Iona in the Viking Age: laying a ‘zombie narrative’ to rest

Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Maldonado, Adrià¡n
Campbell, Ewan
Thomas Owen, Clancy
Forsyth, Katherine
Date published
December 2021
Abstract
The traditional story of Iona’s early medieval monastery ends in tragedy and bloodshed, with the religious community wiped out by vicious Viking raiders. Increasingly, though, the archaeological and historical evidence does not support this persistent narrative, as Adrià¡n Maldonado, Ewan Campbell, Thomas Owen Clancy, and Katherine Forsyth report.
Journal title
Current Archaeology
Volume
32/9
Issue
381
Publisher
Current Publishing
Place of publication
London
ISSN
0011-3212
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