The first monastery at Lindisfarne was started by a monk called Aidan, in 635 AD.' 'He built it for Oswald, the Saxon king of Northumbria, who had become a Christian.' 'Early monasteries weren't ...

For centuries—indeed, ever since Viking raiders savagely attacked England's Lindisfarne monastery in A.D. 793—the Vikings have seemed to many to have been little more than blue-eyed barbarians ...

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, was one of the first landing sites of the Vikings. Monasteries were places where monks lived and worshipped. Most people respected the monks and gave them ...

My all time favourite book is Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose. Imagine, then, my trepidation when asked to review this, ...

Historic finds are not uncommon on Lindisfarne, which was home to a monastery founded in 635 by Irish monk St Aidan. The famous Lindisfarne Gospels were produced on the island and, in 793 ...

Cuthbert, the prior of Lindisfarne Monastery, is kind towards the boy, until Wilfrid’s behaviour gets out of hand. When Cuthbert avenges Wilfrid, it is the worst possible punishment.