12 - Iona

Viking Age Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we see the Vikings shift their focus north, from Ireland to to the Inner Hebrides and a target which, from the perspective of the Vikings, must have been almost too good to be true. We are speaking of course about the great monastery of Iona.

We'll explore the raids in 795 CE and 802 CE - and then the details and psychological and material impact of the brutal Viking Raid of 806 CE. Along the way we will also meet St. Columba and his journey from bad-boy churchman to missionary saint. It should be fun, why don't you give it a listen?

As promised in the episode, here is a helpful map to help you keep things straight!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the Viking Age podcast.
0:05.0	My name is Lee and this is episode 12, Iona.
0:10.0	We are an independent, community-supported podcast.
0:14.0	We don't pay for advertisements and we don't have corporate sponsors or advertising partners.
0:20.0	This is awesome because it allows us to focus solely on building the best possible show for
0:26.4	our community, not for advertisers.
0:29.8	And at the end of the day, that really is the goal of this project, to provide top-notch educational
0:36.5	resources on the Viking Age, which will reach as many
0:39.9	listeners as possible.
0:42.9	But this means that we are dependent on our community, and by that, I mean listeners like
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1:20.5	find this podcast. Don't believe me? Throughout June, we averaged about 100 or so downloads a day. This is really
1:29.2	respectable, and I was, and frankly, I still am thrilled by this. But then, towards the end of
1:36.0	June, we got this flurry of absolutely amazing reviews, and thank you guys so much for those.
1:42.1	They really leave me humbled and astounded. And with those
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