lindisfarne, off the coast ofEngland, near Scotland.
Also called the Holy Island.
A very special place.
You may have read about it.

It's was kind of the Viking way of life.

 

[Zebra]

It's was kind of the Viking way of life.

i know

But that is no excuse.

 

[gipper]

i know

But that is no excuse.

The Vikings weren’t the only ones who committed horrendous acts of violence. Human history is full of such horrors.

This no way justifies or minimizes their actions.

Israel is currently committing something very similar, but in a far more harmful way.

 

[Eman623]

it was a brutal and cowardly attack against an undefended Island
Helpless monks were killed or enslaved.

I have been to Lindisfarne, off the coast ofEngland, near Scotland.
Also called the Holy Island.
A very special place.
You may have read about it.

It's worth noting those monks were the descendants of Anglo- Saxon invaders who killed and enslaved their way into Celtic Britain after the Roman killer/enslavers left.

 

[Zebra]

The Vikings weren’t the only ones who committed horrendous acts of violence. Human history is full of such horrors.

True.
Think of the Huns and the Spanish in South America.

But these are not glorified as romantic heroes, like it is done for the Vikings.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

it was a brutal and cowardly attack against an undefended Island
Helpless monks were killed or enslaved.

I have been to Lindisfarne, off the coast ofEngland, near Scotland.
Also called the Holy Island.
A very special place.
You may have read about it.

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I had not heard of it, but I sure learned a bunch about the Viking invasions of England when I visited there -- went to Jorvik Centre in York, and it was fascinating!

https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/

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[Zebra]

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I had not heard of it, but I sure learned a bunch about the Viking invasions of England when I visited there -- went to Jorvik Centre in York, and it was fascinating!

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I remember York for its Cathedral, and the town wall.
I walked on it around York once.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

I remember York for its Cathedral, and the town wall.
I walked on it around York once.

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Walking the wall was one of the best parts of my trip there!

I especially loved the Merchant Adventurers' Hall. Amazing.

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[BothWings]

True.
Think of the Huns and the Spanish in South America.

But these are not glorified as romantic heroes, like it is done for the Vikings.

In South America they still practice the religion and speak the language of the conquistadores, in addition to posting their art and wares all over their cities. I'd say it's been quite glorified. Where in the world do they still use Elder Futhark and worship the old Norse Pantheon?

In a edition to that, the Vikings poked around in North America hundreds of years before Columbus. They never proceeded with any kind of genocide that remotely resembled what the later Europeans brought to the new world. In fact they traded with them and swapped language genes and knowledge.

 

[Zebra]

Spanish inSouth America is not spoken because the Indios loved Spain. It is spoken there because the Spanish etc ruled there.

 

[BothWings]

Spanish inSouth America is not spoken because the Indios loved Spain. It is spoken there because the Spanish etc ruled there.

Correct. That was my point. And it is glorified and still allowed to permeate the modern culture there. In other countries where regimes have been deposed or invaders ousted, great efforts have been taken to topple their statues and purge the society of all their influence. Not so in any of South America, really.

 

[Zebra]

Correct. That was my point. And it is glorified and still allowed to permeate the modern culture there. In other countries where regimes have been deposed or invaders ousted, great efforts have been taken to topple their statues and purge the society of all their influence. Not so in any of South America, really.

because the descandents of the invaders still rule

 

[Meathead]

it was a brutal and cowardly attack against an undefended Island
Helpless monks were killed or enslaved.

I have been to Lindisfarne, off the coast ofEngland, near Scotland.
Also called the Holy Island.
A very special place.
You may have read about it.

Do they want reparations?

 

[Zebra]

Do they want reparations?

you must ask the Anglo.Saxons

 

[Meathead]

you must ask the Anglo.Saxons

Maybe, but they're not black.

 

[Zebra]

Maybe, but they're not black.

should they be?