Lincoln, city (district), administrative and historic county of Lincolnshire, England. It stands 200 feet (60 metres) above sea level on an impressive site at the point where the River Witham cuts a deep gap through the limestone escarpment of the Lincoln Edge. Lincoln is the market centre for a

Gore Vidal: …American history—Burr (1973), 1876 (1976), Lincoln (1984), Empire (1987), Hollywood (1990), and The Golden Age (2000). Lincoln, a compelling portrait of Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s complex personality as viewed through the eyes of some of his closest associates during the American Civil War, is particularly notable. Another success was the comedy…

Garry Wills: …Circle Award for his book Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (1992), a study of the enduring power and influence of Abraham Lincoln’s prose.

Santa Claus: The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, to the west of town, commemorates the childhood farm home of Abraham Lincoln and is the burial site of his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Lincoln State Park and Lincoln City are nearby. Inc. town, 1967. Pop. (2000) 2,041; (2010) 2,481.

Lincoln: Lincoln Castle, standing on the Lincoln Edge opposite the cathedral, dates from 1068 and contains Norman fragments. The castle keep dates from the 12th century. The cathedral, also Norman, stands on an elevated site overlooking the city. Built of local limestone, it is severely weathered…

Lincoln Cathedral, early Gothic cathedral, originally consecrated in 1091, on a hilltop in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, U.K. Lincoln Cathedral sits high on its hill, a spectacularly commanding sight for 30 miles (48 km) around. It is held in high esteem by architects past and present, and in the

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, travertine-clad cultural complex on the western side of Manhattan (1962–68), built by a board of architects headed by Wallace K. Harrison. The buildings, situated around a plaza with a fountain, are the home of the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera,

Lincoln: …was the centre of the Lincoln County War (1878), fought between rival merchants for economic domination. It began with accusations of cattle rustling and escalated to murder and a five-day gun battle at the courthouse. The teen-aged killer Billy the Kid (William Bonney) figured prominently in the carnage, killing a…

West Lindsey: …(30 metres) split by the Lincoln Edge, a narrow limestone ridge 200 feet (60 metres) high that extends north from low hills. On the northeast, this overwhelmingly rural area edges into the chalk hills of the Wolds.

Chadwick Boseman: …a recurring role (2008–09) on Lincoln Heights and was cast in the short-lived mystery series Persons Unknown (2010).

Springfield: Lincoln’s unpretentious house at Eighth and Jackson streets has been restored. This home, along with the four-block area surrounding it, was designated a national historic site in 1972. In Oak Ridge Cemetery, in the northwestern part of the city, is the Lincoln Tomb (another state…

George Saunders: Saunders’s first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, takes the death of Abraham Lincoln’s son William Wallace (“Willie”) and Lincoln’s grief as its subject. Complex in form and ambitious in scope, it imagines the grieving president interacting with a chorus of spirits during his frequent visits to the Georgetown…

Lincoln University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. A historically black institution, Lincoln University (now integrated) offers associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees through colleges of agriculture, applied sciences and technology,

Edward White Benson: …archbishop of Canterbury (1883–96), whose Lincoln Judgment (1890), a code of liturgical ritual, helped resolve the Church of England’s century-old dispute over proper forms of worship.

Matthew McConaughey: …returned to more-substantial fare with The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), a legal drama in which he was featured as a lawyer who does business out of the backseat of a car. He then chewed up the screen as a viperous hit man in Killer Joe (2011), based on the stage play…

Lincoln Memorial, stately monument in Washington, D.C., honouring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, and “the virtues of tolerance, honesty, and constancy in the human spirit.” Designed by Henry Bacon on a plan similar to that of the Parthenon in Athens, the structure was

History of film: D.W. Griffith: The Lincoln Motion Picture Company (run by George P. Johnson and Noble Johnson) and the writer and entrepreneur Oscar Micheaux were among those who launched what became known as the genre of “race pictures,” produced in and for the Black community.

