So there's been some conversations here about my use of the term 'Viking' and who it refers to. I think it's important to start off by saying that these videos aren't made for university-level history buffs or the like. They're designed for people trying to learn about historical periods they know little about or are revising for exams (A-Levels, GCSEs etc.). Since I base my videos (where applicable) on British teaching standards I think it's important to note that that the use of the term 'Viking' and 'Scandinavian' are allowed to be used interchangeably at this level. At the level of a Bachelor or Masters degree, absolutely not. That level of historical nuance isn't required here. Yes, the technicalities of historical analysis demand that certain terms be used only under specific circumstances. But not here. These videos aren't for in-depth historical analysis nor do they claim to be a definitive history of the Viking Age. The people commenting that 'Viking' was not used accurately are largely correct. However, in the context of who this video is for, it matters more that other information is included and those watching not be bogged down by technicalities. These videos are here to build a foundation from which people can research further. There are other channels if you'd like in-depth and dry discussions of terminology. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the video.
@Dave_Sisson5 жыл бұрын
I suspect one of the other reasons he made this video was so he could use the term "Gormless Denmark" and get away with it. 6:01
@dimitrov83065 жыл бұрын
You just had to take the accident about the nordwegian ship that crashed on a shore and sunk... didnt u..
@251TheMechanizedSingfantry5 жыл бұрын
The pitching of these videos is perfect for someone like me, which is why this is the only history channel I subscribe to
@michaelharrington84015 жыл бұрын
I think your videos accomplish exactly what they seek to -- helping people "learn about historical periods they know little about". I have used a number of them as jumping-off points for more in-depth research and I appreciate them very much. Good job!
@CounterToast5 жыл бұрын
could you do a video about either witchcraft or the scientific revolution pls?
@andysorensen17375 жыл бұрын
“Gorn, being old, died....” Hard hitting historical analysis. Love the channel!
@nebojsakmezic97635 жыл бұрын
Köld. I died there
@superbird43515 жыл бұрын
Gorm
@Bardockfan1505 жыл бұрын
@@nebojsakmezic9763 So did Gorm.
@MirzaAhmed895 жыл бұрын
"The now Gormless Denmark..."
@luxushauseragency5 жыл бұрын
Speaks too fast. No need for that. What's the rush?
@rajikage30984 жыл бұрын
"Some Vikings complained the Baptism they were just given wasn't as nice as the last one" LMAO
@chalphon49074 жыл бұрын
That is pretty much still our nordic attitude towards Christianity...
@ohsweatbret3 жыл бұрын
That made me literally lol, such a mercenary attitude
@z_ed3 жыл бұрын
*one
@shindari3 жыл бұрын
Christianity would have baptized far more converts, in history, if they simply allowed nude, beautiful women to do it, instead of fully-frocked, ugly old-dudes, who spoke a language (latin) hardly anybody understood. Nobody would have ever complained about the baptisms, either.
@chrisdominguez50973 жыл бұрын
@@shindari I would complain if they dont go touching my nethers during the procedure. Lmao
@rafaelcanovas39215 жыл бұрын
Oh boy I sure love being a Monk in Lindosfarne at 793
@FlymanMS5 жыл бұрын
Monk: Ah, what a beautiful rich monastery we got! Nothing could go wrong. Danes: Hey there
@edwardcollier72185 жыл бұрын
Me, a viking: That's some nice treasure you got there. It be a shame if someone, stole it.
@t3hmaniac5 жыл бұрын
*thud*
@graysonguinn19435 жыл бұрын
Vikings : hello there Monks : thane bloodtooth you are a barbaric one
@AndyRKuyt5 жыл бұрын
"REVEREND, THERE'S LONGSHIPS APPROACHING, WE NEED TO RU- OH FUCK HE'S GOT AIRPODS ON HE CAN'T HEAR US"
@viktoraggerholm51024 жыл бұрын
"Was ruled by a man called Gorm the Old. Gorm being old, died in 958" had me laughing
@masterspark98802 жыл бұрын
“This went pretty well… for his enemies because Hardrada got himself killed”
@yourbrainonegg1592 жыл бұрын
Gorma 958
@andregeorges8649 Жыл бұрын
How about "Greycloak did basically nothing except dying in 970" 😂
@KonradvonHotzendorf11 ай бұрын
😂
@RJStockton4 жыл бұрын
When you go in one succession from a king called "Bloodaxe" to one called "The Good," you're either getting better or totally screwed.
