<P> In 793 , a Viking raid on Lindisfarne caused much consternation throughout the Christian west and is now often taken as the beginning of the Viking Age . The D and E versions of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle record : </P>
<P> In 793 , a Viking raid on Lindisfarne caused much consternation throughout the Christian west and is now often taken as the beginning of the Viking Age . The D and E versions of the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle record : </P>
when did the vikings attack the monastery at lindisfarne
when did the vikings attack the monastery at lindisfarne
793
793