Age of the Vikings // Evolution of the Viking Longship #2 (750-975)

[@HistoryTime]

- Watch my latest history documentary here:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWSrommLlquEp80 So I got a little carried away with writing this one. What was originally going to be one video on Viking longships is now a trilogy... Part 3- 'The Last Vikings' coming soon... I feel like Peter Jackson...

[@kasperjrgensen3761]

History Time why havent you put any midrolladds in it? So that you can get something, out of your hard work.

[@HistoryTime]

Not sure what that is@@kasperjrgensen3761

[@benjamintalbot201]

@@HistoryTime I believe he means the ads that play in the middle of the video as opposed to just ones at the beginning and end.

[@adammielniczek7584]

Hi man!its AdamJust caught it,so it will be another History fest.... Those Vikings...Its funny that I`m from Poland and i live in Limerick-Co.Munster.

[@tomaszprzyby784]

I absolutely love it! Instead of one good video we have trilogy. It reminds me of G.R.R. Martin when he started writing ASOIAF he was aiming for a trilogy ;p

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

thats not a youtube video thats a full fledged documentary !!! great work

[@HistoryTime]

Part 3 on the way! There was just too much to tell for shorter videos.

[@gewizz2]

or just a school boys essay that he merged into some edited imageries

[@brandonw2734]

@@gewizz2 I wonder if you could put together something like this, I'd say probably not?

[@gewizz2]

@@brandonw2734 im not good at mobile editing no, i learnt about the old pc style of editing, with adobe after effects and stuff. how do the tik tok peopl make their video clip? all fancy editing, looks so easy.

[@ThisisBarris]

A one hour video now? You're seriously spoiling us now. I can't imagine how much time it must have taken you man.

[@HistoryTime]

Part 3 on the way :)

[@ThisisBarris]

@@HistoryTime Well this is just Christmas before Christmas now.

[@bjarke7886]

@@HistoryTime 1000% appreciation

[@3John-Bishop]

a sword and a tent is all you needed back then....the good ol days.

[@tomseadon9965]

They REALLY did live & die by the sword! What an age it must have been! Sailing somewhere new for the FIRST time! Truly the age of adventure! How Brave they must have been!⚔️

[@historywithhilbert]

Dabbing starts at 8:07. Boi do I love History Time Documentaries > BBC Documentaries any day of the week!

[@Angel-hm9so]

I stumbled across part 1. Looked for part 2 and then subscribed. These need to be brought to the attention of bigger broadcasters. Pacing is great. Voice is wonderful and strong for narration. Content was great .It certainly captivated me.

[@quentinburns8298]

This is really the best history of Vikings that I have seen. Outstanding and many surprising and status quo changing information.

[@michalisathanasoglou5650]

This is such an excellent production, the script you write and the way you present it, along with the timely use of sound effects and music, make for amazing atmosperic videos (or shall I say, documentaries?). While I find it hard to even sit through a 10-minute video, I found myself watching this till the end thinking that it's only been 15 mins. It's clear that you're very passionate about what you do, and a personal inspiration of mine. KZbin needs more content creators like you! Can't wait for the next part.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much. Really glad you like it!

[@RyelynCaster]

My gosh, this production value is incredible! Keep making amazing videos, they are so good!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks! Part 3 on the way

[@nathanscarlett4772]

Seriously, this day can't get any better. Both History with Hilbert and you release videos...amazing! Thank you for your hard work put into making these videos!

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like them! Love a bit of History with Hilbert.

[@feral7523]

These should be used in schools to capture young peoples imaginations as they are easy to understand,historically accurate and far more interesting then listening to a bored teacher waffle on and on with state stanctioned biased(religous etc) nonsense..love your vids keep'em coming

[@brandonw2734]

I'm sure some teachers do use these videos.

[@katwernery6505]

I’m homecoming my autistic son and he loves to watch these videos and others! They are better then any documentaries I saw as a student.

