When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...

This led to famous battles such as the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Lindisfarne Priory raids ... Europe in the Iron Age, and then back into Scandinavia before the Viking Age,' said Leo ...

Viking raiders who invaded ... northwards in the centuries before the Vikings began their raids, which started with a gruesome attack on Lindisfarne in 793 AD. The findings, published in the ...

When the Vikings first attacked Lindisfarne in Northumberland ... in 8th century Denmark in which Viking communities had genetic links to Iron Age groups much further south. Experts estimate ...