Reaction to Ragnar Lodbrok vs Richard The Lionheart. Epic Rap Battles of History.

[@whatitdodave]

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[@Rizal96able]

"You couldn't even beat a Salad in a fight" We'll give credit to King Richard the Lionheart where it's due. In his crusade, he won multiple battles which he lead himself against King Saladin's army which King Saladin never participated in. King Richard's sheer prowess he displayed by cutting down his armored opponent down to below the neck from the head instilled fear in Muslims troops, enough to make them flee battle. It's the case of "we may have lost the battle, but we won the war." for King Saladin's army. As a Muslim myself, I am impressed at the chivalry and prowess displayed by King Richard and it's a shame that such a man had to suffer and die the way he did. He may not have been a great king, but I do not see him less than remarkable in terms of a chivalrous fighter.

[@tomdawkes1454]

Some Viking warriors got drugged up on hallucinogenic mushrooms before battle, which sent them into a crazed state when attacking. Hence the term Going Beserk

[@whatitdodave]

Thank you.

[@carlmeredith7357]

They also wore animal skin like bears or wolves while they shroomed up while attacking in the berserk state which made the enemies think they were fighting human animal monsters which could explain the whole werewolf myths as well

[@jonathancampbell5231]

"Berserkr"literally means "Bear Skin" because of the animal skin they wore

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

@@carlmeredith7357, while also wearing blue paint no less

[@B.Scruby]

They believed that doing this got them in a state of near invincibility as the fact of being high actually allowed them to ignore pain to a certain degree, and thus could fight longer and shrug out what normally would be debilitating or shocking blows, slashes and stabs. They didn't know it at the time, they just thought it was war magic.

[@violetbluejay]

Some history references you may have missed: -"Whacked by a 10 year old" and the ending line about gangrene is referencing how Richard the Lionheart died from a gangrene-infected wound caused by a 10 year old boy accidentally shooting him in the shoulder/chest with a crossbow. -"Lodbrok" roughly translates to 'shaggy pants' in modern English which is referenced in the Zoinks line -Richards family made up the Plantagenet line, and the last descendent of that line, Richard the Third's spine was out of shape, or twisted, most likely due to scoliosis. -Richard wasn't exactly uh. lacking in the bedroom, but he basically had a child bride (per tradition) and wasn't really interested in her. So he had a number of mistresses, including the one who gave birth to his only (illegitimate) heir -There's a widely accepted theory that Richard likely never learned to speak English despite being the King of England, at least not fluently. His two languages were French and a now-dead dialect known as Occitan. -Ragnar's second verse about "Brother John" is a combination of: a) Richard's actual brother John who basically ran the kingdom while Richard was off on the crusades, and there were a number of conflicts within the family about who should actually rule, and b) The song "Brother John" which refers to Christian monks. Which goes into the line about chunks of monks on Northumberland lawns, referring to a massacre that the Vikings led on a monastery in Northumberland that shocked the rest of Europe as no one had ever brutalized a holy place like that - but the Vikings having their own polytheistic religion saw it as no different than any other place to ransack

[@CommanderTavos99]

Very good comment!

[@shinyshuckle3771]

The kid didn't shoot Richard accidentally, it was to avenge his family, who were killed by Richard.

[@artembentsionov]

Ding dang dong. It’s the English version of a French nursery rhyme called Frère Jacques

[@civilwarguy4740]

Great comment the only inaccuracy is that Occitan still exists

[@danielwoods3896]

Occitan isn't dead yet

[@WeAreLegyn]

I love the deepness of your voice. I would love to hear you read a audiobook.

[@What-lt3lj]

Right?? It's not just deep, it's genuinely calming

[@jeremiahthomas9833]

Bro legit. Lol soothing and shit.

[@AM90715]

Imagine him reading harry potter in that

[@trashman6354]

same bruh we need to get him to read some audio dramas

[@michellamoureuxm]

50 shades audiobook when? I can garuntee you'd make bank.

