Cnut the Dane, Aethelred the Unready and the Viking Conquest of England, 978-1016

Cnut the Dane, Aethelred the Unready and the Viking Conquest of England, 978-1016 | full documentary

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@RealCrusadesHistory 4 ай бұрын

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@MichaelMarschner 4 ай бұрын

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@matthewwriter9539 3 ай бұрын

I just heard something that sounded ridiculous. A Christian tried to tell me that atheists started the crusades. Can you do a video that talks about non-religious people and their impact on the crusades? What percentage of people involved in the crusades didn't believe in God? Did they mostly defend themselves, or were many atheists hired by the Catholic church?

@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. This was so good. I never really understood the Svein Forkbeard / King Canute dichotomy before. This was a superbly useful and informative look at one of the most eventful eras in English history. And the way you added insightful glimpses into the real lives and motivations of these historical figures truly made them come to life for me.

@RealCrusadesHistory 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@michaelman957 4 ай бұрын

Ironside was a heck of a nickname to earn in that time. Well earned.

@portucale1143-ki1ex 4 ай бұрын

Both the descendants of the Vikings and the Anglo-Saxons were some of the best Crusaders in history.

@maikilreategui1271 2 ай бұрын

@@عليياسر-ك9ظ The Ottomon fell and they will never rise again 😘

@dominicp9296 Ай бұрын

@@عليياسر-ك9ظnothinh to say back to his comment huh??

@charlesarmstrong5292 3 ай бұрын

Thank you sincerely for the most interesting and most complete explanation of this momentous segment of English history. Many have attempted it but in my humble view yours is the best. and most comprehensive.

@RealCrusadesHistory 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate that high praise.

@DaFroBroforeal 4 ай бұрын

Edmund Ironsides must’ve become so determined by witnessing his father’s awful reign. What a great king. Knut surprisingly seemed to be a good king also. The crowning of a Viking must have been utterly surreal for the people. It was also good that he finally got rid of that traitor in the end. Great video as always.

@SKILLIUSCAESAR 3 ай бұрын

Why surprising? Gotta be doing something right to create a northern empire

@DaFroBroforeal 3 ай бұрын

@@SKILLIUSCAESAR Fair enough. Vikings could be quite ruthless, so it was nice to see Cnut’s reign wasn’t tyrannical.

@liberatumtaiwanae3580 3 ай бұрын

Love from Taipei. The last beheading of traitor shocked me too. Cnut is a wise Dane. Thank you for this long but true gem of British history. Keep up the good work and I love your quotes from historians and chroniclers.

@drunk_on_shadows 4 ай бұрын

Anglo-Saxon, Dane, Norman, and all the others in-between. The amalgamation of all these peoples into the English. Hardy, stoic, resilient. An island nation of lions really. It's one heck of a heritage.

@rollo6038 3 ай бұрын

We were. Unfortunately now we are at the mercy of the lion tamers whip! And its breaking us its heartbreaking.

@nikolaiv1138 2 ай бұрын

Ultimately Germanic tribes descended from the fierce Yamnaya culture by way of the Corded Ware culture. Unfortunately, once kingdoms were established and a wandering people, whose profession was usury, mingled with Europeans, society was altered in its workings and also genetically. It is difficult to find representatives of that unique period in large numbers amongst today's European populations. Even the most basic paintings of those eras reflect this. Very sad. And now the surviving descendants are under siege, and after two bloody wars on the European continent, which may have culled the warring blood lines of old. No wonder European society is not able to defend itself in order to secure an existence for itself on this earth.

@magoslucius4245 8 күн бұрын

@@nikolaiv1138 we lost to the men in tiny hats

@JustAskYourQuestionAlready 4 ай бұрын

My notifications must not be on you just gonna drop fire content like this and i didn't know smh😮 keep up the great work

@-RONNIE 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate the video as always. It was really good thanks

@katielee705 4 ай бұрын

Well detailed and comprehensive video, thanks

@jozzieokes3422 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant work as always!

@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 Ай бұрын

It is 3 November 2024 and my partner introduced me to your channel. Subscribed! ⚔

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 4 ай бұрын

It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about England medevil king ( Athelred the unReady) .. This is a magnificent video shared by an excellent ( real Crusades history ) channel...thanks for sharing

@BogaSlawa 4 ай бұрын

The English, that is the Angle-Saxons, could give it as fiercely as they got it. People forget this. They are the same general war stock and power as the Northmen.

