Road to 1066: The Rise and Fall of the North Sea Empire (With VC3 Productions)

1066. Vikings, Normans, Anglo-Saxons. The Battle of Hastings. The climactic events in the 6th year of the 6th decade of the 11th century in England had their origins much earlier in the 1000's, with the likes of the great Viking lords Cnut the Great and Sweyn Forkbeard, as well as those Anglo-Saxons who fought tooth and nail against them like Edmund Ironside and Edward the Confessor.
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[@HistoryTime]

North Sea Empire, Now we're talking! This will complement my own upcoming videos very nicely. Bravo!

[@historywithhilbert146]

Oooo I can't wait to see what you've got coming next!

[@Matt-cz6ti]

4:10 Edmund and Cnut's agreement after the battle of Ashington was that Cnut would rule Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia, while Edmund would rule Wessex. Whichever of them outlived the other would inherit the other portion of the land and become king of a united England

[@AJMerrick]

Great video pal. I sure hope this stays monetised, its going to a good cause, it was awesome collaborating with you!

[@AJMerrick]

Thanks you :)

[@historywithhilbert146]

Thanks man - thank you so much for providing the idea for the video and the script!

[@NewspeakMedia]

For making history not diverse enough and not telling about the genderfluid trans knights of the middle ages, bigot xd

[@NewspeakMedia]

@Jim lastname I needed to Google your Australian slang xd but Im sarcastic mate, I'm glad I'm not one of them xd

[@WretchedRedoran]

By the way he pronounces north sea empire i doubt it

[@AlxzAlec]

As a Dane I am mad that my history teachers never teached me about the north sea empire

[@mijanhoque1740]

To be honest there was no point as it was just short lived

[@johnvonshepard9373]

vinland saga Fan intensifies!

[@europhobicantiwhitism3563]

"Norman" is how you say Norwegian in Norwegian.

[@historywithhilbert146]

The more you know!

[@europhobicantiwhitism3563]

@@historywithhilbert146 "Normen" is plural, "Normandy" is land of Normen.

[@LiftYagami]

A translation would be “North men” or “Northern men”

[@europhobicantiwhitism3563]

@@LiftYagami It's spelled "Nordmann" but pronounced "Norman" with a silent d.

[@squamish4244]

Medieval historians of that era contradict each other on whether the Normans originated in Norway or Denmark. Partly this is because to them, all Vikings were called Northmen, Danes or Norwegians, interchangeably.

[@stelleverde4589]

Good lord one of my favourite topics, so dramatic and impactful! Thanks for the hard work!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

*Execute* *Order* *1066*

[@katrinajarrett6494]

Fuzzy Dunlop it will be done my lord 😂

[@montengro234]

Great video Hilbert can't wait to see more

[@franciscoacevedo3036]

Is the belarussian guy or pinochet?

[@montengro234]

@@franciscoacevedo3036 Pinochet, never like lukichekov

[@PfarrerHerzblut]

Great, thank you!

[@thomassugg3422]

Great video

[@derrick73]

can't wait for this to be demonetized for being "offensive" when your trying to do charity

[@squamish4244]

Why is it offensive? That Anglo-Saxons got conquered by French speakers? Lol

[@kyrgyzjeff4550]

valar The leftists in Europe will accuse this of being bigoted history, and that there should be more knights that have different genders and that of course that the kings, soldiers, people are not diverse enough. That’s the current climate right now buddy. :-/

[@squamish4244]

No, it isn't. The far right is what people should be afraid of. Extreme nationalism, and yes, fascism. That's the current climate right now buddy :-/

[@krishenjalali3266]

@@squamish4244 The Far Left and the Far Right are both growing, and the growth of one encourages the growth of another. One does get ignored by the press more often than the other. Ignoring bad actors on one side because of political bias and ignoring valid concerns of one side drives them to become more extreme and and can encourage others to turn to these extremist movements. Globalist Socialism vs. National Socialism? Neither has any place in modern society.

[@ampersandman757]

@@kyrgyzjeff4550 It's because advertisers are allergic to content of any substance

[@weirdwolly409]

voor volk en vaderland mijn friend

[@historywithhilbert146]

Toon maar beter wat respekt

[@weirdwolly409]

i hou van je content man. blijf filmpjes maken.

[@historywithhilbert146]

Remember to be nice and a little local and national pride is more than fine

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Excellent

[@deleukcat5044]

Do the history of france please

[@SOMSebster]

How have I not seen this until now?

