Category January

 

 

 

January – named after the Roman god Janus, the god of gates and doorways who has two faces that look in opposite directions – the year past and the year to come.

Explore Lindisfarne: The Viking Raid of 794

a small shack with a boat and life preservers

Grab your cloaks and steel your nerves, time travellers, because we’re heading to Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, off the rugged coast of Northumbria. On January 8, 794, this sacred centre of Anglo-Saxon Christianity became the target of a…