Alfred the Great vs. Guthrum the Viking - Battle of Edington, 878

Documentary video about Alfred the Great's encounter with the Viking Guthrum at the Battle of Edington.
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[@dsupreme22]

Been watching more videos like these since I’ve been playing AC Valhalla

[@69Jackjones69]

Can you choose to play as a Wessexman or Mercian in the game or only a lying, bloodthirsty heathen northman?

[@michaeldavis9095]

I live close to Edington and we locals are lead to believe that Alfred and his armies approached Edington from North Dorset and took the high ground at Bratton Castle. The Danes approached from Chippenham where the land is much lower and flater and this gave Alfred a big advantage. Bratton Castle is on the crest of the Salisbury Plain escarpment which is very steep making the fighting infinitely more difficult for the Danes.

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

Cheers for the heads up pal that sounds about right to me , explains the advantage clearer 👍

[@mattj9197]

It was Utred who won the war

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

@@mattj9197 destiny is all , and by the way pegasuS bridge belongs to the ox n bucks lol , up the R.G.J 💪😂

[@jordanwilson3618]

Yo weird question.. can you take pictures of the land and send to me? I just finished the last kingdom lol

[@jbcf4490]

He may not have been king of England but he certainly is the greatest king to ever rule on this island. God bless king alfred

[@jyotiprabhaw6367]

King canut says hi 😀

[@reallife2849]

@@jyotiprabhaw6367king aethelbald and Earl leofric kept the invasion to a still , until they retired and all hell broke loose , Leofric I began the religious order of knights in 700s leofric III gave the order a name

[@jonathanf3434]

the greatest modern sports comeback story can't even shine the boots of Alfred the Great and his come back in both scale and importance

[@JamesMartinelli-jr9mh]

As a child twice he was taken to Rome. On the first pilgrimage he was annointed as a Consul of Rome by the pope. Later in life he learned Latin. He translated holy sermons into Old English. I consider Alfred the Great as a saint.

[@jonmellor4713]

Alfred understood the importance of culture "Build a school and you will close a prison" Victor Hugo

[@johnlee5423]

Most people who went to Eton should be in jail

[@RBYU001]

I freakin love Anglo-Saxon history!!!

[@TejanoDeFuego]

*What a glorious video! One of the best I've ever heard!!!*

[@williamcooke5627]

On behaf of my 33rd great-grandfather I thoroughly approve this video.

[@MrZadokthePriest]

Oh joy we're related!!! Howdy cuz...

[@dr.lexwinter8604]

I am a descendant of the Duke of Monmouth, pretender to the Throne before his murder. What say we mount a coup and take the crown?

[@liamwashington6841]

House of Wessex family reunion will be pretty big, there's got to be millions of us.

[@williamcooke5627]

@@liamwashington6841 No doubt!

[@galenusv7831]

Well, your 33rd great-grandfather may be our ancestor too. When you go back in the family tree so far, then a lot of the ancestors start to be the same for a lot of people.

[@izzojoseph2]

This was amazing. Really well done and a new subscriber. I look forward to watching more.

[@rachaelskibbe7899]

Excellent work! Love love love ur channel!

[@yuppy1967]

This is great, thank you!

[@andersonolb1793]

Great video. That thumbnail was amazing :)

[@WendingWayfarer]

ty for the vid!

[@shanemize3775]

Incredibly well done video, as always!

[@albionmyl7735]

I am a Saxon from Germany Westphalia.....strong connected to England🇬🇧♥️🇩🇪🙏

[@22fordfx49]

I'm a descendent from the saxon and angle part of germany by the danish border. My great grandparents came to america in the 20s

[@timothyfreeman97]

@@22fordfx49 your descendants? As in, your kids came to America this year? 2020?

[@johnharris7756]

I’m of western Saxon decent First generation American. My family has hundreds of years of history in Summerset England. Where Alfred the great hunkered down and gathered troops.