[@mjr_schneider]

Wow you already made it to 100K! Ga zo door!

[@coryandrum]

So this must be the time period history channels Vikings is based in and what Vinland Saga is based on do to the use of exact names, pretty cool to hear the real story.

[@AlyoshaKutlin]

The Vikings show is based on the Tale of Ragnar's sons, which allegedly happened 150 or so years earlier. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale_of_Ragnar%27s_Sons

[@coryandrum]

that does line up because he starts in 970, though maybe they just took the name of the kings sons. Either way it still gives you a good idea of how things where and snake eyes is dead so not really following the tale of the sons.

[@AlyoshaKutlin]

Oh for sure, I just thought the saga may be of interest! The Vikings show definitely doesn't follow the tale 100%

[@furball8889]

Nice Warband reference

[@SamAronow]

Wow, those Bob Hope/Dean Martin movies really got hardcore!

[@pillage_party_and_papacy6689]

Fun Fact: Since Cnut the Great formed an empire and was Christian, the Pope granted him the ability to excommunicate. This means that if the Kings of either Norway or Denmark converted to Catholicism they could excommunicate almost anyone, as only the HRE’s emperor lost the power to excommunicate

[@willek1335]

Feedback: like most of your subscribers, I love history and I follow a lot of hist. channels. I hope you can focus on less known parts of history, instead of the same old rinse and repeat «fall of the empire» and «battle of agincourt». I prefer the alternative or different perspectives. I think you do a good job at that already, and I hope you continue on that path.

[@GeneralBongmeister]

W video W empire W civilisation

[@emilypaxton5601]

I love learning about this stuff. :D My family’s actually descended from Harold II via his son Ulf (later Jordanus) from I believe Edith the fair?? Sources differ on which one, and it’s confusing. XD. His handfasted wife. XD

[@lindafromowitz9071]

Lol. This is 1,000 years ago. Literally everyone in Britain is descended from people of note back then.

[@TheHippoBLT]

6:57 Its harvesting season!

[@hallamhal]

"Knut, mate, you've spilt spaghetti hoops in your beard again..."

[@jonrosell6971]

Some use of maps would make this much easier to follow.

[@kingdougg3126]

The chivalry comments lmaoo

[@joshkorte9020]

King Arthur vs Beowulf

[@samsepicwhirlwind]

Do a video on the history of the Pacific Northwest of the USA

[@Rayman25]

I can't find parts 3&4 :(

[@tedarcher9120]

I see what you did there ;)

[@MrBig913]

part 2 when??

[@ilovecoffee7623]

Do a video on the Bulgarian Empire. We used to be the largest Empire in Europe at one point.

[@sulaymankindi]

Lol

[@jackjft9654]

Lol youse didn’t but nice deludamol buddy.

[@ilovecoffee7623]

@@jackjft9654 What do you know about Bulgarian history? In particular the period between 700 - 1400s? The two major empires at the time were the Bulgarian Empire and the French Empire. Don't talk when you clearly know nothing about European history, in particular Bulgarian history.

[@jackjft9654]

ILoveCoffee so you’re telling me that Bulgaria was the biggest empire from the 700s to the 1400s, stfu fella and don’t make a fool of yourself saying I don’t know European history when In fact I’m European, and Bulgaria hasn’t even been apart off Europe for most of It’s history. Bulgaria wasn’t that important in history sorry it’s just a fact.

[@ilovecoffee7623]

​@@jackjft9654 Did you get your history lessons from 4chan and reddit? lol You clearly know nothing about Bulgarian history, so you why are you acting tough with me? I didn't say Bulgaria had the largest empire during that entire period, you are putting words into my mouth and you seem to have trouble reading properly. I said we had the largest empire AT ONE POINT during that period of time. In particular during the late 900s to early 1000 AD. For several hundred years, Bulgaria DID had THE largest Empire on the entire continent, and we did also had a long golden age from around 900 AD to early 1000 AD during which we not only created the cyrilic alphabet but we also spread it throughout Europe, and we also spread religion and culture. That's why Russia and the entire eastern part of Europe is Christian today! We gave Russia Christianity, culture and language. To say we weren't important in history just shows you know nothing about Bulgarian history. We were THE most important nation at one point in Europe, since Bulgarian King was the Emperor of the east Roman Empire for several decades. Learn some history from history textbooks and stop parroting 4chan and reddit memes. Also, we weren'tpart of Europe for most of our history? What? How does that even make any sense? We are geographically IN Europe, so how we not be part of Europe in any moment of time in our history? If you're referring to the Ottoman occupation, that lasted 400 years, a small part of our 2000+ years of history, and even during that occupation, we were still part of Europe.

