Appreciating Little Historical Details in Vinland Saga (Farm Arc)

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Another one of these videos! While it's not to say they're rushed, these Vinland Saga videos definitely don't take as much time as most of my other videos do, so I thought this could be something good while I wind down the other projects I'm working on (which you'll all hopefully see very soon).
Interestingly, looking at this video now I think it's pretty evident that as far as my turn-of-the-first-millennium knowledge goes, I know a lot more about the kinda stuff that was going on in Britain and Ireland than I do Scandanavia lol.
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#vinlandsaga

[@RedBardIsCool]

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[@kingace6186]

My favorite historical detail in Farmland Saga was when Thorfinn fought Snake. The revelation that Snake was a former Vangaraian from Myklagard/The Great City (Constantinople) was huge. That means that a Roman Viking that served in the Byzantine Emperor's Royal Guard fought an Icelandic Viking-turned-slave that served in the Emperor of the North Sea's Royal Guard. It felt like something from a Nordic poetic epic, yet such an encounter could have totally happened during that historical era, for all we know.

[@AnarchHive]

Personally I geeked a little bit out when Ketil drew his sword and we saw the 'ulfberht' inscription, because it fits that even though he doesn't really fight, a wealthy man like Ketil can afford a high quality sword. I also recently bought a magazine for an article about historical cloth weaving in Greenland and Iceland and got exited when I realized the thing we see Ylva work at in S1, the weaving frame, where she also has her emotional breakdown in episode 5, seems to be historically accurate.

[@DaltonPowelled]

Same! That moment made all of the hours watching random historical documentaries as a kid worth it. I called my sister ranting about ‘ulfberht’ swords until she hung up on me

[@AnarchHive]

@@DaltonPowelled I feel that 😅

[@stopyouneedhelp6115]

One of my favourite little references is Canutes small monologue referring to the tale of the real king Canute and the tide

[@greenteafn]

i love the amount of detail the mangaka added. like he didnt need to do this but went that extra step further

[@Threvlin]

Always love to see more Vinland Saga

[@ariverbythesea]

It's so saddening yet understanding that your favorite content creator has a life outside KZbin they chose to prioritize

[@LoneWindtheWolf]

honestly i think that's for the best. having a social life and an actual job is better than obsessing over numbers and rushing to make video after video to get views as fast as possible and become "trending". Trust me, i'm talking this from experience and after being 7 years of doing stuff on YT i'm still getting nowhere.

[@_alarmclock]

It’s really not saddening honestly. What would be saddening would be if Kennedy prioritized youtube over social life and burned out doing that

[@Revealingstorm.]

It's understandable but not sad

[@LuisSierra42]

Why is it sad?

[@Lasikisal]

Nothing sad about it

[@shelbyeileen7644]

As a fan of historical exhumation records and the study of historical burial practices, the story of St Cuthbert was absolutely fascinating to me. Thank you for going into such great detail!

[@medaman15able]

Can’t wait for you to hit the eastern expansion arc and what happens all in that conflict. That’s where a lot of historical events and things take place. Probably a lot of historical liberties as well

[@himesilva]

It blows my mind that so many amazing anime only get 12 episodes while Vinland Saga's PROLOGUE ARC took 24. Not complaining, Vinland Saga is fantastic, I just wish more manga had gotten this kind of dedication for their adaptations

[@HankFuller333]

What manga/anime are you referring to?

[@luthientinuviel3883]

(Weeps in Requiem of the Rose King)

[@panqueque445]

17:20 Oh my god imagine taking a crap so big that it ends up in a museum

[@Shoal_Bun]

Hey Red, VS isn't exactly on my radar but it's always entertaining to hear you talk about your passions so I'm happy to support your channel

[@EnbyNomad]

So glad this dropped as I caught up to the manga

[@mellysandshrew]

This video and your last VS one are extremely interesting, thank you for giving us this little spotlight on the history on display in the series!

[@KittRembo]

Excited to hear your thoughts on Snake and his possibly being in the Byzantine Guard! Also did you ever play Pentiment? Listening to your part about the books reminded me of it!!

[@LuisSierra42]

Snake basically confirmed he was a Byzantine guard

[@uqi1412]

Probably as Varangian which were viking mercenary

[@IconicBoar097]

another excellent video! would absolutely love another like this so you can flex your knowledge ^_^

[@HiYeena]

This video was so incredibly interesting!! I have started the series after your last video on Vinland Saga and have been hooked since. What a pleasure it is to see your videos pop up in my subscription box. I always know I'll learn something new.