[@22fordfx49]

@@johnharris7756 Nice, a lot of my ancestors came from the schleswig holstein area of germany. I think more towards the Angle than saxon area looking at old maps. I also have some english ancestry. I have a lot of pride knowing my ancestors formed a big part of european history

[@albionmyl7735]

@@johnharris7756 welcome Saxon brother of our common heritage. Greetings to America Europe's closest alie.

[@-RONNIE]

Great video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@joaogirardi2943]

The viking image is from Mount and Blade Warband. Nice.

[@saanon9334]

YOU BETTA NOT BE A MANHUNTA!

[@mezza205]

which is an epic game... looking forward to watching.

[@galenusv7831]

IT'S ALMOST HARVESTING SEASON!!!

[@atune2682]

haha hell yeah bois!

[@atune2682]

Thats a nice Head you have on your shoulders!

[@andrewjohnson7355]

Love your videos on Northern Europe. Here's to many more

[@DarylTunget]

The exact story of how my ancestors originally went to England. Thank you for presenting it.

[@richiekaylor5004]

Me as well, my father was adopted. Im 50% polish but i am 26% norwegigin

[@trojanette8345]

Great 'marrying-up' of appropriate animated scenes. Your visuals all went well together to tell your story. Kudos to you. It might do you some good to contact the gentleman that runs, "Modern History TV". His name is, Jason Kingsley, OBE. I think he also front run owns or background operates a CGI / video tam company called, "Rebellion". You might get help or a (professional) boost from collabing with them. Best of luck to you.

[@23TaylorJohnson]

Destiny is all

[@jamess1958]

Uthred son of Uthred

[@ilkinsuleymanzad8252]

Arseling

[@jean-luceyesofyoureyes5502]

And where is Uthred son of Uthred tge Lord of Bebbanburg?

[@rickconnolly5006]

Uthred Ragnorsen? Oh he's in the back (and if the show is anyrhing to go by, ploughing all the chicks probably)

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

When will the next episodes of "The last Kingdom" start? I can't wait for it!

[@adventussaxonum448]

Northumberland, where he belongs? Meanwhile the West Saxons getting the job done, and in two generations creating England. I also heard rumours that the Peninsular War was won by Wellington, not some junior officer and his Irish sergeant.

[@medievalgirl002]

His real life counterpart spent most of his time defending his lands in Northumberland. The real Alfred was winning battles and reforming the defense and education system, not playing second fiddle to comic book superhero pretty boy of the novels.

[@MrAnonymous-qq7jt]

His name is Osberht - Aelfric

[@tsafa]

great video!

[@azimuth4850]

you have a great narration voice.

[@drewyStyla]

Edington, Bratton and Westbury in Wiltshire are on the edge of Salisbury Plain, British Army military training land. When walking through the area, aware of this history, you can feel the free Wessex spirit in the air, sense the conflict up on the battle ground. The White Horse on the hill below Bratton camp is in honour of King Alfred's great white battle horse. When Kings fought at the head of their army, defending their land & people.

[@timpenfield5]

ALFRED THE GREAT, THE GREATEST ENGLISHMAN. Imagine how fierce Alfreds army was, to totally defeat the invaders, who were not exactly wimpy.

[@gazza2933]

Yes, not much difference between Angles,Saxons and Danes.

[@johatsu553]

Son of athelstan? According to viking series 😂😀

[@hamzaabbass1300]

@@johatsu553 arhelstan was his son and successor acroding to history

[@johatsu553]

@@hamzaabbass1300 i know bro, i mean in vikings series they made him as a monk not a king

[@hamzaabbass1300]

@@johatsu553 I know

[@BedeLaplume]

Excellent documentary..

[@asterisgiotas3332]

I love Anglo-Saxon History

[@markmorris7123]

Me too. The nobelist of royals. When the Normans (vikings) take most of England in 1066,,thats when the royals became awfully crawl.. And yet people are begining to see them as the heroes.

[@fleshen]

@@markmorris7123 Well as a Welshman I'm not to keen on the Saxon's! Not a lot of difference between them and the Vikings! Saxon's, Viking's, Norman's all the same people just different labels! Savage's!