[@tkenny8527]

In relation to religious bias, it depends on which country one is in

[@krisbarringer1509]

Theirs so much useless nonsense taught in schools.. Their still teaching addition.. by the time these kids are 20, they’ll be installing apps in ppls brains.. They’ll have a math app.. useless.. in other countries they teach young how to do stuff like fix and build computers.. In China, they don’t buy a new phone when it breaks, they buy the parts and fix it.. smh.. we need better schools all around.. get out of the 1700s!

[@OriginalDrGonzo]

Religious bias? I'd say there are far more concerning things going on in schools than someone talking about Jesus and the oh so terrible scriptures of love and forgiveness.

[@bouncingdude]

I'm half German and half Swedish. I had a Swedish mother and lived in Sweden for several years. I speak the language. When I hear Old Norse I can understand a little. I can also understand some Old Saxon when I listen to it. Icelandic is basically a continuation of Old Norse. It's interesting how languages have developed over the centuries.

[@deanbuss1678]

Sail or no sail, I'm always impressed on how seemingly easy it was for the NORSEMAN, SWEDES / SCANDINAVIANS ECT to traverse the known and unknown world. Much looking forward to it.3 Thanks 😁

[@HistoryTime]

It is a crazy interesting story

[@misstiktok8443]

Imagine the places they visited and people they met. Incredible adventures

[@BluntlyBlondie]

So happy I found your channel, I love European history! I feel like some of these are better done and more historically accurate than even the history channel.

[@markjohnson5276]

I like your program, it gives a background into the mindset of the people who wrote the story on the Kensington rune stone of Minnesota. The inscription tells about a Cleric who hired some Goths from Vineland to act as guides and transport in 1362.

[@chrischrisson7921]

I appreciate the long videos. Not sure why anyone would prefer short ones. Keep up the good work!

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like them mate. Short attention spans I Guess. my preferred medium to listen to/ watch documentaries/podcasts is 30 mins-45 mins, so thats what I make. Plenty more on the way!

[@gwho]

BECaus it's the same amount of info as short but stretched out unnecessarily just fto match the traditionally long documentary style with sparse ino

[@TimmyBeGreater]

Best documentary I’ve ever seen on this topic 🔥🏴‍☠️ well done

[@Killjoy97_]

I seriously think your content gets better and better.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much! Much more on the way

[@jglammi]

@@HistoryTime see THOMAS DUBOIS for information on the FINNS among the vikings

[@stephenfennell]

@@jglammi Finns among the Vikings? That sounds very interesting.

[@Azaghal1988]

This puts all professional documentaries I've ever seen to shame... And its not even close.

[@j.2047]

Interesting material covering Viking activity in Eastern Europe. I feel this part goes under the shadow of activity in Brittania or Frankia and it's nice to see more information about it. Hadn't figured out before that Vikings had to deal with greek-fire and the river systems of Eastern Europe are just crazy. I remember "The Age of the Vikings" by P. H. Sawyer, at some point he says that trade routes with the East were sources of so much silver in specific periods that the Vikings ignored the West for a while. Also, there wouldn't be "Vikings" if not for their boatbuilding skills. Very nice trilogy. So much better than Netflix series about Vikings...

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like the videos man! Third part on the way!

[@dreddykrugernew]

I agree, i thought the Rus Vikings where Russian area based Vikings but they where Swedes originally.

[@dragoncrown2029]

this video makes me emotional, it's like i'm going on a tour back to a very interesting time in history, i feel somehow connected to the vikings, maybe because i'm norwegian idk, i find them to be fascinating.

[@ryanaegis3544]

Thank you for being so unbiased and yet trying to showcase so much that so many of us are so proud of. Thank you for telling how Gamle Gorm united Denmark and how and why. Can't wait to hear about Sven Forkbeard and how he established the Northsea Empire just to die days later, and how it took Cnut the Great so long to reign in all the pieces again. Thank you, also, for listing the early leaders of the Great Heathen Army: Ivar, Halfdan, Ubbe, and Guthrum. All four are in the show Vikings, and each's memory is disgraced by the heresy that show has become. It is so nice to hear actual history and to hear it presented so well.

