The raid on Wearmouth (paired with Jarrow, where Bede had lived) struck at the heart of Northumbrian scholarship and Christianity. The twin monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow was the greatest centre of learning in northern Europe; its repeated Viking attacks destroyed the community Bede had made famous
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