[@jacobdjjsjj2418]

@@markmorris7123 They are

[@albionmyl7735]

I am a Saxon from Germany Westphalia.....

[@gazza2933]

@@fleshen Well as an Anglo/ Saxon/ Dane, I'm not too keen on the Welsh. I don't think you will find a bigger bunch of 'Savages' like the Tudors....Boyo!

[@petermercury4020]

Great job J. You sound like you've been to Wessex (I don't know if you have). Truely Alfred was great. I had Byrhtnoth in my region (Maldon, Essex) check out the Battle of Maldon 991 - worth a discussion, I think!

[@Boudicca15]

I live near Maldon in Essex, the history is amazing, long live King Alfred

[@adventussaxonum448]

"Hige sceal the heardre, heorte the cenre! " Essex lads put up a good fight. (Wessex boy myself).

[@markmorris7123]

The saxons were the nobelist of royals. Its after 1066 when the royals swap hands when all the cruel atrocities happen.. So why on earth do people see the vikings as heroes.. They also use to sacrifice children of enemies to Odin.. So why do we now have thor and Odin as super heroes in marvel. Strange

[@markmorris7123]

@holzy0815 no I think you are wrong there were many different germanic peoples that developed completely different cultures. Saxons did not try to destroy or wipe out the celts/britains. Yes they fought wars, but they also forged alliances, and shared ideas, employed eachother into one anothers service. That's why their age is called the golden age of britain,, that and they were amazing goldsmiths lol. Seriously though,, the vikings very way of living was sacrificing people, raiding, and raping. The cultures couldn't be more different.

[@christianfreedom-seeker934]

@@markmorris7123 where did you get that idea? The pre-Christian Saxons literally tried to wipe out the Celts but were pushed back in a key battle which allowed the Celts to fall back into Wales and Brittiany. I think the bloodlust largely ended when the Saxon Kings accepted Christ and ordered their retainers to do likewise. Interestingly the later invading Vikings eventually converted as well, mostly at the behest of Cnute, after he accepted Christ. To this day, most Northumbrians are Saxon/Scandinavian. A bunch of them settled Maine in the 1700's so Minnesota wasn't the first State to be settled by Scandinavians! 😄

[@jamellfoster6029]

@@christianfreedom-seeker934 wow... They actually settled in Maine... I can buy it though... Maine and Minnesota are both cold like Scandinavia... I'd forever be under electric blankets and double or triple coats if I lived in either of those states or in Scandinavia...

[@someone1066]

Because Vikings are awesome

[@carloscastanheiro2933]

Amazing video, thanks. I can't wait for AC Valhalla.

[@perthi1]

What’s the music ?

[@johnadams3368]

Creative use of using video games to present, nice!

[@anthonylopez899]

Honestly ac Valhalla’s story makes no sense. Why would assassins side with the Vikings when they’re the ones wanting to conquer and burn down England. Alfred is simply defending his people/land and all of a sudden that makes him a bad guy and enemy. I guess Connor wanting to defend his people in AC3 is evil now. Not only that, if Eivor stays a Viking he’s going to get wrecked by Alfred since King Alfred absolutely destroyed the Vikings in the battle of ethandun/edington in 878 and AC can’t change that fact

[@juliuscross3324]

@SonofZiezi the same reason why people like warhammer40k. Its absurd and over the top. Do have fun.

[@juliuscross3324]

@SonofZiezi never said it was, I said it's absurd. Also please do have fun.

[@fr3elionsgaming]

I agree I found that strange that the Assasins sided with The Vikings but Eivor never actually joined the Creed he was more of a Sub Contracted Hitman.

[@paddydunne774]

What do we know about the battle at Wilton

[@takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea]

Fantastic history...

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@esoxkid06]

Medieval 2? should of used thrones of Britannia! Great vid

[@rogerioxpinheiro]

It is the Ethandun battle? Isn't it?