@tastes-like-straberries Жыл бұрын
I just love these names so much. Living in those periods would have been hell but now reading about them makes me laugh
@RJStockton Жыл бұрын
@@tastes-like-straberries I left this comment three years ago. Never checked back in on it. Just now I glance over to it from my YT history, and the one and only comment is yours, from one hour ago today. I'm freaking out now.😳😳😳😳😳😳
@Chadius_Thundercock Жыл бұрын
@@RJStockton Richard are you still live
@RJStockton Жыл бұрын
@@Chadius_Thundercock Much to the chagrin of the Saxons, yes.
@Haakon-z8u5 ай бұрын
Haakon the Good reigned in a period of peace and reformed the realm. It was a Good reign
@Cabelzor5 жыл бұрын
"The now Gormless Denmark". I laughed. A lot.
@jackingtonfoxpickle48615 жыл бұрын
How do we know that's where the original term of 'Gormless' came from? Without Gorm, the Vikings could have been doing some pretty irrational things by their own standards.
@OmmerSyssel4 жыл бұрын
@transylvanian unbelievable which sort of baseless stupidity being shared on the Internet... Ever read a book? Try it, kiddy!
@darthrevan75623 жыл бұрын
Gorm was my ancestor, I should be a king by now.... sigh.
@R2BattleSquadron3 жыл бұрын
I went to the comments and saw this post as soon as he said it...
@shrimpboom83 жыл бұрын
If there's one thing to take away from the viking age it's that everyone had better nicknames.
@lawrencedoliveiro91042 жыл бұрын
“Bloodaxe” is somebody you won’t want to mess with. “Greycloak” ... not so much. “Forkbeard” ... ? Was there really nothing else he was known for?
@christiansebastianlauritse24042 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 It is said that he would seperate his beard in two, so he didn't get food in it when he ate. I don't know if that really is why, but...
@60sspider-man292 жыл бұрын
@@christiansebastianlauritse2404 so menacing.
@manuj28682 жыл бұрын
Wait till you hear that Ragnar Lodbrok’s name meant ‘Leather Pants’
@miked63352 жыл бұрын
I'll pass. Mike the Bald doesn't do it for me.
@emilianz13545 жыл бұрын
"Harold did nothing except died in 970" you made my day
@youraveragepizzaenjoyer45754 жыл бұрын
In Scandinavia we actually say "Harald" and not "Harold"
@seethrough_treeshrew4 жыл бұрын
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 Nobody cares
@youraveragepizzaenjoyer45754 жыл бұрын
@@seethrough_treeshrew Scandinavians do.
@shashasivuyile4 жыл бұрын
This made my day too lol.
@Starman0624 жыл бұрын
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 he may have said it as Harold cause A:he’s English and simply didn’t know. Or B: wanted to separate harold from Harland Hardrada who was pretty famous globally
@bt25555 жыл бұрын
Q: How did the Vikings send secret messages? A: Norse code.
@azelfdaboi52655 жыл бұрын
*insert crickets here*
@flynn6595 жыл бұрын
Heaven is now closed off to you.
@m.a.t.a.s5 жыл бұрын
I thought they used Bluetooth...
@persimmon935 жыл бұрын
Why do you exist?
@oxcart41724 жыл бұрын
Cipher!😁
@Ahura865 жыл бұрын
It is always interesting to see which names get translated, and which just gets anglicized. Harald Bluetooth fx is Harald Blåtand originally, but gets translated, while Harald Hardråde gets changed to Hardrada instead of translated to Harald "Hard ruler"
@devononair5 жыл бұрын
I agree, it's pretty interesting.
@MisterSpinalzo5 жыл бұрын
in German literature his name is frequently translated into "Harald, der harte" (meaning Harald the hard (or tough or stern, depending on context))
@seneca9835 жыл бұрын
"Harald Bluetooth fx is Harald Blåtand originally" Well, it wasn't that "originally" but something like "blatan" or "blátǫnn" according to Wikipedia (though probably should be written with runes and not Latin alphabet).
@emridatla38863 жыл бұрын
I now wish Pfizer had been like the bluetooth thing and named it Hardrade instead of Viagra.