[@oeraba897]

Huge history nerd here so I shall explain certain parts, Richard Lionheart invaded Sicily on his way to the third crusade due to the new king arresting Richard's sister and refusing her inheritance in 1190. Ivarr the Boneless, we still don't know why he was called it. People debate if it was either a physical disability or something to do with his pp. Richard was one of the last of the Plantagenet line who ruled all of England, Wales and parts of Ireland and more of France than the French. Salad in, is a pun of Saladin who was Richards enemy during the third crusade, which Richard lost. Saladin ruled the Ayyubid sultanate of Egypt. I think the word berserker means bear skin. Richards ransom was so large that England had to pay 3 years of taxes for his release. He was arrested due to his apparent role in Conrad of Monneforat's assassination. Anyway great reaction man! Edit: As the comment below me said, Richard was not the last of his dynasty but instead it was a reference to Richard the 3rd's scoliosis.

[@whatitdodave]

Thank you for your knowledge!

[@majinsole8554]

Love running into people who love learning. Gives me hope for the future. ~_~

[@Bobsyagod]

Richard wasn't one of the last of his line, it went 300 years past him. The line was in reference to the last of the line having scoliosis hence a twisted spine.

[@oeraba897]

@@Bobsyagod Ah, I was just reading up to check if it was true and it was thank you for the knowledge. He was one of the last major kings of the Plantagenet dynasty after him it mainly got worse and worse with a king or two that was truly great.

[@aflatoonling3917]

"Your old lady can't feel the love on any night" is a reference to the song from animated movie The Lion King (Can you feel the love tonight).

[@whatitdodave]

Looks like it was a double entendre then. Another commentor on here also states that bar was in reference to the fact that he was never home to satisfy her due to constant conquest.

[@Bobsyagod]

@@whatitdodave it was also that he had no interest in her physically, he was married off to her when she was 10 and then nearly never saw her again

[@Blazervitch]

@@whatitdodave he had no legitimate children, (with his wife) which is the reference

[@masselfur]

Lothbrok means "Shaggy pants" Berserk means Naked chest As a Dane im surpriced by how many viking references you got. Well done man!

[@hoi-polloi1863]

Hold up ... I thought berserk meant "bear shirt" ....?

[@masselfur]

@@hoi-polloi1863 yea unfortunatly Bear is Bjørn or Björn not Bar. The Word Bar meaning “bare” in English might afd to the confusion. Also they did wear bearskins. So i understand why you would Think so.

[@hoi-polloi1863]

@@masselfur Thanks, I learned something today!

[@daltonhelm1940]

Lodbrok or lothbrok is old Norse for shaggy breeches (pants) so that’s the scooby doo reference, and for the making love to his wife reference is due to the fact that Richard the 1sts wife was picked for him and she was 11. And he took no interest in her.

[@pipes2051]

There is also the fact that Snorri Sturluson, a 13th century historian, interpret the meaning of the word 'berserkr' as 'bare-shirt', as opposed to the more modern accepted interpretation of 'bear-shirt'.

[@davidcwitkin6729]

Richard making reference to all of Ragnar's "Things" is him making reference to the first of the world's Parliaments, which happened in Norway, Denmark and Iceland. The oldest Parliament in the world is called the Althing, and is in Iceland. Ragnar relied on these early councils of Earls/Lords to finance shipbuilding, raiding parties, etc.

[@fierybread3531]

your voice reminds me of when christopher lee reas the tell-tale heart and other edgar allen poe poems

[@MyLordRock]

6:34 The Viking beserkers went into battle totally Naked, the rest would only have light leather, The Vikings prefered Ferocity and speed in a battle

[@MyReligionIs2DoGood]

'Coming through in the end like Sean Connery' is a reference to his appearance as Lionheart at the very end of the movie "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" with Kevin Costner.

[@dansanders9121]

You're right Dave, it IS Lothbrok. The reason why people use a D is because its spelt with an archaic letter, thorn, that looks like this: Þ, þ and is used in Norse languages, and was used in old English, to represent a "th" sound. its why at like renaissance faires andstuff you see alll the "ye olde" shit. That Y is actually supposed to be a thorn.

[@JayemelMusicUniverse16]

This was so savage but hiilarious!! Great find Dave!! Im dying laughing in the middle of a thunderstorm.

[@mannistef]

Well, several historians do think Richard might have been homosexual. It is disputed but he did not father a legitimate heir.