@hia5235 4 ай бұрын

They are a product of several races. Anglo being the smallest fragment Mainly, they are of Celtic and old English stock dating back to before Christ and long before the Anglos invaded like roaches

@robert-surcouf 4 ай бұрын

Technically, the northmen came from Denmark and Norway (and maybe few from Sweden) while the Angles and Jutes came also from Denmark/Jutland but the Saxons came from Saxony. The Jutes went to Kent and the Angles went to Northumbria and northern Mercia while the Saxons went to southern Mercia and Wessex. That means the Danish northmen in the 8-11th century were the same general war stock and power as the Angles/Jutes in the 5-6th century but it wasn't true for the Norwegian northmen and the Saxons.

@Woden-96 4 ай бұрын

Well said Bogaslawa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✊🏻

@jarlwilliam9932 4 ай бұрын

@@robert-surcoufThe Jutes came from Denmark, you know the main peninsula in Denmark is called Jutland, or Juteland for a reason. The Angles came from the land area just south of that peninsula and the Saxons came from Holsweig just south of that. Modern Saxony is not old Saxony which was in Denmark before Otto the Great invaded and took the southern area of Denmark. The Danes are actually from Skane County Sweden or southern Sweden while the Swedes as we know them came from Northern Sweden. There is virtually no genetic difference between Anglo-Saxons or Danes.

@robert-surcouf 3 ай бұрын

@@jarlwilliam9932 If you talk about the medieval jutland, the southern schleswig was indeed part of the jutland but stopped at the Eider river while the old saxony was south the eider river and stretched between nordalbingia, eastphalia, westphalia and angria. You could claim that holstein was a place with a mix of angles and saxons but there was no danes southern the eider river after the treaty of heiligen with Charlemagne in 811 so if i can agree that there's no genetic differences between the danes and the Jutes/Angles, i disagree if we also talk about the saxons.

@Spartan902 4 ай бұрын

My favourite period of England's history before they were England. Bernard Cornwell really brings part of that period to life. I am a book man mostly. Rarely is a great book series made into a great TV series or movie. Lord Uhtred is the best character ever!

@marilyncuaron3222 3 ай бұрын

Except he was born hundreds of years after Alfred's time. His character is fictional in Cornwell's saga. I'll stick with Alfred, piles and all.

@Spartan902 3 ай бұрын

@@marilyncuaron3222 This I all know mate. It's a historical fiction series. I am a huge fan of Alfred. What he achieved after hiding in the swamp and then defeating them in battle was epic stuff. The great thing about Cornwell is he explains any changes he made to history and gives credit to the real people who achieved it.

@thenarrativehistory 4 ай бұрын

Goodvideo, great vibes

@Steve-318 4 ай бұрын

11 tons of gold and silver is an insane amount.

@TomWylde 4 ай бұрын

Aw yes, love RCH 💪🏻

@ben-jam-in6941 3 ай бұрын

I have thought that Cnut the great doesn’t really get the time he deserves as such a strong successful king that even though a Dane he quickly became a very “English” king. Unfortunately instead we hear just that story of how he was so unwise telling his servants move his throne to sit in the waves of the ocean. He likely was trying to make the point a king wasn’t even powerful enough to stand against the power of God and not get hit by the waves. He seems to have been truly respected by his peers and even travelled to Rome to see the Holy Roman Emperor be crowned. Then the simple fact that during his reign he had the North Sea empire and if not for the failures of his sons the future of northeast Europe could have looked a lot different. Also the fact he was referred to as “The Great” being only the second King of England to receive that honour after his life. Maybe those of you who grew up in Britain get more lessons on him in school than we do here in America idk. In search of the dark ages are some of the greatest documentaries on the history of that time in Britain and I appreciate you site Micheal Wood (made the two greatest history series with In search of the Trojan War being the other) making me think you might have watched his series that had an episode called In Search of the Dark Ages: Ethelred The Unready about him and this era of English rule. Lastly how cool is it to think that Ethelred likely had the sword of King Offa. It makes me wonder if they had it could they have had Alfred the Greats or Athelstan’s sword as well since they were of the same family and seated in Winchester. Ethelred the disaster Great job and thanks for such a good video.

@SKILLIUSCAESAR 3 ай бұрын

Totally agree! 1066 seems to completely dwarf his legacy. If nothing else came out of a bad show, people are atleast discussing him!