[@paulfraszczynski674]

What game is this? Total war Vikings?

[@danielandres1579]

Hope to see this battle in AC Valhalla

[@mc_chin_chin7034]

Pls why is uthred not mentioned

[@sharablecortex2725]

The Saxon Sagas by Bernard Cornwell brought me here

[@Anaris10]

Have a video about the St. Brice Massacre?.

[@magatism]

Making them Christians is a good way of dealing with enemies.

[@magatism]

@Anthony Tsatsis And yet it was Greek based Romans who adopted Christianity on their own will.

[@holgerjahndel3623]

@Anthony Tsatsis See the Historians Thomas E. Woods and Egon Flaig and Judith Reisman from the USA and Prof. Gustav Ruhland and Prof. Wolfgang Berger. It was Christianity, which introduced the freedom of marriage or the necessary agreement of women for a marriage. Before the father or the family chose the husband. It was Christianity which abolished the human sacrifices of the vikings and Germanic tribes and their constant blood feuds and ravaging an marauding clans and tribes and bood revenge. It was Christianity which introduced a modern proper state and trade and order and justice and law. Without usury and without killing of unwanted babys and so on.

[@caninecurry5823]

@@holgerjahndel3623 it was also Christianity that butchered native populations and forced conversions... Also the protection of preditory priests wasn't really god like was it. Then you got all the organised marriages organised by "nobles" to children. Yeah, wholesome, good times. Lol

[@krieger8825]

@@holgerjahndel3623 That's just lying, only Islam allowed such freedom, all the wandering scholars had multiple wives and kids

[@lavish_1717]

@@krieger8825 Islam actually didn’t allow that either.

[@MrMacrotus]

The leader of Mercia was also there. Ceowulf, Who unfortunately was written out of history.

[@anthonylipps3102]

He's in the Assassin's Creed Valhalla game. They always do a great job with mixing history with their fictional lore. Great game by the way.

[@MrMacrotus]

@@anthonylipps3102 I didn't know that :). But I'm more of a Wurm online player.

[@fr3elionsgaming]

Assasins Creeds attention to detail whilst also being Fictional is 2nd to none.Similar to The Last Kingdom.

[@skyfarmcollective5451]

You should do stuff on the actual crusade era... more on 1096 to 1291.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I did that for years. I'm still going to do that, but I'm branching out a bit into the non-Crusades world.

[@assumptionisthemotherofall2402]

This makes me miss the “History Channel”😞

[@thehussarsjacobitess85]

You mean the Nazis or Ancient Aliens channel? ;) Yes, I remember when it was better, too.

[@TheSaleem57]

"The Last Kingdom"...

[@mrbyrnez]

i live where the battle took place in wiltshire

[@claesbergqvist4159]

The vikings got the last word when their ancestor Normans invaded 1066 right?

[@tonytye8963]

Edward the Confessors mother was Norman and William was related to him. Harold Godwinson was a half Danish userper and probably more viking than William, whos family had been french speaking christians for over a century. William had the better clsim than Harold.

[@michaelwale9933]

The Norman's hadn't been Vikings for 150 years before William the conquer. Much of the English nobles were of Anglo Danish descent.

[@adventussaxonum448]

Much of Normandy was settled by Saxons long before this. Anyway, Henry II ( ruled from 1154) was directly descended from Aelfred, on his mother's side. The Plantagenets ruled until Richard III 's death in 1485.

[@garymillar169]

You can play through this in a.c valhalla

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

*heck vikings*

[@jeremiahposey1038]

Anybody here after Watching- The Last Kingdom???

[@MICHAEL-wg2lh]

Me ✋🤝 , lol , absolutely obsessed with the last kingdom and the Saxon / ( our ) history now

[@richiekaylor5004]

What video game is this.

[@raj0288]

AC Valhalla

[@bobbyb.6644]

Fighting for your lives is a Force Multiplier ! 🤔

[@Beemer917]

" You came here a pagan , you will leave a Christian Saxon prince." Just sayin

[@lmaozedong2259]

Total war Atilla medieval kingdoms 1212 mod will provide you with stellar looking models for vids, gl

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

I want to get it. Where do I find it?