Ford Motor Company: 1920s–1930s: New models and continued global expansion: …its portfolio by acquiring the Lincoln Motor Company (founded in 1917). The acquisition would later produce Ford’s luxury Lincolns, including its flagship Continental. In 1938 Ford introduced the first Mercury, a mid-priced car positioned between standard Ford models and the higher-end Lincoln line.

Alabama State University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. It is a historically black school, and its enrollment is predominantly African American. Alabama State offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the schools of Music and Graduate

Lincoln Park Zoo, zoo located in the city of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. It is noted for its excellent collection of great apes living together in family groups and its successful gorilla breeding program. Established in 1868, Lincoln Park Zoo is among the oldest zoos in the United States. Its marine

Springfield: …of the city, is the Lincoln Tomb (another state historic site), which holds the bodies of Lincoln, his wife, Mary, and their sons Edward, William, and Tad. The memorial is 117 feet (36 metres) tall and is surmounted by a granite shaft. The First Presbyterian Church contains the Lincoln family…

Illinois: Cultural institutions: Throughout central Illinois the Lincoln Trail joins places associated with the president, including his home in Springfield and the sites of his 1858 senatorial campaign debates with Sen. Stephen A. Douglas (see Lincoln-Douglas debates). Oak Park, home of the pioneering modern architect Frank Lloyd Wright, contains much of his…

Lincoln Tunnel, vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River, from Manhattan (39th Street), New York, to Weehawken, New Jersey. Designed by Ole Singstad, the tunnel was built by shield-and-compressed-air methods to hold back the outside water pressure. The tunnel consists of three vehicular tubes, each

Lincoln University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. A historically black institution, Lincoln University (now integrated) offers associate’s, bachelor’s, and master’s degrees through colleges of agriculture, applied sciences and technology,

Historically Black Colleges and Universities: It became Lincoln University in 1866 in honor of U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln and was private until 1972. The oldest private HBCU in the U.S. was founded in 1856, when the Methodist Episcopal Church opened Wilberforce University in Tawawa Springs (present-day Wilberforce), Ohio, as a coeducational institution…

Christchurch: …principal educational centres, it has Lincoln University (1990; originally established in 1878 as a constituent agricultural college of the University of Canterbury), Christ’s College, and the University of Canterbury (1873). Other notable institutions are the botanical gardens, the planetarium, Canterbury Museum, and Yaldhurst Museum of Transport and Science, as well…

afterpiece: …primarily by John Rich at Lincoln’s Inn Fields in order to compete with the Drury Lane. The addition of afterpieces to the regular program may also have been an attempt to attract working citizens, who often missed the early opening production and paid a reduced charge to be admitted later,…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Among American heroes, Lincoln continues to have a unique appeal for his fellow compatriots and

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Among American heroes, Lincoln continues to have a unique appeal for his fellow compatriots and

assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning. The assassination

Benjamin Lincoln was a Continental army officer in the American Revolution who rendered distinguished service in the northern campaigns early in the war, but was forced to surrender with about 7,000 troops at Charleston, S.C., on May 12, 1780. A small-town farmer, Lincoln held local offices and was

John Boozman: …the Republican candidate against Democrat Blanche Lincoln for a U.S. Senate seat but was defeated by a large margin. John, who had won a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2001, then ran against Lincoln in 2010 and won. He entered the Senate in 2011.

Tarzan: …film in 1918, with lantern-jawed Elmo Lincoln as the first movie ape-man. More than a dozen actors have since swung through the trees as Tarzan, the most popular having been Johnny Weissmuller, a former Olympic swimming champion. Tarzan has also been the hero of a popular American comic strip and…

Denbigh: …king Edward I conquered Wales, Henry de Lacy, 3rd earl of Lincoln, founded a borough there in 1283 and built a castle, which withstood attack in 1402 by the rebel Welsh leader Owain Glyn Dŵr, though the town itself was razed. In the 15th and 16th centuries Denbigh was one…