@veronicajensen7690 2 ай бұрын

Cnut or as we call him in Denmark Knud (Knutr in old Norse)is certainly someone we learn a lot about in Denmark , I'm surprised you learn anything about him in America though

@ben-jam-in6941 2 ай бұрын

@@veronicajensen7690 I think everything I learned of him came after my schooling.

@museumsumut 27 күн бұрын

Very interesting, greetings from the North Sumatra Museum

@stephenh9483 2 ай бұрын

this is really good!!!!!!

@angelmacas1774 3 ай бұрын

Athelred the Unread, yikes! What a way to be remembered

@HistoryofthePast-g4u 2 ай бұрын

The video is very interesting and useful.

@Mma-basement-215 4 ай бұрын

Here we go nice ..thank you for this...I never fully understand the whole reason why Swain fork beard was attacking the English isles

@kennethmaney914 4 ай бұрын

Try doing the saga of HAVERLOCK AND GRIM. Very interesting and possibly the inspiration for Hamlet.

@Amesang 5 сағат бұрын

11:07 Dunstan checks out…

@Shane-or9de 4 ай бұрын

OH!!

@Mma-basement-215 4 ай бұрын

Never should of paid them that's just inviting more to come

@mwright_boomer 3 ай бұрын

“And that is called paying the Dane-geld But we’ve proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane” -Rudyard Kipling

@Yeoman1346 4 ай бұрын

It’s sad but what a churchman. What an example of Christian faith. The Vikings were truly horrible invaders. They became incredible warriors and learned military discipline. William was from Viking blood but learned military discipline and in the end, the kingdom of England. What a difference between William and Harald at Stamford Bridge.

@quickplaya 4 ай бұрын

First!!!

@peter1886 4 ай бұрын

Grow up.

@vincenthigginbotham8729 4 ай бұрын

It looks like England was overrun but the Irish fought for independence a breed of their own

@judyhouy5578 3 ай бұрын

I was always amazed how the Irish repelled the Vikings and fought them off. The Vikings wanted no part of the Irish. The only presence that the Vikings had in Ireland were the trading ports in Dublin, Cork, and Waterford. In England they controlled half the land and then Canute took all of it. I always said that the Vikings needed mushrooms to become ferocious. The Irish needed no mushrooms. When Canute took all of England, the Irish at the same time 1014 destroyed a large Viking army at Dublin. They truly are the “Fighting Irish.” Yet the Vikings failure in Ireland is never talked about in history!!

@maxhall2086 2 ай бұрын

Ireland was heavily under Viking influence but they had more interest in England because Ireland didn't have a lot to plunder. Ireland was under English occupation for 800 years, the Vikings never controlled England that long. A few decades and still only managed half of modern England. The Irish have been subjugated for most of their history, "fighting Irish" is an American term that deflects from Irish subservience.

@clay119 17 күн бұрын

Because England was worth more than Ireland

@cdb5961 5 күн бұрын

England was more valuable so more raids/wars were fought in england.

@dichterdenker3111 3 ай бұрын

Started watching, realized I would spoil Vinland Saga, stopped watching

@matthewwriter9539 3 ай бұрын

@ThatElephantSeal 2 ай бұрын

That does does sound ridiculous, especially since there was effectively no such thing as atheism in the middle ages. Sounds like either a protestant argument or a modernist catholic trying to distance the faith from its strong and zealous past. Either way the vast majority of men who went on crusade were highly religious. Religious motivation generally played a bigger role than secular concerns. (Especially since most who went on crusade ended up losing a great deal of wealth in the endeavor, very few financially benefited from it)

@veronicajensen7690 2 ай бұрын

@@ThatElephantSeal why would protestants state such a thing ??I'm from a Lutheran country and nobody ever said the crusaders were atheists , a lot of people believe they were into older religions than Christianity do to all the symbolism in churches build by them and that is what they were charged with in the end, although it is believed many of the stories was made up to get their gold ,that said the crusaders was money lenders and that was banned in Christianity

@sirpepeofhousekek6741 Ай бұрын

Atheists had nothing to do with the Crusades, *however* the Crusades DID start because the Byzantine Empire asked western Europe for help against the invading Muslims, so the Crusades themselves were justified, but not all of the things that happened were justified.

@mayachico9766 17 күн бұрын

That makes no sense....