We Explored the Holy Island Brutally Raided by the Vikings

Why are they disrespecting the graves

dan snow proof that sht always floats to the top...with a little help from media connected daddy

money digger

it would helpful to provide, at a minimum, a drawing of the reality of the monastery as it existed rather than a verbal description while looking at the ruins of the stone monastery.

Never heard of Linda’s farm and I thought I knew a lot about Vikings? Linda’s farm huh? Live ya learn I guess.

Rather odd that Dan made no mention of the fact that Lindisfarne monastery, after being re-built by the Normans in the 12th century, was later destroyed by Henry VIII's henchmen in 1536. I cannot bear to think of all that glorious stained glass smashed to smithereens.
Henry preferred to refer to his mass destruction of Catholic monastic life as the 'dissolution' of the monasteries - whereas, if you were brought up by nuns in a Catholic convent school, as I was, they taught us to describe Henry's barbaric vandalism, not as the dissolution, but the 'desecration' of the monasteries. The nuns and monks of the early medieval period were like England's first NHS, providing free healthcare and sanctuary for the sick, elderly and dying, in their monasteries and abbeys. The old nuns who taught me never forgave Henry - even 450 years later!

The “scientists” are coming. Our rest in peace is about to be robbed!!!

While Monks and Priest got rich of the nievity of the presents other poor people took those "treasures" away from the people that praied on those people.

Amazing presentation. Thank you! 😊

Foolish to have the Church hoarding such wealth. Prime targets. We Saxons looted them too centuries before. Irish as well did.

What was that book Dr Jane Kershaw was reading from? The one with the letters, anyone know?

Dan Snow kinda looks like Michael Bolton

Meet me on the corner and I'll tell you the secrets of Lindisfarne.
Steeleye Span too if you're lucky.

If only the vikings had used dinghies.

I was on Lindisfarne this summer.
It is indeed beautiful, and also very quiet-perfect antidote to cities.

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Although i enjoy watching documents and enjoy seeing things of old . Its wrong to remove the remains of the dead they were put in the ground for a reason and thier religious belief is destroyed by you when you remove them. You might as well sh-t on their grave, belief and bones when you disturb them. Its robbery all in the name of science and its wrong.

I like how the video ends with him telling us to check out their channel and then he points at a blank wall. I think the editor forgot something 😂

i will never believe the vikings struck first. it's more likely our christian ancestors tried to forcefully covert them, as they had done for centuries to many cultures. they picked a fight thinking god was on their side and miserably lost. then through false propaganda, made up a story on how they were the "victims"

What a 'whitewash'!
The 'peaceful monks' were rabid christo-fascists who supported the trade embargo against the Norse through self-righteous religious bigotry, and were literally choking the life out of the Norse peoples, who had been sailing, and trading the region, fairly peacefully, for centuries!
They didn't invent their longships in 791, and suddenly decide to raid monastaries: their long ships weren't new!
What WAS 'new' was that, due to the bans on trading with 'non-Christians' (as if "roman catholics" were actually Christians!), noone in mainland Europe would trade with the Norse, anymore, in addition to the trend also having been quite prevalent in the British Isles!
The Norse rationally, and correctly, blamed the most religious people they could find, and decided to make them pay.
Perhaps, it wouid have been smarter to NOT kill the monks, and destroy buildings, because leaving the monks there, would have allowed replenishment of goods and materials to loot, again, in the future.
But, if the Norse felt insulted, and abused, and angry that they had to resort to criminality, well, rational thought was lacking on both sides!