Henry VII: Yorkist plots: …had the formidable support of John de la Pole, earl of Lincoln, Richard III’s heir designate, of many Irish chieftains, and of 2,000 German mercenaries paid for by Margaret of Burgundy. The rebels were defeated (June 1487) in a hard-fought battle at Stoke (East Stoke, near Newark in Nottinghamshire), where…

Mary Todd Lincoln was an American first lady (1861–65), the wife of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States. Happy and energetic in her youth, she suffered subsequent ill health and personal tragedies and behaved erratically in her later years. Mary Todd was the daughter of Robert

Park Range: …14,000 feet (4,300 m), with Mount Lincoln (14,286 feet [4,354 m]) the highest point. Major highways cut through Vail (10,603 feet [3,232 m]) and Rabbit Ears (9,426 feet [2,873 m]) passes, leading to popular winter-sports areas. The headstreams of the North and South Platte rivers rise in the range.

Ranulf de Blundeville, 6th earl of Chester was the most celebrated of the early earls of Chester, with whom the family fortunes reached their peak. Ranulf succeeded his father Hugh de Kevelioc (1147–81), son of Ranulf, the 4th earl, in 1181 and was created Earl of Lincoln in 1217. He married

Robert Todd Lincoln was the eldest and sole surviving child of Abraham Lincoln, who became a millionaire corporation attorney and served as U.S. secretary of war and minister to Great Britain during Republican administrations. Raised in Springfield, Ill., as his father rose from local to national

Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. The slavery extension question had

Lincolnshire, administrative, geographic, and historic county in eastern England, extending along the North Sea coast from the Humber estuary to The Wash. The administrative, geographic, and historic counties cover slightly different areas. The administrative county comprises seven districts: East

lincosamide, any agent in a class of antibiotics that are derived from the compound lincomycin and that inhibit the growth of bacteria by blocking bacterial protein synthesis. Lincomycin, the first lincosamide, was isolated in 1962 from a soil bacterium (Streptomyces lincolnensis). Clindamycin is a

James Lind was a physician, known as the “founder of naval hygiene in England,” whose recommendation that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be included in the diet of seamen eventually resulted in the eradication of scurvy from the British Navy. A British naval surgeon (1739–48) and a physician at

Jenny Lind was a Swedish-born operatic and oratorio soprano admired for her vocal control and agility and for the purity and naturalness of her art. Lind made her debut in Der Freischütz at Stockholm in 1838 and in 1841 studied with Manuel García in Paris. Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote the part of Vielka

Jenny Lind was a Swedish-born operatic and oratorio soprano admired for her vocal control and agility and for the purity and naturalness of her art. Lind made her debut in Der Freischütz at Stockholm in 1838 and in 1841 studied with Manuel García in Paris. Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote the part of Vielka

Linda Ronstadt: Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019) is a documentary about her life and career. Ronstadt published the autobiographies Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir (2013) and Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands (2022; cowritten with Lawrence Downes); the latter also included…

Tracy Letts: …the debut of his play Linda Vista, a comedy about a midlife crisis. The production moved to Broadway in 2019. The satire The Minutes, which centres on a city council meeting in a small town, premiered at Steppenwolf in 2017 and transferred to Broadway in 2022; Letts also acted in…

Erik Robert Lindahl was a Swedish economist who was one of the members of the Stockholm school of economics that developed during the late 1920s and early ’30s from the macroeconomic theory of Knut Wicksell. Lindahl held positions at the Universities of Lund, Gothenburg, and Uppsala (1942–60). His

Tomas Lindahl is a Swedish biochemist known for his discovery of base excision repair, a major mechanism of DNA repair, by which cells maintain their genetic integrity. Base excision repair corrects damage sustained by individual DNA bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine), which frequently

Tomas Lindahl is a Swedish biochemist known for his discovery of base excision repair, a major mechanism of DNA repair, by which cells maintain their genetic integrity. Base excision repair corrects damage sustained by individual DNA bases (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine), which frequently

benzene hexachloride: …isomers is an insecticide called lindane, or Gammexane.

benzene hexachloride: …isomers is an insecticide called lindane, or Gammexane.