[@MismeretMonk]

I am a history fan, but found it very hard to follow what was going on. A few family trees or something could have made this Game of Thrones a bit clearer.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

I am slowly starting to piece together my ancestry, and it seems to be largely from England and N.Germany, as well some Swedish. Its finally become clear to me, that all of my ancestry almost has the same thing in common, the North Sea. So I am here and wondering for any more connection between England and Germany specifically, as these were clearly my ancestors. Thanks!

[@UltimaThulean]

Yep..me too. My results denoted mostly anglosaxon, danish, finnish, baltic..and even a little bit of italian..and further renfinements to my raw data displays langobardic ancestry..thus I think this accounts for the small proportion that was identified. And after further testing still, there isn't an iota of anything romance based whatsoever. Not that I would mind...it's just insane how so many germanic peoples are genetically intertwined throughout the course of history.

[@felixkeenan5176]

Herbert with history

[@saxo9266]

As i dane, i fully support this and approve it the viking verify

[@HarveyGodel]

Was gonna donate but I forgot what it was for

[@RedArmy053]

Can you please make a topic of the language: Lower Saxon. It is called Nedersaksisch in Dutch and plattdüütsch in German. nowadays you can still see the comparisons between English words and "Nedersaksische" words.

[@jacknock3640]

SLOW DOWN! I absolutely love your content but I rather watch 6 good videos then 3 rushed through ones.

[@Jez-zu1ul]

Slight error. It was Kings, Sub Kings who ruled Cities, Earls who ruled Towns and Villages, Peasants who could own land and earn money, Slaves who held the status of their owners… A slave of the King spoke with the kings voice and acted for the king, an attack on the slave of a king was an attack on the king, and Surfs who were Peasants but couldn’t earn money or own land… a Surf could earn shelter and food. A surf is in a worse position than a slave. A good Earl would provide decent shelter to surfs as they were the first to be conscripted and if you fell short on taxes their kids could be sold into slavery. Eboracum was the capital of the Northern Roman Empire as established by Emperor Hadrian, after 306CE it also became the most important christian city in the known world thanks to Emperor Constantine. As a minor point it was the “Norse” Sea Empire as the spelling “North” didn’t exist until the early 14th century and Norse is an English word. Cnut was crowned in York, previously Eboracum the Capital of the Northern Roman Empire as founded by Emperor Hadrian. The original York Minster was vast and would be a wonder of the world if it survived. Hadrian commissioned it as the Foro Eboracum. It became the holiest site in Christianity, Constantine the Great was crowned with the laurels from the colossus of Antinoüs in the building, earning Antinoüs the Christian title Sant Angelou “Sacred Angel”. Credited with giving Constantine the vision to unite the Roman Empire as Christian and build Constantinople. It is also said to have inspired the policy that warriors of god should renounce women and only seek love amongst each other… (checks out 😂) Cnut in the same building surrounded by the same murals about the manifest destiny to unite the world under a single banner from Eboracum (York) had a divine vision sent by god and that created the Norse Sea Empire. We know about it because the Roman Church sent our many letters and ordered its priests to tell the faithful in sermons and anyone in the streets that it was a vision sent by the devil.. Because Rome the seat of the Beast using the language of the Enemy of God was the centre of Christianity.. Wessex was a Bog that flooded at high tide, Winchester was a Leper colony known for the hospital built by Saint Alfred (Alfred the Great), it got so bad that Edward the Confessor built a new capital at Westminster that became the pilgrimage place for people afflicted with Syphilis, in 1070 William left both cities and established a new capital in Windsor that became famous for pilgrims with recurring fevers so in 1072 William quit Windsor and moved his Capital to Rouen in Normandy. The Norman Bishop of York called Wessex “A swamp filled with living corpses, syphilitic lepers and fevers to madden the minds of even the most faithful”, the full quote makes it sound like a zombie apocalypse movie. Edgar II was young and the Witan had remained in York when Harold had rushed back to meet William at Hastings. Edgar Ætheling was elected King of England and Emperor of the Norse Sea Empire on the 28th day of October 1066 in York Minster and crowned with the same golden laurels that crowned Constantine the Great that day “as the sun set” as was tradition since Constantine in 306. The tradition that a King of England take the crown of Wessex was waved because William wanted the Leper Colony. Edgar II reunited the Norse Sea Empire thanks to his being Hungarian. His sister Margaret married Malcolm III of Scotland and became known as Margaret the Great of Scotland and later Saint Margaret of Scotland.. Edgar arranged Matilda their daughter marry Henry the son of William of Wessex making him the legitimate king of Wessex and heir to the Empire. As Emperor of the Northern Roman Empire, Edgar Ætheling worked hard to create an empire of independent nations under a singular neutral authority. The Empire (Freehold) of Independent Nations is now called the Commonwealth of Independent Nations.. It didn’t go away, it evolved.