@colossus42193 жыл бұрын
@@seneca983 translated to the latin alphabet with the Danish/Norwegian letters it becomes Blåtand. But with the runic alphabet it looks different
@yacine7784 жыл бұрын
"Gorm the old, being old, died..." 😂😂😂 "This went pretty well...for his enemies" 😂😂😂
@iliatchaplinski5 жыл бұрын
Actually, Iceland was inhabited. Before the vikings settled there, it had Irish monks, called Papar in the Sagas. In addition to the Icelandic sagas, recent archeology confirmed the monks' presence.
@someguy77234 жыл бұрын
yeah but they were just a bunch of dudes chilling there. You need ladies and stuff for it to be really inhabiteded
@wanitooo4 жыл бұрын
@@someguy7723 "chilling" pun intended?
@someguy77234 жыл бұрын
@@wanitooo i choose to lie and say yes
@mokkaveli4 жыл бұрын
Lmfao I had a save on CK3 as Harald Hardrada winning the English throne and Iceland in my game eventually became inherited by descendants of Irishmen. Funny that
@chalphon49074 жыл бұрын
Actually there has been no proof that they were settled there, the main theory is that they were just there for a short while and then left.
@PowerLord835 жыл бұрын
"Your navy is weak! All too easy to raid." -Harald Hardrada
@carstengrooten36863 жыл бұрын
(Denounces you)
@KouNagai3 жыл бұрын
Stupit AI
@evenmattias3 жыл бұрын
No shit im landlocked!
@saerain3 жыл бұрын
< Just piling ships into a small pond to shut up Harald. >
@vorschlaghammer98883 жыл бұрын
I see someone else played that Campaign in Age of Empires II
@matthewmcneany5 жыл бұрын
My favourite bit of Scandinavian history is that in the C12th the Swedes just made up about 15 kings in order to give the kings of the time more legitimacy. They started with Eric the IX (he was actually the first) and Charles/Karl the VII (again actually the first)
@TorIverWilhelmsen4 жыл бұрын
Yes, a priest wanted to trace the Swedish kings back to Jesus. Which is just a little less crazy than the Swedish priest or monk who claimed that the Garden of Eden had been in Sweden.
@matthewmcneany4 жыл бұрын
@@TorIverWilhelmsen I've never come across that one, but they certainly weren't the only ones who claimed something like that though. The English had a 'theory' that Joseph of Arimathea visited England with a teenage Jesus. Japanese, Indian and Russian Christians have claimed similar visitations. To say nothing of the Mormons.
@nafnist3 жыл бұрын
@@TorIverWilhelmsen Id believe that, if it wasn't for knotts 😂
@TorIverWilhelmsen3 жыл бұрын
@@nafnist they are clearly what really drove Adam and Eve out.
@Fuckification3 жыл бұрын
@@NotThatJojjo that would be 17th century Olof Rudbeck.
@RonnieOP2 жыл бұрын
"Great Heathen Army" has to be the most epic name ever for an invading force
@Useralex9953 ай бұрын
😂 agreed
@james_baker5 жыл бұрын
Yet another great video. The amount of information you pack in 9:59 blows my mind. Thank you.
@Matt-en4yg5 жыл бұрын
James Baker you broke the early birds stratagem dammit
@james_baker5 жыл бұрын
My apologies good sir. Think of it as a surprise Viking raid?
@CB04085 жыл бұрын
I love vikings, because they gave us Bluetooth
@NikkiMKarLen5 жыл бұрын
Same.
@Cjnw5 жыл бұрын
And the Aryan race
@histguy1015 жыл бұрын
@Anders ᛖᛚᛁᚨᛋᛖᚾ That's amazing
@lepangolin40804 жыл бұрын
@@Cjnw Aryan come from india.
@blacktemplar94994 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Bluetooth invented by a Dutch guy
@sarcasmal57445 жыл бұрын
Scandinavia 2019: Most developed and one of the happiest places on the planet, with the friendliest and most laid back people you can meet. Scandinavia ~870: Pillaging and raiding coastal villages and monasteries for fun and profit.
@historian2525 жыл бұрын
doubt the first part.