Lindau, city, Bavaria Land (state), extreme southern Germany. It lies on an island in Lake Constance (Bodensee), connected to the mainland by two bridges, southeast of Friedrichshafen. It was the site of a Roman camp, Tiberii, and of a Benedictine abbey founded in 810. Fortified in the 12th

Lindbergh baby kidnapping, crime involving the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. At about 9:00 pm on March 1, 1932, the kidnapper or kidnappers climbed by ladder into the second-story nursery of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New

Lindbergh baby kidnapping: The murder investigation: Congress to pass the Federal Kidnapping Act (known as the Lindbergh Law) on June 22, 1932—the day that would have been Charles’s second birthday. The Lindbergh Law made kidnapping across state lines a federal crime and stipulated that such an offense could be punished by death.

robotic surgery: Historical developments: …telecommunication technologies enabled the 2001 Lindbergh Operation, in which French physician Jacques Marescaux and Canadian-born surgeon Michel Gagner performed a remote cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) from New York City on a patient in Strasbourg, France. Despite the breakthrough, telesurgery failed to gain widespread popularity for multiple reasons, including time delays between…

Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an American author and airplane pilot primarily known as the wife of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and as the grief-stricken mother in one of the most famous child kidnapping cases in history. For her work as a copilot and radio operator on exploratory plane trips

Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an American author and airplane pilot primarily known as the wife of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and as the grief-stricken mother in one of the most famous child kidnapping cases in history. For her work as a copilot and radio operator on exploratory plane trips

Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, one of the best-known figures in aeronautical history, remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to Paris, on May 20–21, 1927. Lindbergh’s early years were spent chiefly in Little Falls, Minnesota, and in

Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, one of the best-known figures in aeronautical history, remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to Paris, on May 20–21, 1927. Lindbergh’s early years were spent chiefly in Little Falls, Minnesota, and in

Charles Lindbergh was an American aviator, one of the best-known figures in aeronautical history, remembered for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York City to Paris, on May 20–21, 1927. Lindbergh’s early years were spent chiefly in Little Falls, Minnesota, and in

Bertil Lindblad was a Swedish astronomer who contributed greatly to the theory of galactic structure and motion and to the methods of determining the absolute magnitude (true brightness, disregarding distance) of distant stars. After serving as an assistant at the observatory in Uppsala, Swed.,

incrementalism: Incrementalism and the ideal of rational decision making: …by the American political scientist Charles E. Lindblom in response to the then-prevalent conception of policy making as a process of rational analysis culminating in a value-maximizing decision. Incrementalism emphasizes the plurality of actors involved in the policy-making process and predicts that policy makers will build on past policies, focusing…

Carl von Linde was a German engineer whose invention of a continuous process of liquefying gases in large quantities formed a basis for the modern technology of refrigeration and provided both impetus and means for conducting scientific research at low temperatures and very high vacuums. While an

Erik Lindegren was a Swedish modernist poet who made a major contribution to the development of a new Swedish poetry in the 1940s. Lindegren attended the University of Stockholm and established himself as a literary reviewer for a number of leading newspapers and magazines. The appearance of

Lindeman Island, island in the Cumberland Islands, across Whitsunday Passage from northeastern Queensland, Australia. A rocky, coral-fringed continental island of the Great Barrier Reef, it has an area of 6 square miles (16 square km) and rises to 800 feet (240 m) at Mount Oldfield. Lindeman was

Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who is mainly remembered for having proved that the number π is transcendental—i.e., it does not satisfy any algebraic equation with rational coefficients. This proof established that the classical Greek construction problem of squaring the circle

reality TV: …About Us (2022), American sociologist Danielle J. Lindemann defines reality TV as “a set of programs that feature non-actors (though they may also feature actors in reenactments) and make a claim to reality (whether or not there is any sort of “scripting” actually taking place) but are intended mainly to…

Ferdinand von Lindemann was a German mathematician who is mainly remembered for having proved that the number π is transcendental—i.e., it does not satisfy any algebraic equation with rational coefficients. This proof established that the classical Greek construction problem of squaring the circle