[@danpedersen55]

We call him Gorm den gamle in Denmark, I'm not quite sure how it would translate, but I would guess Gorm the elder (Old)..

[@ryanaegis3544]

@@danpedersen55 I hear ya. My folks were Danish immigrants, and called him both, but Gamle Gorm more often, and I think it rolls off the tongue better. Plus it follows Germanic sentence structure, rather than borrowing Latin sentencestructure. Either way, I am not an authority.

[@borgbjergdk]

Nice video, awesome work (greetings from Denmark)

[@HistoryTime]

Thankyou! Much more on the way

[@ryanaegis3544]

Yes, but we can both agree we are better than Norway, haha.

[@erictko85]

Incredible. All of the praise you receive, which is a lot, is deserved.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

[@henkez6960]

This was amazing! Thank you so much! I really like how you told of both the western and eastern enterprises of the norsemen!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks! glad you like it.

[@collybeans586]

Im learning so much. Thank you for this. Them Vikings ain't messing around.

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like them!

[@iamwearingacup]

This channel is a brilliant example of what a great platform KZbin can be. People sometimes ask me what TV shows I watch and I say I don't watch any I watch KZbin videos. They often have a preconceived idea of what a "KZbin video" is. Keep up the great work lad, you deserve all the success you find. The work you put into these is incredible.

[@BoskoBuha99]

The best history program on youtube! A full hour of a fascinating historic saga! History channel documentaries can hide in shame!

[@HistoryTime]

Thankyou! Glad you like it!

[@Agerskiold]

Great documentary - Thank you from Gudenåen / Jutland / Denmark 😊🇩🇰👍🏼

[@Far2hip]

Outstanding narration and content. Very interesting and engaging. Your presentation style is extremely clear and comprehendible for any age which is SO important with content like this. I will absolutely pass this channel along to some regular contacts in academia. Going to have to find a way for them to view with students without commercials. It would be great to be able to buy a downloadable series if you have something like that. Great stuff and terrific presentation. You definitely grabbed a new subscriber here. Congrats on an excellent product my friend. 👍🏻😎👍🏻

[@Kopesy]

I've watched loads of your videos. They're really good; getting better as time goes on. This one was brilliant!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much! Part 3 on the way :) it's the best yet.

[@Kopesy]

@@HistoryTime Looking forward to it :)

[@Apeshaft]

Damn you and your amazing videos! I was only going to check out information on how to avoid getting low pressure inside your apartment when using a portable AC when your "Before the Vikings - part 1" popped up in my youtube suggestions. I didn't check how long it was before I started watching it! But 42 minutes later I just had to watch part 2. And then the Nordic Bronze age followed by "1000 AD: A tour of the viking world"! So fixing my AC will have to be a project for another day! Well, this being Sweden, summer will probably be over by tomorrow! But really, super great videos with way to few views! I gotta post a few of your youtube videos to some relevant subreddit! Thanks and have a great day! :D

[@leneeanderson4848]

These are amazing documentaries! So well done! I really appreciate the maps and pics of what's being discussed.

[@HistoryHouseProductions]

I really like this narrative style of history.

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like it! Thank you

[@tomseadon9965]

I also think the narrative is great! He just tells it like it was! Not a lot of opinions & add-lib! Very well put together and researched! Looking forward to more of these! Also very captivating, because I had to watch this in one viewing! Couldn’t walk away!

[@cedainty]

I recently had an in-depth DNA test run and it showed several strange oriental ties. My parents were German and Danish, one from each. I've always felt like a Viking and I can see now how possible that could be. Thank you for this study.

[@jturtle5318]

Thry are revealing! I was having trouble finding records of my Native American great-grandmother so I did Ancestry DNA, and she vanished. But I got Vikings instead.