[@Silvercrypto-xk4zy]

legitimate, no, but he did have at least 1 illegitimate son, some i personally believe the homosexuality theories don’t hold water. again just my personal belief, there’s no proof either way

[@UltimateGamerCC]

nah, Richard wasnt gay, he just wasnt a pedophile as his arranged marriage stuck him with a 12 yr old.

[@maxdrags3115]

@@UltimateGamerCC You are dumb kid. He was basically forced to marry her, he is not a pedophile. He had zero interest in her.

[@fernandobanda5734]

@@maxdrags3115 That's EXACTLY what Gaming Paladin said

[@thiagomclima2004]

There is one more interpretation for "leaving in runes (ruins)". Rune came from proto-germanic rūnô, which means "secret" or "mistery". In other words, Richard said he will destroy Ragnar's legacy so hard it would become a mistery, a secret, a lost story through the ages. Thanks for you content.

[@beastslayer9622]

Finally someone who knows the history behind the characters that are rapping instead of repeating the same things they rapped about and saying "THATS LITTTT" "OMGGGGG"...

[@maxdrags3115]

He barely knew anything. There are actual KZbinrs who have reacted and could describe WAY more of what happened.

[@NotPoliticalCorrect]

A Berserker was an elite Viking warrior (They were kinda like shock "troops" running into the enemy formations and killing everything in their path) ... they went "Berserk" in battle and it is written in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles that they sometimes fought butt naked (or clad only in their totem animal skin) only with a weapon (or two) and a shield if only with 1 weapon ;) They where given a totem animal from birth and where brought up as warriors just like the Spartans ... most known types where the wolf & the bear Berserkers ! But there where many other kinds of Berserkers. They would come running at you howling like a wolf or growling like a bear and behave like their totem animals (and where clad in their totem animal skin) .... and they where FEARED by the Anglo Saxon warriors ! :P

[@ms_scribbles]

Richard was heading to the Crusade and just decided to swing by Sicily to conquer it on a side trip. It's a lot more complicated than that, but yeah, that's the basics of it.

[@ms_scribbles]

Nah, Richard was just never home to bang his wife, so he had no trueborn sons to be heirs.

[@ms_scribbles]

The reference to a twisted spine like the end of the Plantagenet line is talking about Richard III who suffered from scoliosis, and was the last Plantagenet king.

[@ms_scribbles]

Yep, Richard's mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, pretty much bankrupted England in order to pay for the ransom to get her son back. On his way home from the Crusade, he was captured by Leopold of Austria and he spent a while as the prisoner of the Holy Roman Emperor until he was ransomed.

[@whatitdodave]

Thank you for your knowledge, and also replying to your own comment versus making a new comment for every thought you had 😀

[@ms_scribbles]

Richard was shot in shoulder-ish area with a crossbow by an enemy cook. He told his men not to punish the guy, but they were too pissed off and flayed him alive anyway. The wound became gangrenous and he died.

[@andersonjoshua18]

I have watched several reactions to this battle and NOBODY has gotten the ding dang dong reference. Am I the only one who remembers the nursery rhyme Frere Jacques?

[@whatitdodave]

I don’t even know who Frere Jacques is 😂

[@andersonjoshua18]

@@whatitdodave The song has a French verse and an English verse. In English it's "Are you sleeping, Brother John. Morning bells are ringing. Ding dang dong."

[@patrioticjustice9040]

Same here. I felt Richard's BARs were coming in stronger than Ragnar's.

[@alaurai1145]

Richard the 1 died from a young boy (around 10yo) shooting him in the shoulder with a crossbow and gangrene from the injury. He was also known for raising taxes to insanely high amount to pay for his crusades. He never sired an heir to the throne with his wife but did have an illegitimate son and there was some speculation that he was homosexual. The plantagenet line is Richards lineage. Richard the 3rd was the last of the line and he had severe scoliosis. (I twist your spine like the end of the plantagenet line) He didnt speak english he spoke french mainly and only spent about a year of his life in England. Richard 1 was also captured and they demanded a stupid high payment to return him. His mother raised taxes and spent over 25% of englands total wealth to pay his ransom. Also, richard on his crusade went to war with the ruler Saladin...and saladin beat him and they eventually had come to an agreement between them (You couldn't even beat a SALAD IN a fight) those are the main points you need to understand most of ragnars bars

[@restionSerpentine]

Saladin fought Richard in the crusades, Viking Berserkers would through off all their clothes and actually fight naked. It was used as a psychological weapon.