@donquesewilliamswilliams34975 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes I sure do love being raped in Sweden what a friendly country
@ronanconcannon86125 жыл бұрын
@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 The reason the rape rates are high in Sweden is because they expanded the definition of rape. E.g. in the some countries, a person who rapes 5 people is treated as 1 case, whereas in Sweden it is treated as 5 separate cases. Also in many countries there is still a stigma in reporting rape, so many instances of rape go unreported.
@vladescu3g5 жыл бұрын
@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 i'm sure if Trump was swedish he would had 10s of rape convictions.
@kckdude9135 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyslokes2712 Only Trump can grab women by the pussy without their consent, right?
@Christian_TH3 жыл бұрын
Harald Hardrada was such a badass. Spending 15 years as a mercenary, then as a military commander in both Russia and Byzantium, only to then become King in his homeland. I sometimes wonder how history would have looked like if he and his army would not have been surprise-attacked at Stamford bridge. Maybe in an alternate universe he became King of Norway-England. Such a legend!
@cantdebunkthetruth Жыл бұрын
It would have changed the entire landscape of European history to say the least. Centuries of English-French tensions would never have occurred, and who knows what path that could create.
@amun1040 Жыл бұрын
Yea playing chelsea was really hard back then. Jose Mourinho was a beast.
@reidparker184811 ай бұрын
@@cantdebunkthetruth I disagree with that but of pop-history. Would have happened regardless.
@davea995 жыл бұрын
Your intros are always the best "Little bit on fire." xD
@OliveOilFan5 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Bluetooth was named after Harold Bluetooth becuase I believe when Bluetooth was fired made it was originally used to connect all of the internet I think Estonia and the creator named it after Harold Bluetooth cause he brought together all of the danish kingdoms under his control, also the Bluetooth logo is a mixture of Harold Bluetooths initials in runic. Also *HINGA DINGA DURGEN*
@youraveragepizzaenjoyer45754 жыл бұрын
Harald Bluetooth*
@johnsmith3614 жыл бұрын
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 Haraldr Blåtand
@youraveragepizzaenjoyer45754 жыл бұрын
Haraldr blátönn*
@kimh93374 жыл бұрын
And technology was invended in Sweden, Hence the Scandinavian reference :) I should find a mocking commend about them Swedeners, but I'd feel bad about it, now they used a Danish king for the name.
@TorIverWilhelmsen4 жыл бұрын
@@kimh9337 Well, there is always Gustaf Volvo. (I kid!)
@ShasOSwoll4 жыл бұрын
5:31 "Harold died around 09:30" The level of historical detail we are able to glean today astounds me
@aaeve56763 жыл бұрын
Ik right? Someone immedietly looked at their watch when Harold died.
@ethanrepublic5 жыл бұрын
6:47 i like that Bluetooth sign on the carving.
@manheap125 жыл бұрын
Ethan Republic Fun fact. It’s the initials of Harald Bluetooth in the Latin alphabet.
@sciencecompliance2354 жыл бұрын
@@manheap12 Runic* alphabet
@HamzaPKR5 жыл бұрын
You completely forgot the Middle Eastern primary sources on the norse, which are often far more netural and sometimes even positively in favor of the norse as compared to western European primary sources of this time. Arab and Persian traders had extensive trading ties with the Swedish vikings and Ahmed Ibm Fadlan is perhaps the most well known Middle Easterner to have lived amongst the norse (he was portrayed by Antonio Banderas in the 13th warrior).
@johan85035 жыл бұрын
He did not live amongs the norse, but the encountered them when they were there to trade. They were described as "Tall as dade trees, with blonde/red hair and with a perfect body"
@seannieminen13694 жыл бұрын
@@johan8503 is that why immigrants come to Sweden?
@Fantasia-em5rs4 жыл бұрын
@@seannieminen1369 What?
@Ultr4l0f4 жыл бұрын
@@Fantasia-em5rs its a thing online. Mention sweden and someone us bound to bring up immigrants.
@chandy38594 жыл бұрын
@Franz Styles it should be 1 in 4. I wonder why you make that kind of mistake. Bias perhaps? Or you are just stupid? Or something else?
@devononair5 жыл бұрын
I didn't realise William was descended from Rollo. That was pretty interesting.
@ravioli38074 жыл бұрын
Given how long ago he lived, I won't be surprised if everyone in the British Isles is related to him.