Winston Churchill: Exclusion from office, 1929–39: Lindemann (later Lord Cherwell), who enabled him to build up at Chartwell a private intelligence centre the information of which was often superior to that of the government. When Baldwin became prime minister in 1935, he persisted in excluding Churchill from office but gave him the exceptional…

philosophical feminism: Feminist theories of agency: Hilde Lindemann urged that individuals articulate their sense of themselves by telling stories. Since the narrative form opens up the possibility of reinterpreting past events as well as of devising different continuations of a story in progress, it enables women to mobilize creative powers and…

20th-century international relations: Science and technology in wartime: …a Scientific Advisory Committee under L.A. Lindemann. He and his rival Sir Henry Tizard helped to direct the research programs that discovered various means of jamming the German bombers’ radio navigation systems. By autumn 1940 the Germans countered with their X-Gerät, which broadcast its signal on several frequencies, but this…

linden, (genus Tilia), genus of about 30 species of trees in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae) native to the Northern Hemisphere. A few are outstanding as ornamental and shade trees. Lindens are large graceful deciduous trees. The asymmetrical leaves are heart-shaped and coarsely toothed.

Linden, city, northeastern Guyana, on the Demerara River upstream from Georgetown. The former towns of Mackenzie, Wismar, and Christianborg, which were unified as Linden (1971), grew up around the large mining camp that was established by the Aluminum Company of Canada, and later nationalized as

boarding school: History of boarding schools across the world: …founded in 1744, and the Linden Hall School for Girls in Pennsylvania, founded in 1746.

Gloria Naylor: Naylor’s second novel, Linden Hills (1985), borrows its structure and theme from Dante’s Inferno and focuses on the destructive materialism of upwardly mobile suburban Black Americans. The critically praised Mama Day (1988) blends stories from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest with Black folklore.

Pieter Cort van der Linden was a Dutch Liberal statesman whose ministry (1913–18) settled controversies over state aid to denominational schools and extension of the franchise, central issues in Dutch politics since the mid-19th century. After having been employed as a solicitor in The Hague until

Pieter Cort van der Linden was a Dutch Liberal statesman whose ministry (1913–18) settled controversies over state aid to denominational schools and extension of the franchise, central issues in Dutch politics since the mid-19th century. After having been employed as a solicitor in The Hague until

vocal music: The 17th–20th centuries: …the modified-strophic setting of “Der Lindenbaum” (“The Linden Tree”), from the cycle Winterreise (“Winter Journey”), Schubert changes from major to minor for the stanza suggesting bitter recollections, gives a more dramatic interpretation to both the voice and piano for references to the chilling winter wind, and, finally, repeats the music…

Native American: The Clovis and Folsom cultures: The Lindenmeier site, a Folsom campsite in northeastern Colorado, has yielded a wide variety of end and side scrapers, gravers (used to engrave bone or wood), and bone artifacts. The Folsom culture is thought to have lasted from approximately 9000 to 8000 bce. Related Paleo-Indian groups,…

Elon Lindenstrauss is an Israeli mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2010 for his work in ergodic theory. Lindenstrauss received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1991. He stayed at that university for graduate school, receiving

Gustav Lindenthal was an Austrian-born American civil engineer known for designing Hell Gate Bridge across New York City’s East River. After gaining experience working on railways and bridges in Austria and Switzerland, Lindenthal immigrated to the United States (1871). He served as a construction

St. Louis: The contemporary city: Other schools include Lindenwood University in St. Charles (1827), Harris-Stowe State College (1857), Maryville University of St. Louis (1872), Webster University (1915), Fontbonne University (1923), and St. Louis Community College (1962).

