The Norse Raid on Lindisfarne in 793 A.D. was an Act of Retaliatory Self Defense.

***EXCLUSIVE 4 RUMBLE*** In this video I discuss the Historiography of the Lindisfarne Raid (793 A.D.) from a perspective critical of Frankish-Carolingian / West Nicene Catholic Christian bias.

FACT CHECK:. The 845 first siege of the Norse to the capital of the kingdom of the West Franks (Paris) was technically a SIEGE and not a "sacking".

National Geographic:

"Historians rely on four main sources that document this voyage, which was commanded by Björn Járnsíða—Björn Ironside—so named because of his invincible reputation. Before his Mediterranean foray, he had established a fearsome track record, sacking Paris circa 857. These chronicles describe how in 859, Björn Ironside and another chief, Hastein, joined forces and sailed down past the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, then largely controlled by the Muslim Umayyad dynasty."

...and... The Norsemen sacked LUNI thinking it was Rome !

"The following year, 860, after a diversion up the Rhône River, the Viking expedition anchored off the coast of Italy, where the most colorful of the Viking exploits took place: the looting of Luni, near the modern Italian city of La Spezia. Founded by the Romans, Luni had become prosperous during the Middle Ages and had a strong system of defenses. According to the main source for this story, the early 12th- century chronicler Dudo of Saint-Quentin, the Vikings mistook Luni, in its splendor, for Rome."

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/after-pillaging-france-and-spain-viking-raiders-set-their-sights-on-rome/

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Så började vikingatiden: Arga nordbor överföll klostermunkar: År 793 fick engelsmännen för första gången känna på ”nordbornas raseri” när danska vikingar attackerade det rika och mäktiga klostret i Northumberland. Plundringen blev startskottet för 250 års skandinaviska härjningar i Europa.

https://varldenshistoria.se/civilisationer/vikingar/har-borjade-vikingatiden-arga-nordbor-overfoll-klostermunkar

Lindisfarne raid (English history)
https://www.britannica.com/event/Lindisfarne-Raid

To what extent can we understand why the raid on Lindisfarne in 793 took place and what happened by Tim H Wight Le Rossignol (2019)
https://www.academia.edu/43304883/To_what_extent_can_we_understand_why_the_raid_on_Lindisfarne_in_793_took_place_and_what_happened

The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe by Anders Winroth (2012)

https://www.amazon.com/Conversion-Scandinavia-Merchants-Missionaries-Remaking/dp/0300205538