@thegearknob71613 жыл бұрын
@@ravioli3807 He is tracable up many family trees, including mine. If you trace birth certificates and the paper trail that is. However due to DNA we know that the official paper trail is wrong in my case, and went wrong as recently as the 1920s due to a bit of deception by my great grandmother. We've worked out what must have happened and corrected it, but it turns out the line linking us to the kings is one of the ones we lost. We would never have known this if it weren't for DNA. My mother had spent almost 40 years researching a line that it turns out we aren't actually decended from (even if officially we are), before discovering this, so it was a major blow to her. Who knows how many other times something like that happened in the near 1000 years between now and the Norman conquest, not just for me, but for everyone. Tracing your family tree back that far is technically possible sometimes, but it's likely to be wrong somewhere so you need to take it with a truckload of salt. On the topic of Vikings, we have noticed a few links with some very Swedish and Icelandic sounding names, but no idea where they fit in. It would have had to be centuries ago, but it seems a bit of a stretch to think it goes back as far as the Viking Age. DNA just threw up more questions than answers...
@Aldoz3 жыл бұрын
A lot of royal families are related to Rollo too
@Hawkwinter013 жыл бұрын
Yeah, go figure. William was fighting his own relatives. The Norse ancestors settling in France (William), going across the channel to fight the Norse ancestors that settled in England. A somewhat repetitive theme over the centuries.
@TheNinetySecond3 жыл бұрын
Scandinavia was considered by some medieval historians to be a "cradle of civilization" due to the hugely successful bronze age here. With a climate similar to current day Mediterranean and ample sea routes, it had a thriving bronze age culture. Around the bronze age collapse, exacerbated by climate change, there was a major exodus from the region. A ton of Germanic peoples are descendants from the region. Then, in the first few centuries after the fall of the (western) Roman Empire, Saxons, Frisians and Jutes - all Germanic groups tied closely with Scandinavia (Jutes being from Jutland, Denmark) - settled the British Isles, edging out or ruling over the native Britons and the semi-native Celtic peoples there. At the same time, central European descendants of the Scandinavian bronze age peoples were overtaking much of the Roman Empire. In all, Scandinavian peoples have had a major cultural and ethnic impact on much of Europe, even before the Viking age.
@permarkusrisman42125 жыл бұрын
The swedish KÖLD
@Eclipse-mf6hc4 жыл бұрын
The Danish KOLD
@lucasbeck13914 жыл бұрын
@@Eclipse-mf6hc i wish it got proper cold here
@alleking54334 жыл бұрын
Kallt som fan
@FuckGoogle24 жыл бұрын
Someone had to teach the english to english.
@gaygekko4 жыл бұрын
I dunno if it's just me, but seeing that "Køld" thing kinda bothered me. I see it all the time, companies, groups, brands, etc. just like to use "ø" or even "ö" simply because it looks cool. Examples include Mønster Energy Drink, RØDE and Twenty Øne Piløts. It actually really bothers me, and I do think it's a mild form of cultural appropriation. It is so incredibly ignorant of them imho.
@AHo-ne2df5 жыл бұрын
How was this not sponsored by Vikings the app?
@HistoryMatters5 жыл бұрын
Don't do sponsorships, for what it's worth.
@Solon15815 жыл бұрын
He has integrity
@totalwartimelapses63595 жыл бұрын
Wait why is it shameful to do sponserships?
@totalwartimelapses63595 жыл бұрын
@Mbathroom1 Ah ok, cause everyone said it is bad but no one said why so I was curious to see what everyone thinks of it
@HistoryMatters5 жыл бұрын
@putrifiedpuppy disemboweledkitty It's not because I think brand sponsorships are inherently bad or anything like that. It's mostly because 99% of them are selling crap. I couldn't reasonably recommend a product I'd personally never use or think was worth anyone else's money.
@alberthuang34765 жыл бұрын
1:36 Nice reference to HNoMS Helge Ingstad (F313) XD (In case you didn't know, Helge Ingstad is a Norwegian frigate that collided with a tanker on November 8, 2018 and sank on November 13, 2018)
@havardnss38954 жыл бұрын
Sad story
@tHeWasTeDYouTh4 жыл бұрын
9:35 “Oh Rollo,” says the old monster, “If you truly knew what the gods had in store for you, you would go down and dance naked on the beach.”