[@oawblissed9097]

Going berserk or becoming a Berserker comes from the word that means bear skin. These were usually Warriors Who would wear the skin of a bear and were put into a mental state through music and drugs to where they were Unstoppable force of destruction

[@Katzztar]

About Richard's wife not getting any... think that was referring to the years that he was away = "Following his accession, he spent very little time, perhaps as little as six months, in England. Most of his life as king was spent on Crusade, in captivity, or actively defending his lands in France." Also runes was used for graffiti. XD, at the Hagia Sofia there are two runic inscriptions, believed to been don by members of the Varangian Guard in Constantinople in the Viking Age. Some say that one was "Halfdan" with rest of inscription being unreadable but believed to follow the formula of "carved these runes" and 2nd one is thought to say "Ari made these runes" I jsut remember hearing that runes were the equivalent of modern "Halfdan was here"

[@nancis464]

In the Berserk manga, Guts does infamously go into battle naked but I'm not too sure if that's the reference. 😅

[@MercenaryPen]

I think the reference is to norse berserkers- who were reputed to go into battle naked (though that view is disputed by modern historians)

[@RaptorNX01]

its likely a reference to Beowulf. the story of a norse hero who comes across a village being attacked by a monster and deciding to beat it for them. and supposedly the monster was so strong that no armor would help, so decides to fight it naked.

[@malionshadowweaver4282]

Hey Dave, I LOVE your reactions bro. Super dope. If ever you need help with the historical figures in the ERB I would love to help, history and nerd culture are my mine wheelhouse

[@sirhandsome5107]

Minnesota Viking bar hit hard!!! Between him and Lizzo wrecking the Vikings makes it a little sad for Vikings fans.

[@vodoumyers]

And my Baltimore Ravens is gonna give them fools a massacre to remember on November 7th

[@TheMasonK]

French was the language of the English court at the time of Richard the Lionheart. At this point in history they’re less than 200 years out from the Norman William The Conqueror’s take over of England (1066). Normandy is now today France.

[@M_EMultimedia]

The berserk reference is the Viking warriors would take mushrooms/psychoactives and became animalistic on the battlefield.

[@Syllaren]

Some vikings wore proper armor, however even though it sounds fictional there were whole family lines that charged into battle like madmen. If I remember right they wore wolf/bear skin and that was it. Not even leather. Just hides, and they were unstable as fuck. In fact I think someone lost a battle since they used them on the front line and they ended up charging the wrong way with their indiscriminate killing attacking their own allies. They were genuinely unhinged murder machines apparently. Heard something about them using shrooms but also remember hearing that the type of shrooms they had access to would have killed them so idk on that. However they did have successful family lines of these guys. Which means they fought charging and slashing everywhere, wearing what could barely even be referenced as armor, and enough still survived that they created family lines that inherited the title(means something like wolfskin or something but we generally call them berserkers.) One of those truth is stranger than fiction things. Cuz tbh I thought it was just Hollywood/D&D bullshit when I first heard about berserkers in middle school. Just didn't seem like a likely reality.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

in reference to Richard and his wife: no man... he married a 12 yr old girl, so they never did anything sexual, it was an arranged marriage type of thing. Vikings didnt much in the way of armor because they didnt have the resources to make their own, instead most of it was adopted from civilizations they pillaged from, they was very poor in that sense. yup, Richard The Lionheart was shot in the shoulder by a 10 yr old boy who sought revenge for his family, he didnt die from the wound but he died from the infection, the gangrene that he got and the boy was executed for it, even though Richard said for him to live.

[@artembentsionov]

I believe Vikings did wear armor. In fact, at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson surprised the Viking king Harald Hardrada and attacked him. Many agree that one reason the Vikings lost is because they didn’t have time to put on their armor

One that a lot of people missed, Richard the III was the last Plantaganet king and had a very twisted spine. :D EDIT: Another one is that the only real Vi-King history we know is from Runes. Viking meaning sea king, and the records of the men themselves are literally just the runestones their sons wrote, and the propaganda-laden English Christian reports. That's all we have.