[@zacheryvorse8130]

This would also include York right, that's one of my mother's parents surnames and I have on my fathers side 2 names of norman ancestry

[@thumper8684]

Why this use of music?

[@drmahlek9321]

The question is; has this stated monetised? Probably not. But we can hope

[@johnkerr2438]

Does the current royal family of Denmark have any ties to the Danes that ruled England?

[@Soonshain]

It actually does. The current danish royal family is from the House of Glücksburg, which is a branch of the Oldenburg Dynasty, which is a branch of the Jelling Dynasty that Cnut and Sven were a part of.

[@alexv3357]

Animated in *1066p*

[@UltimatePowa]

It was considered a pretty horrific thing in Viking culture to just kill women of childbearing age, so even if it wasnt the Kings sister, the King would have likely still acted. Killing his sister made it personal.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

*Straight Outta Gibbon* Also (some art criticism), I thought they would've had christian crowns, that look like the sun and whatever.

[@AsMelhoresSaladas]

The road to 66

[@europeanbourgeois8223]

The single most controversial moment in English history.

[@thumper8684]

The execution of Charles I would have been more controversial in earlier eras. I am glad that republicanism is not such a big deal nowadays.

[@celticm6616]

Still got twats in charge any way, its all about losing there money in Europe,come on brexit.

[@Ivo--]

Wouldn't it be the 7th year in the 7th decade?

[@luciobrazil007]

If only Harald or Harold won

[@europhobicantiwhitism3563]

What do you think would be different?

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Anti Antiwhitism well England wouldn’t hold the Norman lands, so the continental aspect would be different

[@luciobrazil007]

I think the Anglo Saxon language and culture wouldn't have suffered damage. The north of England wouldn't have been razed. The English wouldn't have been dragged into massive wars with France. The Normans and their successors also meant trouble for the Irish and Welsh. And there was the forest laws which eroded a mans ability to live off his land. The Normans are cool , but I don't think their rise to power was a positive thing overall

[@luciobrazil007]

Also, I think they might have been responsible for a certain ethno religious group coming to England and having a role in society,

[@europhobicantiwhitism3563]

@@luciobrazil007 I agree, though I commemorate 1066 as a year of conquest. Harald Hardråde might have failed, but my man Vilhelm finished the job and we Norwegians are consequently the top non native English speakers til this day. Question: do you consider Anglo Normans equally English to the Anglo Saxons?

[@andreascovano7742]

Lombard flag when? 36th attempt, please daddy Hilbert

[@adamorlowski4886]

I enjoy chili

[@huntersmith8586]

AnCap vikings?

[@JohnSmith-rk7zy]

This isn't club penguin.

[@SteaksOnSpear]

Danegeld means Danish Debt, not danish money. Im danish & icelandic.

[@hydrogenone6866]

*RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@elwolf8536]

Hail godwinson.

[@elwolf8536]

Amen

[@POLITICUS-DANICUS]

that damn half Dane traitor who cowardly ambushed the true King at stamford bridge

[@rayke0627]

Does a comment give you money?

[@cheryldragunoff4129]

No i don't think so but more people will see it in KZbin mainscreen

[@ErikBramsen]

The Vikings never killed anyone.

[@Tuning3434]

SPOILER!!!! William Wins!

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Did you know there were vikings in britain, huh huh huh? Did you know that? I didn't know that. Did you know that? Huh huh? Did you know that??? There were vikings in britain, I bet you didn't know that, huh? Vikings in britain, fancy that! Bet you didn't know, bet you didn't know, eh? Ha! Bet you didn't know that, huh? Huhuhuh??? There were vikings in britain, don't you know. Vikings in britain, did you know that, did you know that, did you know that...

[@celticm6616]

Yes tell us your history of it then, huh huh huh?