Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Before Alcuin signs off, he offers his own personal and political act in response to this tragedy. The scholar adds, “I plan to go to him, [the king] and if I can then do anything for you about the boys who have been carried off by the pagans asContinue reading “#72.12, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025”
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#72.10, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne As the messenger, I told Alcuin only that the Norse raiders had a ready market for fine fabrics. The scholar wrote, “Do not glory in the vanity of dress; that is cause for shame, not boasting, in priests and servants of God.”[footnote] The richly dressed patrons seated inContinue reading “#72.10, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025”
#72.9, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne The purpose of this gathering is to hear the letter read from the bishop’s friend, the scholar for the court of the Frankish King Charles, who, at this time, seems to be a greater king rising over all the kings of Francia and maybe even Northumbria and all theContinue reading “#72.9, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025”
#72.5, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Visiting dignitaries becomes a procession of mourners as each visitor must ponder his own mortality and the fragility of life. Some here count the years until the charted end of the world – Doomsday – scheduled at the end of this millennium. There is the personal hope that this tragedyContinue reading “#72.5, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025”
#71.12, Thursday, August 28, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Returning across the North Sea, I have passage on a merchant ship, an old-styled galley, not as fast and fit as the ships of the marauding Norsemen but crosses the waters then hugs the coast all the way back to Lindisfarne. Arriving on the island, I find theContinue reading “#71.12, Thursday, August 28, 2025”
Lazarus Ink 