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Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]June, 793.

[00:00:02]A quiet monastery on a lonely island hears the sound of oars. Within hours, Europe's nightmare begins.

[00:00:10]The monastery of Lindisfarne was a jewel of the Christian world. Its monks copied sacred texts, its relics drew pilgrims, and its island cliffs seemed untouchable.

[00:00:20]But on that summer morning, dragon-headed ships cut through the waves.

[00:00:25]Vikings stormed ashore, axes flashing, shields [music] raised.

[00:00:29]The monks had no walls, no warriors, no defense.

[00:00:33]To them, these raiders seemed [music] less like men and more like demons out of the sea.

[00:00:39]They were slaughtered, enslaved, or forced to flee.

[00:00:43]Gold [music] chalices and jeweled Bibles, treasures meant for God, were ripped from the altars.

[00:00:48]The Anglo-Saxon [music] Chronicle records the moment with dread.

[00:00:52]In this year, fierce foreboding omens came, and the harrying of heathen men miserably destroyed God's church at Lindisfarne.

[00:01:00]This wasn't just a raid. It was the beginning of the Viking Age.

[00:01:05]From that day forward, no coast in Europe slept peacefully again.

[00:01:09]Would you have survived the first Viking raid?

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