[@dc9662]

I love your content, and would very much enjoy a second channel where you only discussed history that interested you. Some might suggest that I find other content creators who already do those types of videos, and I have watched many from such creators, but I think your perspective would lend itself well to historical videos as well. Either way, I think your videos are excellent, and I am looking for to whatever you decide to do next.

[@Arrowdodger]

Very enjoyable, I'd love to see more like it.

[@tevindaniels3742]

I love to see you do the rest of the manga arcs

[@FlyToTheRain]

We had a guest speaker that specialized in colonial America re-enactments come talk to our students last week and while that isn’t the same as medieval Vikings, he did specifically mention folks only really using spoons to eat and no forks and the reason he gave was that since they didn’t have dentists back then folks, especially poor/working class, needed to be careful with their teeth so “they ate a lot of mush”. Why risk biting into an apple when you can make it into applesauce?

[@fionafiona1146]

I don't like the explanation because apples will turn into mush on their own and the modern strains and refrigeration neccersary for a crisp apple experience outside of September weren't really a thing, great way to get the point across though

[@piput8533]

This whole video is just tangent

[@potatoemporer2174]

Really original and interesting follow up. Thanks

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Another video about Vinland Saga? Nice

[@Sorry_i_eated_it]

Witch hat atelier IS SOOO GOOOOOOOOD I hope you'll make a video about it once you read it

[@Sonicsis]

QUEEN HAS RETURNED.( now to add this to watch later for a nice bed time read)

[@llovebeats3749]

SHES BACK

[@averylazydevil]

This video appeared as I was getting really invested into the series

[@Skelatox]

Oh hey, just a couple days ago I found myself wondering what you were up to. Turns out it was this! Nice.

[@Megaritz]

"I'm trying to stay on topic" I think the topic is neat historical tangents, so you're on topic through the whole video

[@LadyLunarSatine]

Namedropping my girl Caitlynn! "The Middle Ages were magic!"

[@Anagusame]

SHE LIVESSSS

[@thorfinnthegoatmc]

Anime of the decade

[@ene_ai]

This makes me really want to see a similar video from you on the game Pentiment.

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

A historical mistake that I think only appears in the anime is the inclusion of an Icelandic magical stave when those appear MUCH later in an early modern grimoire. It’s kind of understandable since the symbol has been totally absorbed into neopagan symbolism and other viking media though.

[@peterlustig8636]

this video is so terminally historian... the self reflection is illuminating...

[@nightmaregengargaming6517]

Red bard you are awesome never give up on what you do

[@KanaevM]

Farmland Saga! While I wasn't too keen on it after the switch (reading manga) - recently there's been the best moment in the series.

[@someoneontheinternet4518]

I can't watch this for a few weeks until my GCSEs are done so I can binge season 2 so imma just leave this comment for engagement 😊

[@kraziiXIII]

As someone who is completely out of touch with just about everything anime for years now, my initial take that I have been operating on for several months now was that Vinland Saga was like an arc in Attack on Titan? And I clicked on this video under that pretense like where is Mikasa and Armin? Armin looks rough now.... where is the annoying tattooed boy? I've officially gotten to the Steve Buscemi "how do you do fellow kids?" meme age. I have never even watched AoT! I clicked because of the history lesson!

[@mouselet]

As someone with an art history minor who has actually studied some Medieval art and manuscripts, I absolutely love that more than half of this video was discussing the subject. I mean, I still have no interest in Vinland saga, but I respect that they drew on actual historical objects and facts (as we know them) for the visuals.

[@ThatChristianMetaIhead]

I would love to watch this but I still need to watch Vinland saga

[@dxov1597]

Watch it. It’s one of the best animes I’ve seen

[@ThatChristianMetaIhead]

@@dxov1597 it's on the watch list, but frankly I'm not too big of a fan of vikings. Now that I think of it that's also the same reason I haven't continued demon slayer.

[@dxov1597]

@@ThatChristianMetaIhead there’s no Vikings in demon slayer wtf

[@g76agi]

​@@ThatChristianMetaIheadvikings and demon slayer?

[@CombustedLemon]

OMG please read witch hat atelier, it's so freaking good

[@heretic_engineer391]

THE BARD'S CHANNEL PINGED WITH A NEW VIDEO! SHE WAS ALAIVE!