@jessevernonwheeler8873 жыл бұрын
Myyyyyyyy mother told me
@tahabashir37793 жыл бұрын
@@jessevernonwheeler887 someday i would buy....
@konighartzderiv.48985 ай бұрын
I mean he was allowed to be with Morgane Polanski, if thats not a reason to react that way then i dont know what is...
@minecartrider70575 жыл бұрын
"Take that Columbus" Lol you made my day
@timyumichuck92623 жыл бұрын
Europeans were in North America 6500 years before this too. Before the NA indians.
@Grimmbros12143 жыл бұрын
@@timyumichuck9262 source?
@PorookАй бұрын
@@Grimmbros1214the source is crack.
@LongStripeyScarf5 жыл бұрын
I went to Birka, near Stockholm last year. I was told that they find more ancient Persian coins in Scandinavia than in actual Persia itself!
@darnoc74604 жыл бұрын
The swedish vikings were very effective in their rading in the east and west, so it's actually not that surprising that foregin objects are a common thing in sweden.
@omologo954 жыл бұрын
@@darnoc7460 It was mostly garnered through trade, but you're right in that too
@darnoc74604 жыл бұрын
@@omologo95 yeah of course. But since most people refer the vikings as raiders, i thought it would make more sense to describe them as raiders. But yeah trading was also an important source of income. Together with raiding, vikings that returned to sweden came home rich with foreign luxuries
@lmaozedong22594 жыл бұрын
Yes it's true, a consequence of Scandinavia not having a monetary economy at the time otherwise the coins would have been melted down like in the middle east.
@TorIverWilhelmsen4 жыл бұрын
The Scandinavian mercenaries hired by the Byzantines - the Varangian Guard - were well paid, and had first rights to loot when they fought - e.g. against the Persians.
@williamwigefield3 жыл бұрын
Love the oh so subtle sinking of the modern warship when talking about Norway (1:45 ish)
@gulllars46202 жыл бұрын
I know I'm late to the party here, but there is also a thing where the Swedish vikings were the founders of the kingdom of Kievan Rus, that was a historically significant thing in eastern Europe which became a large power of its time and later inspired the founding of Russia.
@robertmoore61494 жыл бұрын
Another fun thing about 1066 and Willy's invasion from "Northman" aka Normandy, (an example of Vikings gone native). The British Isles were basically considered part of the Scandinavian world until that little bastard got lucky with a bow shot. As recorded on a French blanket.
@XXXTENTAClON227 Жыл бұрын
“Quick, we need to record history” The guy using a blanket to keep warm: “Oh no…”
@reidparker184811 ай бұрын
That's quite a "fun" opinion you have there!
@vickilindberg6336 Жыл бұрын
My Swedish grandmother was baptized at her parish church in the early 1880's. The back door of her church was recycled from earlier religious bldg. It had a dragon motif.
@Robert-ho7ys Жыл бұрын
Interesting, thanks! Also mention that the attack on Constantinople & Mediterranean raiding, the Rus of Russia were from Roslagen in Sweden, the Greenland settlement active until the 1400s and how the Vikings discovered and settled the Azores.
@michaelstern52064 жыл бұрын
I love how every time something happens in Iceland and the scene is about to cut a volcano goes off in the background 3:50. Your little details are wonderful!
@lieutenantbears5 жыл бұрын
Got to love the blue tooth logo on the stone at 6:49
@greatgodpan50014 жыл бұрын
TKDMIKEP thats his initials
@TorIverWilhelmsen4 жыл бұрын
Well, the Bluetooth logo is the runic script B.
@chalphon49074 жыл бұрын
Yes, the bluetooth logo is actually the rune from that particular viking king.
@NotASummoner3 жыл бұрын
@@TorIverWilhelmsen No, it's a combination of H and B which was not used before Bluetooth made their logo.
@LloxieFox5 жыл бұрын
It drives me crazy knowing there are such gaps in history in certain areas of the world that we may never have a clear, certain picture of. Still though, this vid is great, as usual!
@fullmetaltheorist2 жыл бұрын
They raided England and Scotland so hard that they ended up in Ireland. Absolute madlads.
