The Great Heathen Army's control of Yorkshire meant the monasteries of the North Riding faced destruction. Whitby Abbey, founded by St Hilda in 657 and site of the famous Synod of 664, was sacked in the period of Viking conquest. The monastery was abandoned and not refounded until the Norman Conquest. The Viking sack removed one of the greatest centres of Northumbrian learning.
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