Why did King Oswald choose Lindisfarne?

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DigVentures is back on Lindisfarne, investigating the remains of the iconic coastal Anglo-Saxon monastery that was so famously attacked by Vikings in AD 793. It was originally founded by King Oswald of Northumbria just 160 years earlier. So why did he choose this location? How much did its coastal location matter to the Anglo-Saxon monks who lived here? And what archaeological evidence do we have to prove it?
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7 сен 2024

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@rabbc007 5 лет назад

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@prof.cecilycogsworth3204 5 лет назад

Have they found any fossil sea-urchins in the burials?

@Digventures 5 лет назад

See more news from the dig at digventures.com/lindisfarne/timeline/

@naradaian9196 4 года назад

The most confident and helpful comments on the mystical context. Personally I doubt the Bible was very relevant as the 'Lives of the SInts' reflect whats is now called Creation Centered spirituality...ie as is described here as "Gods ability to manifest in the sea' and or deliver wood and signs etc.

@helenamcginty4920 Год назад

If they had honoured the idea of poverty instead of collecting gold and bejewelled artefacts then there would have been nothing to attract the vikings. No sympathy.

@J..P.. 10 месяцев назад

The monks did sell all their belongings, gave it to the poor and lived a life of poverty and chastity. The Churches themselves were opulent and ordained in wealth and splendor - as was the arc of the covenant and the temple - as it is good and right to glorify God through beauty. Additionally, many wealthy men and aristocrats would patron churches and monasteries as a form of alms giving. The Christian Church never believed in bland and uninspiring churches.