@gwho3 жыл бұрын
5:24 LMFAO that's so funny. "i don't take christianity seriously, but i don't like that my baptism wasn't as nice as the other guy's"
@jba84725 жыл бұрын
KNM Helge Ingstad cameo at 1:36 gave me a good chuckle
@StarlitJourneys7 ай бұрын
Every time I watch these Viking videos im taken back to an era of fearless explorers and groundbreaking discoveries. Its not just the battles that is so captivating, but the rich culture and indomitable spirit that defined the Vikings. Who else feels the call of the sea whenever you dive into these stories?
@lucasv.63735 жыл бұрын
I knew almost all of this, but the dry humor and witty way of bringing history is a short video is really brilliant and entertaining!
@edikando15743 жыл бұрын
6:07 didn't know they had Bluetooth back in the day
@Andrewdoesstuff34 Жыл бұрын
Lol
@edwardcollier72185 жыл бұрын
When you're a monk at Lindesfarne in 793 and you see some ships from Scandinavia heading to you.
@Sir_Kotsos5 жыл бұрын
surprised pikachu.png
@edwardcollier72185 жыл бұрын
Κωνσταντινος Σαρδανης nah, it's more of that one black midget guy that looks concerned.
@azelfdaboi52655 жыл бұрын
*chuckles* I'm in danger
@davesy69694 жыл бұрын
"Ooh look- visitors, I'd better put the kettle on."
@PugnaciousProductions3 жыл бұрын
@@edwardcollier7218 you.. you mean the black child?
@neojakemcc3 жыл бұрын
The drawing of Odin with one eye! Subtle, but absolutely brilliant!
@AmateurSurgeonThe3rd5 жыл бұрын
Poor Harald Greycloak! I'm sure he did lots of important things but no one wrote them down
@JackOfAllNerdsShow5 жыл бұрын
Great video! We actually just tackled Viking history last week from a viewer request. Popular culture has definitely skewed the perception of what a Viking is.
@GuyMaleMan2 жыл бұрын
yup theyre the worst
@evaristegalois62825 жыл бұрын
A video about Vikings? *_Thor is typing..._*
@Newbmann5 жыл бұрын
ROMANS TYPING WE BEAT YOU TO AMERICA SUCK IT GERMANIC TRIBES ... EMPIRE.EXE has stopped working
@Elenrai5 жыл бұрын
@@Newbmann Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne! .....actually you are too far away...*raids sweden*
@Cjnw4 жыл бұрын
Normie
@winchesterchua33114 жыл бұрын
Pewds is typing.
@chrisstratfordd5 жыл бұрын
You should do the seven years war next
@trevorm18765 жыл бұрын
Daddy Stalin more like the French and Indian war 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
@superbird43515 жыл бұрын
T M There were multiple theaters of the war. French & Indian is more relevant for the U.S. but not as much for all the European nations involved.
@goofyahhgamer48274 жыл бұрын
good channel, definitely up in the top ranks for history channels, along with oversimplified and extra credits' history vids
@GRBtutorials3 жыл бұрын
6:16 I’m pretty sure the biggest reason he’s famous is that his nickname (Bluetooth) was used as the name for a wireless technology, which is meant to unify devices the same way he unified Denmark.
@ridgeracer7136 Жыл бұрын
R/woosh
@spdutahraptor7773 жыл бұрын
"..and it was ruled by a man named Gorm, the Old. Gorm, being Old, died..." The delivery is a thing of beauty
@Numba0034 жыл бұрын
“This went pretty well...for his enemies” 😂 Nifty video as always guys. Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
@doomie21 Жыл бұрын
"Greycloack did basically nothing except die in 917". 8:44 "this went pretty well...for his enemies since Hardrada got himzelf killed".
@kasper71942 жыл бұрын
1:20 "No one will believe you" 😂
@tophat31572 жыл бұрын
1:03 'And over here, we see the very first empire in existence... it was a work in progress.'
@petartoshkov20764 жыл бұрын
5:07 Never forgetti
@hashbrownz19993 жыл бұрын
I love the humor of this channel. "....which was a little bit on fire." "Which happened soon, when he caught a small case of death."
@Commanter993 жыл бұрын
His tenure was cut short by a minor caste of death
@manitoublack5 жыл бұрын
Need a follow up on the Vikings in SE Europe and Rus. Great video again
@MichaelAndersxq28guy4 жыл бұрын
I do like watching and rewatching your episodes. They're educationally entertaining.