Ab 𐤀𐤁 (Father) 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YaHUaH) b'ha'shamaym 𐤁𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 (In the heavens.) Qadash 𐤒𐤃𐤔 (Set Apart) Ha'Sham 𐤄𐤔𐤌 (is The Name.) 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YaHUaH) atah 𐤏𐤈𐤄 (wrap) barakah 𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤄 (blessings,) chasad 𐤇𐤎𐤃 (mercy,) rapha 𐤓𐤐𐤀 (healing,) chakmah 𐤇𐤊𐤌𐤄 (wisdom,) da'ath 𐤃𐤏𐤕 (all knowledge) and shamar 𐤔𐤌𐤓 (protect) you in His ahabah 𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤄 (love) and shalam 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (peace) aulam 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌 (forever.)
Ab 𐤀𐤁 (Father) 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YaHUaH) ramam 𐤓𐤌𐤌 (be lifted up, exhalted) ATh 𐤀𐤕 (beginning to end.)
B'Ha'Sham 𐤁𐤄𐤔𐤌 (in the Name of) 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 (YaHUShA) Ha'Mashyach 𐤄𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤇 (The Anointed One.) Aman 𐤀𐤌𐤍 (it is so.)

It's amazing to be standing in a building that is 1000 years old!

Thank you for this post, brilliant.

Fun fact here in dublin Ireland the estate I live in is called lindisfarne the estate next to us is called Melrose the park running alongside both estates Is called St cuthberts park

I'd love to see a documentary on Iona too. 🩷🙏🙌

Northumberland is a magical place- full of history and beautiful countryside- beats
Cornwall hands down!

Stupid comments.

They always put monks over as nice people, they were bastards they had the local people slaving for them treating them like shite

I was introduced to the magical county of Northumberland through the books of LJRoss. When i read Holy Island, i was off on a journey that has covered ten years of visits following the books' geographical treasure hunts. I am like that mystical "rubber ball that keeps bouncing back." It took me three visits to finally get inside Bamburgh Castle. I'm not complaining. The teashop is well worth a visit of six. And the pub at Holy Island is a rare treasure. The publican could not do enough for me. Such hospitality. Such a time filled with laughter. When i walked in after a four year gap, and he asked me what i would have, i replied "the usual please" the gentleman did not bat an eyelid, but you could see his brain ticking over, going over his stock. I hope he remembers me with equally fond emories. He does a good cup of tea.

"....praying and studying and writing .." (and buggering the altar boys and acolytes). The more things change the more they stay the same.

Sorry 😂

Charlemagne was a brutal ruler that killed pagans on a grand scale. He moved up more and more to Norse lands. Revenge and counterstriking in a religious war was also part of the brutal sacking of Lindesfarne.

Great presentation)

Lindisfarne and its monks was a staging post for the Christian persecution of pagans in northern Europe. The viking attack was retaliation. Do not let Christian propaganda get in the way of their murderous, genocidal campaigns.

My family hails from Jarrow. The Ancient Church is actually on the banks of the River Don.

Did Dan just suggest that paganism = chaos?

Lindisfarne was a military base.

The church ruled history with their manuscripts

Because of a decision made in Lindisfarne, Charlemagne beheaded 4500 Saxons in Verdin, Germany, because they refused to become christian . That was the cause of the Viking revenge!

Amazing. Thank you.

I’m am a northern lass who has lived in SA all my adult life. I love to visit Lindisfarne when i go home . It is my favourite place in the world. ❤

Northumbria 🥇💯💪 The home of England's greatest Knight🇬🇧 he was William MARSHALL... The Magnicarter was signed by him, where King Johns seal is cut out, it was Wallace, that held them virtues.. great fighting men⚖️💪 Northumbria has given us in hours of need......🆘🥇💯🇬🇧💪⚖️ All be it 300 years later..

So when did these Catholic monks become Angelican?

I visited Lindisfarne during 2006. A very special magical place indeed.

I like the education officer lady’s low key goth chic look!

My mtDNA haplogroup is T1a1, it is linked to the Vikings. T1 is relatively rare in Europe today, it appears to have been much more common at certain times in the past. For example, DNA extracted from skeletons buried in Norwich, England (which happens to be my home town) during the 10th century AD showed that T1 was present at levels of 23%, and at 0% before that. This suggests that the haplogroup may have arrived in England with the Viking invaders who began menacing the coastal settlements of Britain and Ireland in AD 793.

Fascinating documentary, thank you

32.11 local from Jarro,,, laughing that your possible ancestors got one up on your other possible ancestors,,, northumberland carries a lot of Scandinavian DNA, silly woman

Say what you will but the Vikings did save a lot of alter boys.