[@lmaozedong2259]

@@RealCrusadesHistory Do you have Tw Atilla on steam? Just go into steam workshop, search medieval 1212 and subscribe/download the 7 mod packs required. Then next time you launch the game just don't forget to activate in mod manager ;)

[@caliversal]

Assassins Creed Valhalla Brought Me Here

[@hengiztcol-bass1670]

12.29 Vikings did not have Wings and Horns on their Helmets.

[@claesbergqvist4159]

Their ancestors in broze-age surely did, amazing ships and even more interesting craftmanships and goldsmiths.

[@wrightroenigk]

If you kill all order of the ancients in assassin’s creed Valhalla and beat main story this comes right after that in real history

[@christianfreedom-seeker934]

There is a good chance that an ancestor of mine was at that battle but he was on the side of the Vikings 😄

[@someone1066]

My last name is thrum my family is from Norway

[@someone1066]

I wonder if their is any relation

[@ryangerrard4048]

Anglo Saxon descendant here 👏

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

Gerrard is a Norman-French surname. Just sayin'.

[@ryangerrard4048]

@@c.norbertneumann4986 Gerrard is an Anglo Saxon name

[@OFP-Flashpoint]

Right here with you

[@ryangerrard4048]

@CBA but here you are commenting!

[@moritztabor1678]

@@ryangerrard4048 Gerrard is a french name which comes from the German "Gerhard". Greetings from Germany to all of you

[@joelleon5701]

Anyone watch the last kingdom on netflix?

[@ryanmurphy5943]

Different between a viking army and saxons one at this time was the saxon army was mostly made up of farmers and the danes were a professional fighting men later on saxons huscarls come into play

[@raymondcesarbaysic7909]

most of the danes warrior starts as a farmers also, according to the book

[@angliscsaxon1288]

WERIAN SE ANGELCYNN

[@andrewthies1828]

Most dont realize.most raiders/vikings were also seeking their wealth to b the free man they wanted to b.plenty stayed,they had money and land.why leave now?

[@elainemarsh2656]

I'm interested mainly in Guthrum, his actions, his rise, his conversion to Christianity and his name change to Aethelstan, his later life and possible where he is believed to have been buried in East Anglia. Not a gamer. Any signposts will be appreciated. Thxs.

[@bradw2020]

Was it strange when the Minnesota Vikings played in London? The Vikings were absolutely savage and cruel during their invasions.

[@Justin-cu4xi]

The English are heavily descended from vikings.. the King Alfred of Wessex in the video was descended from the Anglo Saxons who invaded not many years before. The Danes were their relatives who came later.

[@Ryz414]

This has to be because of Assassin Creed Valhalla.

[@RealCrusadesHistory]

Honestly, no. I just love Alfred the Great and Viking England.

[@derricklarsen462]

@@RealCrusadesHistory guthram got one hell of a deal considering such a complete and utter destructive defeat😕.Could the victory be a bit overstated

[@markmorris7123]

@@derricklarsen462 no,, but if Alfred didn't pay them off then it would have been a pyrrhic victory. The vikings would have kept on raiding monestries and stealing woman for sex slaves and boys to sell in the middle east.

[@steffenritter7497]

@Keith Donohoe And in doing so, wouldn't he have given the Danes reason to seek revenge?

[@WarDogMadness]

the welsh and Mercia beat the vikings as well.

[@hepone]

I am Uthred, son of Uthred

[@itorca]

Proof warband the thinking Nord is the best

[@zoomed66]

Wow all that for a Starbucks and a Mercedes

[@moritztabor1678]

😂

[@cburg6383]

When Christ is on your side you are unconquerable.

[@olderthanyoucali8512]

In your dreams.

[@phillawrence6413]

Good luck with that yeah.

[@fatnsassy99]

As it has been shown true through out til beginning of time