[@lasha1120]

I LOve your videos! thanks for your hard work and please make a video about my homeland Georgia please :3

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching! Many videos about Early / High Medieval Georgia on the way.

[@lasha1120]

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[@ricochetsixtyten]

amazing video! i’m Swedish and i never learned this in school...

[@funhistory7640]

A 50 min video YOU ARE SPOILING US LOVE YOU

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching!! Part 3 on the way :)

[@jjduncan4285]

Been watching you for a while now and the video's just keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@rachelaspogard6587]

Fantastic Doc....we have loved watching it up here in Sweden. :-)

[@normankeena]

I grew-up in Dublin and live now 40yrs in Denmark, me wwii dad says he was on Kiel canal, my son Rune studied archeology for a couple of years. I just don't know how i got to this video, but I'm loving it. I don't mean to sound like a stupid internets troll, min godt gjort

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you're liking the channel my friend! Greetings from the Danelaw.

[@anneartis565]

These videos are most excellent in all ways. Thank you.

[@Son-of-Tyr]

I only recently found this channel and man, wow. So awesome. I'm an expert on Germanic mythology, religion, warfare. In my opinion, this video is very well done. Keep up the good work, I'm definitely subscribing.

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[@rsp7029]

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[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like them!

[@elizabethford7263]

Yes! Another long one! These are saving my sanity as we deal with family stuff

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like them

[@virvisquevir3320]

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[@Needagoodnamebutcantthinkofone]

I've got so much going on right now that I can't watch this until later tonight but I can't freaking wait it's a good long one too which is awesome!! I've only been able to watch about a minute and a half of it so far but I can't wait!!!! Since I was a history major in college your videos are like crack for me 🤣😂

[@HistoryTime]

Glad you like them my friend !

[@joebuckhoff]

19:51 dude on the right really loved his job!!!

[@keranst1]

Excellent documentary. Watched part 1 & 2. You have clearly put a lot of effort into these. Thank you.

[@HistoryandOtherStuffwithBV]

This was awesome. I also love how you mention many of the same characters whose life stories you've showed on the channel before. And, just like in part 1, I learned quite a lot about Scandinavian shipbuilding. Amazing video, enjoyed it through-and-though. A movie I'd recommend.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much my friend. Part 3 on the way!

[@PerJustert]

You claim "I learned quite a lot about Scandinavian shipbuilding." Can you specify what you learned today?

[@harryassenback2860]

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[@robmitchel5166]

Man! Love your videos!!! Always so fascinating. You should teach man. U don't just run through it, u sound (in my opinion) as though u very much enjoy so many different parts of history and are also fascinated with it. Viking/Scandinavian history are my favorite

[@tomseadon9965]

These are DEFINITELY the best made videos! Just addictive! Thanks!⚔️

[@MajorHenryL.]

This is my new favorite channel

[@gregspoony7691]

OH MY GOD YESSSS BRING THAT HISTORY TO MY EARS SHOW ME HOW IT WAS THE TRUTH SHALL BE TOLD!!!!!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching glad you like it!

[@sonsofodinunitedbybrothers9613]

I love your work especially when they are long and full of juicy tid bits of information i can't find any where else !!!!! Keep up the good work brother !!! Skål

[@faarsight]

The Yngling dynasty was an early Swedish dynasty as well as Norwegian. The Dynasty originally came from Uppsala in Sweden.

[@HistoryTime]

This is true. I'll do a video on them eventually.

[@mu0FFpu0FF]

What a great documentary. Awesome content!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching!

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

This is amazing. Cannot wait for the next chapter. Thank you for this.

[@blaugranisto]

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[@Maliique]

Great work! Hope you'll keep making the hour-long masterpieces.

[@tyclaughton1911]

Content is incredible , love it . I’ve watched a handful of them twice each . I laugh every time I hear Ragnar Lothbrok yell “staaaand!”

