Lindisfarne 793: Alcuin's Letter by Sarah Hamilton https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0 en-us 2025-08-30 07:50:36 UTC 2025-09-01 08:52:56 UTC hello@padlet.com St. Cuthbert church got destroyed by pagans, desecrated etc. https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563093057 2025-09-01 08:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563093057 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094646 Details on who did it.

]]> 2025-09-01 08:45:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094646 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094730 the church of St. Cuthbert was attacked.

]]> 2025-09-01 08:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094730 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094926 The church got raided by outsiders

]]> 2025-09-01 08:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094926 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094971 that some monks were killed or injured by the viking’s

]]> 2025-09-01 08:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563094971 The monks in church were killed And monastery was plundered https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095078 2025-09-01 08:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095078 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095098 That people from away killed and destroyed in the monastery

]]> 2025-09-01 08:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095098 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095131 Plundered, no defense

]]> 2025-09-01 08:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095131 The vikings may have known where to pillage for the most goods, which means they were already "documented" about England https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095231 2025-09-01 08:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095231 Violence https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095389 Raids were violent and bloody with loss of life

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095389 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095473 gives us a written source confirming the raid

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095473 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095474 Attack by foreigners

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095474 Violent Event https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095481 Location (church); time (letter); personal perspective

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095481 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095488 The church got attacked and destroyed violently by outsiders which the people saw as pagans.

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095488 That vikings starts paganism in England https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095509 2025-09-01 08:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095509 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095517 Documented Viking presence in Northern England that involved armed conflict

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095517 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095546 The monks were killed by people seen as “pegans” so unreligious persons

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095546 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095556 he is very religious, someone important to be sending a letter to the King

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095556 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095582 Some monks were killed

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563095582 Doubts about the churches of britain https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096031 2025-09-01 08:46:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096031 Viking’s were aggressive beings that killed off people and stole luxuries https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096273 2025-09-01 08:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096273 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096432 Some pagan people (so vikings) killed peoples.

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096432 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096628 That he believed St. Cuthbert is a looked up to figure

]]> 2025-09-01 08:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096628 Questions that churches are protected enough https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096900 2025-09-01 08:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563096900 He is horrified https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097147 2025-09-01 08:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097147 Anti pagan https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097164 2025-09-01 08:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097164 Alcuin was shocked and blind sighted by the event https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097419 2025-09-01 08:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097419 He was lucky https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097730 2025-09-01 08:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563097730 He is doubtful and/or worried about the ability of the church to defend against these raiders. https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098033 2025-09-01 08:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098033 Despises https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098466 Despises pagan

]]> 2025-09-01 08:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098466 He's Christian and very religious https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098475 2025-09-01 08:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098475 What did he during the raid?🤨 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098516 2025-09-01 08:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098516 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098768 He feared the vikings and was very concerned about the future - he was assuming it would happen again

]]> 2025-09-01 08:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098768 He Is frightened about future of the other churches https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098919 2025-09-01 08:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098919 Afraid of further attacks https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098939 2025-09-01 08:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098939 Disbelief to what happened. He was at a lose that the church was not protected. https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098942 2025-09-01 08:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098942 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098953 He probably wasn't there when it was happening, as he focused on the aftermath, not the events themselves.

]]> 2025-09-01 08:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098953 Uncertainty https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098958 Us-and-them-mentality

  • need for support

]]> 2025-09-01 08:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098958 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098972 He survived (and probably saw the attack)

]]> 2025-09-01 08:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098972 It’s his first encounter with vikings https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098975 2025-09-01 08:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098975 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098993 He holds the church in high regard and believes it to be the most important

]]> 2025-09-01 08:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563098993 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099063 the writer was most likely a christian. he fears the future of christianity in brittain

]]> 2025-09-01 08:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099063 He is questioning the defences https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099087 2025-09-01 08:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099087 They don’t describe the assaulters https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099396 2025-09-01 08:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099396 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099438 He was a Cristian

]]> 2025-09-01 08:48:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099438 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099878 Doubts about spirituality being able to protect the church

]]> 2025-09-01 08:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099878 He was really petrified that even a holy place like St.Cuthbwet cannot be protected https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099888 2025-09-01 08:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563099888 How did he learn about the raid? Was he there himself? https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563100753 2025-09-01 08:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563100753 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563102078 Where are the pagans coming from? How did they know about the place?

]]> 2025-09-01 08:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563102078 Lofical reasoning of the event https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563102522 2025-09-01 08:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563102522 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563103514 who is the pagan people

]]> 2025-09-01 08:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563103514 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563103803 The state of Viking

]]> 2025-09-01 08:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563103803 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563103824 Who are the pagans and where did they come from? Why did they raid the place?

]]> 2025-09-01 08:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563103824 The details of the attack https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104171 2025-09-01 08:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104171 Were the vkkinsg working together, dis they have a strategy and leader? https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104193 2025-09-01 08:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104193 Why did they attack ? https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104215 and where are they now ?

]]> 2025-09-01 08:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104215 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104226 Number of attackers?

]]> 2025-09-01 08:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104226 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104352 Who exactly did it? Why they did it? Has the kingdom reacted in any way yet?

]]> 2025-09-01 08:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104352 There is not enough information about the roots of the pagan people. https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104384 2025-09-01 08:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104384 https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104475 how many vikings there were, the tools they used etc

]]> 2025-09-01 08:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563104475 The motives for the attack https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563105483 2025-09-01 08:52:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563105483 Details on the attackers, where they were from, also what they took, how many they killed. Perspective from the raiders themselves. https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563105598 2025-09-01 08:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563105598 How Vikings Fight https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563105706 2025-09-01 08:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sarahrhamilton77/otjacp7nzjp5jwu0/wish/3563105706