What Was Life Like As An Early Viking? | Last Journey Of The Vikings | Chronicle

Most people regard the Vikings as violent robbers, but they were much more than their reputation suggests. In the first episode of this series, we take a look at the origins of the Viking people, the major events that shaped the civilisation and what daily life was like as a Viking in this early period.
This landmark, high-end drama-doc tells the story of why Vikings chose to leave Denmark. With the help of dramatic re-creations and CGI, leading academics examine the life and legacy of the Viking Age, and find out why they were forced to leave Scandinavia.
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[@CartoonHistory]

I'm definitely going to do a video about Rollo one day - one of the most consequential individuals of the early Medieval period.

[@gothicpagan.666]

It could be your last one.🙂

[@royalgirl7132]

I just found this channel. I'm now binging. Great so far. 🥰

[@ahmeddaoud3317]

Wonderful documentary 👍

[@unarealtaragionevole]

Loved this, do you have anything for Italy from 500-1500 CE? This is my favorite area of history but there is so little for these topics. For some reason we only get Ancient Rome or the Renaissance....that's so sad.

[@elisabethm9655]

Yes, it began with the volcanic eruptions resulting in climatic instability. Which in turn destroyed the delicate balance of agriculture and social institutions.

[@joycelynbrandon755]

A lesson for people today.

[@lockhughes]

Tks for this. "Viking blood"/genetics writing from Toronto in Canada ... Born in Canada and traveling .. "viking" most all my life. :) .. (see "Dupuytren's contracture" re genetics) ...

[@jefferyeis9287]

I have traced my pedigree back to Gor Thorrasson - Founder of Denmark, Brian Boru - High King of Ireland, Rollo - Founder of Francia, Rhodri the Great - King of Gwynedd, and the Great Sea Kings: Sveidi Heytirsson and Heytir Gorsson

[@ianpodmore9666]

​@jefferyeis9287 I think you are lying.

[@buttturd236]

Well, looks like Im gonna have to owe ya one...I'm like number68...😁😄😀

[@lilliantampa]

Like 👍

[@jenicaepp]

The Vikings eventually reached the East coast of Canada (Labrador and Newfoundland). Unfortunately, some of the Native American tribes brutally attacked the Vikings and any remaining Vikings fled Canada. You can still see some of their very early settlements. It's very interesting.

[@JohnDoe-tx8lq]

Unfortunately? Not for the Native American. There's no reason to think the Vikings would have treated the natives any better than they did the English monks, they where there to take whatever they could, including land.

[@soapy9685]

The native Americans were probably just defending themselves. They were the ones invaded after all 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@jenicaepp]

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq Yes. I imagine that was the case.

[@ireneklauber4008]

If you believe Farley Mowat, the two groups Inter married and eventually died out, because Christian beliefs were incompatible for survival in that environment

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@JohnDoe-tx8lq and the Vikings would have been highly outnumbered as they didn’t travel in huge numbers. Their strength was in surprise raids not shear numbers.

[@mouthforwar17]

Sad they used what looks like extras from the show "Vikings" as opposed to accurate representations of real norse people. There's scores of reenactors out there that would love to participate in something like this

[@wesleyworley8982]

"Viking" = Business trip.

[@pawshands9706]

Unfortunately the Native Americans could not stave off the invasions. History!

[@ianpodmore9666]

If your starving to death after volcanic activities, why would raiding monasteries for gold be a priority. Why would men not take their families with them and why once they found out the other parts of Northern Europe were subject to the same plight did they continue raiding?

[@n8spL8]

first......greenland style

[@GreenAppelPie]

So you’re Spanish?

[@jodyharper3409]

I love Chronicle, but you obviously don’t care about people with impaired vision to not have over-dubbing for the non English speakers….. which is a lot!

[@SN-sz7kw]

This makes no sense - to not have over-dubbing for non-English speakers? And have you noticed someone does all this work for you, for which you pay exactly nothing? Instead of insulting them how about directly & politely making a direct suggestion? Which they may or may not be able to consider - because they have lives, & again, provide this at no cost to you.

[@geraldhimmelspach1154]

i am old soldier. lost hearing and eyesight through years. but defended nation, will still defend even with impared eye sight , hearing impaired and half parilized legs

[@williamromine5715]

@@SN-sz7kw The comment was about visually impaired people, not people who speak only English. Even if the comment had been about people who only speak English, would viewers be expected to know Swedish, Norwegian or some other languages. This site is aimed at an English speaking audience, so voice over doesn't seem to outlandish.

[@lissalong7045]

What I like about this video is that it can be enjoyed by non-English speakers as well. Norwegian, French and English historians are all summarizing basically the life of Vikings. Interesting.

[@jodyharper3409]

SN, how about you get off your high horse and look up the word insult? Just asking a question is not insulting their work; in fact, I started off by stating how much I enjoyed it. Just think about it, if a person is visually impaired, closed captioning is not helpful, and sometimes Chronicle has quite a bit of non-English speakers telling important parts of the story. Of course the people making these videos have lives, which seemingly you do not, and in order to provide better programming and hopefully more income, they need to know some of the limitations and problems people encounter.

[@bradleydass3075]

I love these films, but the French language irritates me. Maybe it’s because of the Napoleonic Wars.

[@pran7003]

Thieves and murderers

[@orjanolsson9577]

No, you are wrong. You have to learn more about the vikings. For exampel they did nid not start with piliding monisters.

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

Well I’m my opinion, anyone who attacks and slaughters unarmed peaceful people are pretty horrible. I love tales of the Vikings, but you can’t whitewash them, they were a cruel, savage people!

[@laserbeam002]

Exactly. Could not have said it better. I suspect there is something of a movement to rewrite parts of history.

[@geraldhimmelspach1154]

they were just tring to save thier families. no one welcomed or helped, in that situation you do what you must

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Welcome to humanity. Find a culture which wasn’t cruel to fellow humans and I’ll show you a doomed culture. Sad

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

@@geraldhimmelspach1154 That’s probably true, but it doesn’t take away from the fact that they behaved very savagely and cruelly. The people they killed were also just trying to feed their families and survive the harsh conditions too. It was the common lot. Nothing gives anyone the right to kill, rob, kidnap and viciously attack others. Again, I love tales of the Vikings, but don’t try to make them what they were not.

[@thecelticwolf8642]

They didn't do anything different that any other culture at the time were doing. Just that the Norse had ships to sail to different places and they were pagan but if u research any Dark Age culture at that time they were all savage and brutal.

[@munchywizard8380]

As much as I enjoy the series. This is my personal hang up. I just can't get passed the French. It's like the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard. I'm sorry..

[@helenhoward5346]

It's a very sinusy language indeed.