History of film: Pre-World War I European cinema: …Kops, while the immensely popular Max Linder created a comic persona that would deeply influence the work of Charlie Chaplin. The episodic crime film was pioneered by Victorin Jasset in the Nick Carter series, produced for the small Éclair Company, but it remained for Gaumont’s Louis Feuillade to bring the…

spicebush, (Lindera benzoin), deciduous, dense shrub of the laurel family (Lauraceae), native to eastern North America. It occurs most often in damp woods and grows about 1.5–6 m (about 5–20 feet) tall. The alternate leaves are rather oblong, but wedge-shaped near the base, and 8–13 cm (3–5 inches)

Georg von Dollmann: The neo-Baroque or neo-Rococo Linderhof is especially incongruous in its mountainous setting. Neuschwanstein, which was begun for Ludwig by Eduard Riedel, was intended to suggest the medieval Teutonism of Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser (1845). Herrenchiemsee was planned as a replica of the French royal residence at Versailles.

Jean-Baptiste-Robert Lindet was a member of the Committee of Public Safety that ruled Revolutionary France during the period of the Jacobin dictatorship (1793–94). He organized the provisioning of France’s armies and had charge of much of the central economic planning carried out by the committee.

Astrid Lindgren was an influential Swedish writer of children’s books who created such memorable characters as Pippi Longstocking. Lindgren’s great popularity began in 1945 with the publication of Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking), the first of several books with Pippi as a main character. This

Kjell Lindgren is an American astronaut who has made two spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Artemis team of astronauts eligible to fly to the Moon in the mid-2020s. Lindgren was born in Taiwan. His father was in the United States Air Force, and his mother was

Kjell Lindgren is an American astronaut who has made two spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS) and is part of the Artemis team of astronauts eligible to fly to the Moon in the mid-2020s. Lindgren was born in Taiwan. His father was in the United States Air Force, and his mother was

Swedish literature: Political writing: …has been the setting for Torgny Lindgren’s novels, such as Ormens väg på hälleberget (1982; Way of a Serpent). He, however, was primarily interested in questions of power, oppression, and the nature of evil. Likewise, many of Göran Tunström’s novels are firmly anchored in his home region of Värmland. Originally…

Waldemar Lindgren was a Swedish-born American economic geologist noted for a system of ore classification that he detailed in his book Mineral Deposits (1913). Lindgren graduated in 1882 as a mining engineer from the Freiberg Mining Academy in Germany. Following a year of postgraduate work at

Sweden: The 21st century: …month the public stabbing of Anna Lindh, the popular minister of foreign affairs, shocked Swedes and again raised questions about the price of an open and egalitarian society.

John Walker Lindh is a U.S. citizen who was captured along with Taliban fighters in Afghanistan during the Afghanistan War in 2001. In 2002 he agreed to a plea bargain and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Lindh was released in 2019. The son of a corporate lawyer and a commercial photographer,

Fred Armisen: Personal life: …2022 he married fellow comedian Riki Lindhome.

Lindos, town on the eastern coast of Rhodes and the site of one of the three city-states of Rhodes before their union (408 bc). Lindos was the site of Danish excavations (1902–24, resumed 1952) that uncovered the Doric Temple of Athena Lindia on the acropolis, propylaea (entrance gates), and a stoa

Ilchester, town (parish), South Somerset district, administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies along the River Yeo. Ilchester was known as Lindinis under Roman rule and was the northern tribal capital of the Durotriges, an early British people. A royal mint was

Holy Island, historic small island (2 square miles [5 square km]) in the west North Sea, 2 miles (3 km) from the English Northumberland coast (in which county it is included), linked to the mainland by a causeway at low tide. It is administratively part of Berwick-upon-Tweed district. Holy Island’s

Lindisfarne Gospels, manuscript (MS. Cotton Nero D.IV.; British Museum, London) illuminated in the late 7th or 8th century in the Hiberno-Saxon style. The book was probably made for Eadfrith, the bishop of Lindisfarne from 698 to 721. Attributed to the Northumbrian school, the Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne raid, Viking assault in 793 on the island of Lindisfarne (Holy Island) off the coast of what is now Northumberland. The monastery at Lindisfarne was the preeminent centre of Christianity in the kingdom of Northumbria. The event sent tremors throughout English Christendom and marked the