[@channelingextraterrestrial3623]

I am from Andøya Norway. I think the Vikings were here with their longships stocking up on fish. I think Andøya is mentioned in the Snorre Saga to. Ive been to the vikings museums in Oslo when I was younger. The ships are beautiful. Much love.

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

The vikings must have been strong, always rowing that boat.

[@fransiscozip1459]

Row or die at sea..after awhile you harden into it...you conserve energy and learn to be effecient. some conductor once said i like my orchestra well rehearsed and lightly warmed up..good military advice .prolly had a rough shake down cruse..then edit the weak

[@TradBluesSchool]

Slave rowers

[@tedwarden1608]

Dylan Mac’s Bluesic. Not enough room. More than half your crew would be non combatants. Average crew forty to fifty men rowing benches around thirty men. Others resting,steering,navigating, carpenter, ship master,captain. Pretty much as the breakdown of a ship in the Georgian navy, I would have thought. Besides that they they wouldn’t have to row all the time once they had sail and they certainly would have used currents and tide. Just my opinion but you wouldn’t have useless hands if you were raiding.

[@tedwarden1608]

Ace of Spades. Medieval knights were able to jump on a horse in full armour. When you’ve been trained from childhood and bred to a way of life then extraordinary levels of strength can be achieved even the weak ones would stand out in modern society.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Do you know any red headed giants. I do. In Australia, a red head is known as a 'blue', because they are the best fighters. A fight is called a blue.

[@jessie-186]

Great video... thank you. Love European history.

[@davidwoods7408]

Thank you History Time!

[@mortenhyvejle]

If you come to Denmark you should see or Roskilde ship (weird it's not mentioned in this video since no other country has so much viking heritage and findings than Denmark). And you didn't mention either that Denmark used to own parts of India, so they actually sailed from Denmark to India.

[@HosCreates]

Fascinating ! My ancestors hail from what is now Sweden , Denmark , Ireland, England and Scotland.

[@joyfoster4292]

I love these documentaries.

[@VERTAIR7]

I think youve done a great job of peicing together this history that Im comparing with other Histories of the Vikings in my search of my Scandanavian ancestry. Ive come to the conclusion that the Vikings were simply returning a few centuries later to the lands they had migrated from over generations. After studying the Parthian empire, Vandals & other Goths ive concluded that most Scandanavians came from the Parthian empire based on the Caspain sea after it fell to the Sassanids. They had a vast empire that was at war agaainst the Romans but the only kingdom that won against & didnt fall to the Romans & had a 2nd Kingdom base in Armenia. The Parthians were the first to develop chain mail which is seen in Scandanavia & the Knights not long after in Western Europe & other cultural things, including boats, that seem to have been adapted & improved

[@phbrinsden]

Great! I usually watch KZbin stuff on my iPad but your programs are shot to the TV so I can settle back comfortably and just enjoy.

[@DanielALeary]

Thanks. Really terrific.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching!

[@dobypilgrim6160]

Second time I have watched this. After watching maniof your other videos, it was even more impressive than the first time. Superb presentation.

[@cogle_arts7332]

Love your content. The picture you show #3:16mins is Lindisfarne castle a much later and smaller building than the monastery.

[@John-un3lj]

For those interested in the sailing question, I'd recommend reading Boel Bengtsson's doctoral thesis: 'Sailing rock art boats: a reassessment of seafaring abilities in bronze age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the north' - he provides (in my opinion) very solid arguments that sailing (& rowing) was present in Scandinavia for as long as, more or less, the introduction of metallurgy (~1800 BC).

[@anneschantl8929]

Another excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@ducksauce9187]

found your channel the other day been binge watching videos, just wanted to let you know you are awsome sir :)

[@silviablackened6989]

Awesome work, your videos are the best

[@cardenmanning2455]

50:30 time, name Vladimir is nothing else than Slavic rendition of Scandinavian Waldemar

[@heinedenmark]

Norse is a name for all people in the nordic countries. And not just Norway.