[@anthonycuevas7928]

Ragnar is also loosely translated to shaggy britches if u didnt know

[@SoulKiller7Eternal]

The 'salad in a fight' bar was a miss for Ragnar because Saladin never beat Richard. Saladin could only win when he went after other detachments that wasn't with the main army & locations where Richard WASN'T. Every time the main forces clashed, Richard won. Easily. Saladin could only win by drawing the Crusaders into the desert, stretching supply lines and raiding them and turning the strengths into weaknesses. Richard knew this and easily had it countered. If Saladin wanted to stop him...he had to do it through direct combat and never could. He did make attempts to harrass and hinder the crusaders and force the knights to break rank, which that DID work...Richard countered with a FULL charge, and made it a shock & awe retaliation which caused Saladin to no longer be viewed as an unstoppable juggernaut. (Battle of Arsuf). Richard not only retook Jaffa with a smaller force, but then slaughtered Saladin's army when they tried to counterattack and retake it in a attack at dawn that was suppose to be a surprise attack and they only lost TWO men, with many wounded to over 700 dead of Saladin's army. The end of that battle was led by Richard himself in a mounted charge. Infact, during the retaking of Jaffa, he fought at the forefront of the army, and Saladin's army routed and fled in disorder...not until more then 5 miles inland was Saladin able to reform his army. Saladin was forced after the Battle of Jaffa on 09/02/1192 to finalize a treaty with Richard. Richard was facing internal dissention among leaders of his army, but army to army, Saladin never stood a chance of beating Richard. Because of a failure of a line...Ragnar lost.

[@scottslezak312]

Lodbrok took it with the birthday suite line..?

[@jaydenpirie3945]

7:06 he died from gangrene after being shot with a bow by a kid hints the line threading to conquer Ragnar is bold for a king who got whacked by a ten year old and we was killed by that kid after he got infected from the arrow and the infection was gangrene and he died

[@MrKylljoy]

Richard the Lionheart WAS french that's why. And speaking english was for " peasants " in those times

[@charmeskolen5719]

First comment?😉: Ragnar attacked Richard more. Richard spend lines promoting himself

[@whatitdodave]

In a way that’s more fitting for both of thier personalites and cultures eh? 🤣

[@MrKingpin1205]

This battle reminds me of the Jack the Ripper one where Jack spent more than half the battle talking about himself instead of throwing disses

[@MrKingpin1205]

@Max The Random Lepurchaun That's true but the point of a battle rap is to diss your opponent. Boosting yourself isn't really helping much in this type of battle, especially when your opponent punches you in the mouth with their entire verse.

[@majinsole8554]

I also fight all of my enemies naked. ~_~

[@mcgigglefits9864]

If you knew more about Richard, you'd know why Ragnar won.

[@sirhandsome5107]

I believe it is Lothbrook

[@jourdinkapicka8768]

Do Julius Caesar vs Shaka Zulu please.

[@jjkcharlie]

You got to this quick.

[@whatitdodave]

It’s rare. Usually my kid is up around the time stuff like this is released but he was taking a longer nap so I got the opportunity 😁

[@ludvigduberg7647]

A Little ? ragnar won 100 %

[@blazesnipez9771]

Can you please react to azel demuth (vip)

[@yourlifeisameme636]

Ragnar is the greates

[@kevinn3611]

Ragnar cooked Richard in my opinion.

[@ShallowedGaming]

Meow for algorithm

[@marek011011]

this is one of the very few battles i do not like. just meh

[@silverscreen842]

Eh, after all the Nerdcore I've watched since the last one, these just don't do it for me anymore.

[@whatitdodave]

The content level of Nerdcore content had significantly rose this year. It’s incredible. I don’t blame you haha.

[@silverscreen842]

Just too much self-promoting and references and not enough punches

[@majinsole8554]

Punches were there, they just seem generic if you don’t also know the historical context. Love me some Nerdcore, but these are still just as good to me. ~_~

[@maxdrags3115]

@@silverscreen842 There were plenty of punches if you knew anything.