Episode 105 - Saints, gospels and vicious Viking raids: The story of Lindisfarne Priory
This week, we’re joined by senior properties hist…
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Show Notes
This week, we’re joined by senior properties historian Michael Carter to discuss the 1,400 year-long history of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, in Northumberland, which has been a hub of early Christianity, a monastery, a site of pilgrimage to its former bishop, Saint Cuthbert, and a victim of a devastating Viking raid. It was also the birthplace of the Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the most spectacular manuscripts to survive from Anglo-Saxon England, which was thought to have been created in Cuthbert’s honour.
To discover more about Lindisfarne Priory or plan a visit, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/lindisfarne.
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