[@aaexo6468]

Heine Pedersen Yes but historically it means people from Norway, norsemen, norsk. But today we tend to use it for all scandinavia people.

[@DaDunge]

@@aaexo6468 No it traditionally was an exonym used for all northmen. Hence the existance of the term Norman, despite Rollo likely being from Sweden.

[@SacredDreamer]

Norse = North.

[@tonybigbananas]

The word Norseman first appears in English during the early 19th century: the earliest attestation given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is from Walter Scott's 1817 Harold the Dauntless. The word was coined using the adjective norse, which was borrowed into English from Dutch during the 16th century with the sense 'Norwegian', and which by Scott's time had acquired the sense "of or relating to Scandinavia or its language, esp[ecially] in ancient or medieval times".[8] As with modern use of the word viking, therefore, the word norseman has no particular basis in medieval usage.[9] The term Norseman does echo terms meaning 'Northman', applied to Norse-speakers by the peoples they encountered during the Middle Ages.[10] The Old Frankish word Nortmann ("Northman") was Latinised as Normannus and was widely used in Latin texts. The Latin word Normannus then entered Old French as Normands. From this word came the name of the Normans and of Normandy, which was settled by Norsemen in the tenth century.[11][12] The same word entered Hispanic languages and local varieties of Latin with forms beginning not only in n-, but in l-, such as lordomanni (apparently reflecting nasal dissimilation in local Romance languages).[13] This form may in turn have been borrowed into Arabic: the prominent early Arabic source al-Mas‘ūdī identified the 844 raiders on Seville not only as Rūs but also al-lawdh’āna.[14]

[@rbkfan200]

Tony Trojak hahahahah syke danske

[@jessicamoores181]

You are Great!!! Thank You Soooo Much!!!these videos are Fabulous!!! 👍👏🤩

[@Casavo]

Grand scale content right here! Can't wait for part 3 you mentioned.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks! Part 3 coming soon!

[@marthagomez3366]

Excellent work,well done,best of the best.thank you.

[@AfrikaansPretoria]

Great ducu, i love it 👍👍👍🇿🇦

[@ValensBellator]

17:34 uhhh does that map say Vikings traveled all the way to Florida? Lol This is a superb video btw!

[@HistoryTime]

Well spotted.... Just ignore that... Easter Egg...

[@ValensBellator]

History Time Haha will do, this is a great video! Must have taken you a long time... at this point the videos are almost indiscernible from television productions, except this is more informative lol

[@blakeluccason9971]

@@ValensBellator they were the orginal source of the fountain of youth

[@MendTheWorld]

It's a little known fact that Erik the Red got his name after getting a really BAD sunburn on the beach in the vicinity of present day St. Augustine. Not only did Erik discover the sunburn, he also invented Spring Break, and established Viking Cruises. You cud look it up.

[@wolfthornnholtzklau4913]

@@MendTheWorld Hahaha love it!

[@mclovin9578]

It still boggles the mind that all this happened after the Roman Empire. Rome must have seemed like the future to this world...not the past. Again, boggles the mind. Great video. Thanks for your time and effort. 👍

[@ovehall6359]

I’m borne a raised in Oslo, have been to the vikingship museum many, many times.

[@meanjab]

Excellent video. Food for the creative brain.

[@madsdahlc]

Hallo from Denmark . Yet again . You made anawesome video . I like it

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching! Hallo from the Five Boroughs.

[@madsdahlc]

History Time you are welcome sir . So I sat hallo to you in five borroughs from the danish City of Aalborg in northern Jutland In Denmark 😊....

