Athelstan (Old English: Æðelstān, Old Norse: Aðalsteinn; meaning "noble stone") is a young Anglo-Saxon Christian monk taken as a slave by Ragnar Lothbrok from the Lindisfarne Monastery. He is torn between Viking and Christian beliefs, and becomes an adviser and friend to both Ragnar and King...

2024年1月6日 · In the show, Ragnar Lothbrok and the other warriors of Kattegat take captives when raiding a monastery in England. Among them was Athelstan, who Ragnar took home as a slave but later inducted into his family.

He was one of the most notorious and successful Vikings of all time, having raided dozens of cities across many kingdoms in Europe and North Africa. The Picard monk Dudo of Saint-Quentin was very critical of Hastein:

2020年10月20日 · The Athelstan that we see on Vikings, played by George Blagden, is an English monk at Lindisfarne in Northumbria. He is taken as a prison by the Vikings when they raided the monastery in 793.

2023年4月2日 · Athelstan, whom you all know from the Vikings series, is played by the talented George Blagden. He is an English monk who was taken prisoner during one of the very first Viking raids. This attack on the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria in the year 793, marks the beginning of Ragnar Lothbrok's adventures, and of an unsuspected friendship!

The massacre of the martyrs of Iona was the result of the raid of 806 AD, where fleets of Vikings stormed the abbey, pillaged it for riches, and killed the monks, who were largely without weapons, and thus defenseless.

2021年1月15日 · Vikings' series finale saw Hvitserk change his name to Athelstan and convert to Christianity. Here's why he did it, and what it means for the show.

Abbo Cernuus ("the Crooked"), Abbo Parisiensis, or Abbo of Saint-Germain (c. 850 – c. 923) was a Neustrian Benedictine monk and poet of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. He was born about the middle of the ninth century. Abbo was present at …

Captured in the second episode during a raid after the sacking of an English monastery, the Christian monk Athelsan is taken against his will to the Vikings with whom he will have to learn to live. Even if he is never in the position of narrator, it is through his gaze - sometimes frightened, sometimes admiring - that we discover the Viking people.

Ansgar is a Christian missionary and monk whose preaching brought anger upon the Viking folk of Kattegat. Ansgar was sent to Kattegat to preach about Christianity. When he arrived, he angered the locals and they took him to Aslaug. Ansgar tries to carry a hot piece of metal to prove the might of the Christian God.