[@Kairi98503]

*~☆°🪄The middle ages were magic!💀°☆~*

[@lee-fc5bu]

does this have spoilers for manga?

[@JarreDroid]

You might take an interest in another content creator I watch on KZbin and occasionally Twitch. Ludohistory is the name; it’s a medievalist and vikingologist examining games through the lens of academic media analysis. It’s adjacent to the Vinlandsaga videos, and it would be fun to great a vikingologist’s take on the manga and anime.

[@hazy4285]

does any1 have any idea on thorkells real height? even just a rough idea?

[@Jewellsensei]

My mum was married in one of the many st Cuthbert Churches in England.

[@LoneWindtheWolf]

Even though i never watched that anime and have no interest in doing so i'm still glad you're still alive and kicking. welcome back!

[@tpmelbanana]

Thorfinn is Cyraxx in the manga adaptation

[@kneau]

Eigi skal höggva! R.I.P. Snorri Sturluson

[@xMercuryx56]

can you do a video on vagabond ☺️

[@tallesrodrigues5994]

3:40 start the video

[@Argent_99]

If you like Vinland saga, Vikings or the last kingdom (well, the books a bit more than the tv series, which is nevertheless still very good) these videos are S-tier ++++

[@treadmillgaming5963]

I love all this meticulous historical analysis on little details in the show Keeps me grounded, remembering that the Vinland expedition failed because they didn't bring enough women

[@marinauder]

Do NOT pause at 9 minutes, 28 seconds of the video! Worst mistake of my life!

[@StyleshStorm]

👀

[@jandrnek6122]

This is all really cool information, though you're kind of making it sound like they googled 'middle ages english book' and put the images they got into the show. Wasn't Snake explicitly reading old man the gospel in the manga? Strange that got cut with them stretching a few 10 page segments to whole episodes. Or maybe it just didn't come up yet.

[@twopintsofmilk]

Poooooooooooop, noice

[@dirtyharry0191]

In case you didn't know, Þ makes a "th" sound Edit: specifically like the sound in the word "thin"

[@Blizzler]

Read vagabond

[@tylervictor8233]

Season 2 is finally heating up I stuck with it cause I love Vinland but that shit was so damn boring

[@g76agi]

Idk how you found it boring if you love it, maybe if you paid attention to the dialogue, character development and the set up, instead of complaining it was boring, you would have enjoyed it

[@tylervictor8233]

@@g76agilmao just because you love something doesn’t mean it can’t have bad parts and by all means it was boring yes we did get good development on Thorfinn but we also got almost half a season of nothing substantial happening just bits and pieces of where we are going. Then when stuff finally does begin to kickoff we have to stop for multiple episodes to get the background and focus on characters no one knows or even cares about. Still love the series but I’m not a dick rider like you I can admit when something I like or even love is lacking.

[@networknomad5600]

"little historical details" in a sea of historical details that were just straight up wrong and/or fabricated. Eh.

[@inventor4279]

I love the arc, but i seriously couldve done without einar and ol ar, holy fuck, theyre so annoying, i hate them, the astkry wouldve been much better without them, i dint care about there being less action

[@omensoffate]

Huh?

[@dickthebirthdayboy2132]

Cool. I'm never watching this show because I hate Viking shit and modern society's obsession with what was essentially the Scandinavian equivalent of the Taliban.

[@MNOIYTD]

The author chose to write a story about pacifism in a Viking society to expressly explain why hate and violence don't solve anything.

[@Santoryu90]

The whole point of the series was showing how war is hell and that violence doesn't solve everything. Although there are people who seem to only care about the fighting and think the series sucks or is boring now because it stopped being all about that.

[@dickthebirthdayboy2132]

@@MNOIYTD And yet people hate farming arc precisely because of that message and idolize Askalad for the wrong reasons despite the fact he himself stating that he is a horrible human being. Even with the express purpose of media that try to depict the life of Vikings as brutal and horrible, dudebros still end up glamorizing and idlozing Viking shit. So thanks but no thanks. I am so sick and tired of the oversaturation of Viking and Norse shit in modern media. It borders on fetishisation and white supremacy.

[@kneau]

@@dickthebirthdayboy2132 are you familiar with the concept - _and drawbacks_ - of presentism?

[@Ovendodger]

@@dickthebirthdayboy2132 Bad bait