[@madsdahlc]

Once again as I said earlier . Great video . Yes catholic Christianity did indeed Enter Scandinavia . By early 900’es there a Christian minoiry in Denmark . And co exsisted side by side with belivers of the faith(Odin, Thor etc). But contact with Western countries was chanceing Scandinavia . Around the early 900’es a guy named Hardagon/Hardecnut came down from norway into Jutland deposed the King Sigtryg and took the Crown for himself . Hardagon/Hardacnut was founder of Jelling dynasty(named after the town of Jelling where they resided) or the knytlinga dynasty . His son Gorm the old followed him on throne of Jutland . Gorm expanded his power to Island of Fyn . And he ruled as King untill hid death in 958. After that Gorms son Harold Bluetoth took power in Denmark . And he expanded his power into Island of Zealand and scania in southern sweden . And he became the first King of a United Denmark . But King Harold was under pressure from holy roman Emperor Otto the great . As Otto used Christianity as political tool conquer areas and force convert inhabitents of conqered areas . As there had already been trouble at danish/german border . So otto was for an excuse to invade Denmark (and most danes including still belived in the old gods . Force converting was a good excuse to invade ). But Harold removed that excuse in 963. Because there he converted to Christianity..... And Garold used Christianity as political tool . As in christian faith . Only god was above the King. But Odin and Thor did dissapear right away . The two faiths continued to co exsist the next 200 years . But Harold was a King with ambitions. He started construction of a lot stringholds/fotreses throughout Denmark to conslidate his rule . He also upgraded the border defense Earthwork Dannevirke and expanded it . So that defenses of Hedeby was part of it. Also he allowed german preists /missionaries to active in Denmark . But all his construction work cost money . So Harold imposed heavy taxes in Denmark . And made parts of the more consertive danish nobility angry. So in 986 they contacted Harold’s son the Crown Prince Svend Forkbeard and offered him the Crown and support. So in 986 Svend and nobles started a rebellion against Harold Bluetoth . So there was a civil war in Denmark . The rebillion ended Harold being killed on Svends orders. And took the Crown of Denmark for himself. And that Harold fortresses were abbonded . The regime had no use for them . And the german preists/missionaries were kicked out(later svends son Canute the great allowed them back into Denmark ). Instead Svend imported s lot of Anglo saxon/English preists from danelaw into Denmark . Svend was Christian like his father . It was the germans that he had a problem with . He felt that pressence of german clercy gave the Emperor to much infurnce in Denmark . But after conslidating his power in Denmark . The famous viking raids against Anglo Saxon England lead by Svend started in 990’es. But I dont need to in details about that. You guys on the British iisles know all about his activities there. But here he is considered one of our great viking Kings . And our Queen here in Denmark Maragrete the second Can trace her family back to Gorm the old/Harold Bluetoth /Svens Forkbeard and Canute the great . So modern Denmark has one of europe’s oldest . monarcies . Different branches of the Royal family has monarch here since the 900’es ....

[@timber8403]

Bravo...outstanding documentary.

[@ryanstrasser9013]

Brilliant. Speechless it's so good.

[@billc.4584]

So, I was pretty certain that aside from a passing familiarity with Norse culture and history that I knew jack squat about it. After having watched just a couple of your presentations I was informed that I knew way less than jack squat about Norse culture and history. :P That's my very backward way of saying, "Great job. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Thank you." Peace.

[@user-epichistory]

I like stories about Vikings. The warriors were brave back then.

[@markjohnson5276]

My research brought me to know about the 'weavers guild' a secretive society that used runic to communicate. They made a sea going suit that today when compared to modern arctic survival suits performs better. Part of the open boat in the North sea story as to 'how did they do that'.

[@visassess8607]

Not sure what research you did but there's absolutely nothing to support your claims.

[@The_Flamekeepers]

Very well made!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

[@royer_redos]

I really wanted to see a lot about the ships, but I feel like most of this is a very general summary of Western European history with views of maps and only rarely does it talk about a boat at all.

[@jforshaw1971]

The Arab writer talking about the ship burial was a character in the film The thirteenth warrior.

[@thomasg8522]

Cool watching this and other videos you do and then playing assassins creed Valhalla. Makes it easier to understand what's going on in the game