@jakeney71745 жыл бұрын
There was a community of Irish monks on Iceland pre viking habitation
@suddendeath20004 жыл бұрын
There were a good number of people in the Americas before the Vikings landed there also. For some reason, that never counts.
@yibithehispanic4 жыл бұрын
@@suddendeath2000 They weren't the first ones to say "I discovered some new lands" that's pretty important
@Levitiy4 жыл бұрын
@@yibithehispanic Not the first ones to chart it, basically.
@davecullins16064 жыл бұрын
And then there suddenly wasn't
@davecullins16064 жыл бұрын
But then the Viking nation attacked...
@djordan46483 жыл бұрын
I love this channel. The subject matter is great. It’s very informative. But it’s the delivery that makes it so entertaining. Keep doing what you’re doing.
@soyusmaximus71764 жыл бұрын
"And things went pretty well. For his enemies, which is why he died."
@awwcrickets79573 жыл бұрын
The sound of people hitting the ground when dying is just.....*chefs kiss* perfection😂😂😂
@commodusleitdorf27265 жыл бұрын
"Destiny is All"....I see what you did there.
@henrikschmidt39644 жыл бұрын
When finishing one of your videos, I always feel ever-so-slightly smarter. Greatest compliment on your work, guys.
@BloodyRedSquadron5 жыл бұрын
I spy a sneaky sinking norwegian frigate... You cheeky bugger you.
@chakraborty19893 жыл бұрын
1:36 love the Norwegian frigate sinking reference.
@aporlarepublica5 жыл бұрын
1:36 Frigate Helge Ingstad reference. Sad, but true...
@Jamo_78114 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@lucystarlight88872 жыл бұрын
Although the first Viking attack was on Lindisfarne in 793, the first recorded Englishman killed by Vikings was a man named Beaduheard. In 789 three Viking ships rowed up to a port and Beaduheard rode down with some of his men, possibly to demand a fee for docking or just to give them directions. He was immediately stabbed and the Vikings rowed away, making him the first casualty of The Viking Age.
@Ghost-vi8qm5 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact: The Vikings who attacked Lindisfarne, were without shields. Obviously they knew for certain they were not going to meet any armed resistance.
@Home-EdHistory3 жыл бұрын
When Harold Hardrada had king Harold of England informed he was going to conquer England, King Harold said "I will give him six feet of ground, as he's a bit taller then most men." Meaning his grave.
@KnightSlasher5 жыл бұрын
"Where is your beard and where is your axe"
@AgentTasmania5 жыл бұрын
Upon my face and in the shed
@eamonahern74953 жыл бұрын
The city of Waterford in Ireland was also founded by the vikings. Brian Boru lead the Irish in the battle of Clontarf against the Vikings in 1014. He died in this battle but the Irish won out and we learned in history class in Primary school that this is the battle that ended the vikings reign in Ireland.
@skylarius37574 жыл бұрын
nice last kingdom reference there at 4:47
@Justin1337Sane Жыл бұрын
6:50 I think the Jelling Runestone shows Ragnar Lodbrok laying in a snake pit ;)
@Snicklebeck3 жыл бұрын
At 5:58 what is your source for showing the boundaries of the Danish petty kingdoms? I would love to read more about those.
@NotASummoner3 жыл бұрын
I was also wondering about that, it honestly just looks like the administrative boundaries and the easternmost region (Blekinge) was probably ruled by the Geats(Swedish) at that point in time.
@claytoniusdoesthings95984 жыл бұрын
According to the Icelandic Sagas, the Norwegians who lived there would sometimes convene councils together to figure out legal disputes and what not. These councils were, and I'm not joking, called "Things". The most impactful Thing of all time was the one that exiled a certain Erik the Red for 3 years over manslaughter. Instead of going back to Norway, he went west to scout out a land that we now know as Greenland. He also gave it the name Greenland, or Groenland, because it sounded way more appealing than Snaerland (snowland).
@monturollamonturolla3471 Жыл бұрын
after leif Eriksen returned from north america, Thorfinn Karselfni settled northern Newfoundland after 50 or so years, not half a millenia
@etacarinae15514 жыл бұрын
I love how everytime there was a shot of Iceland the volcano in the background would erupt at the last second
@jernstang5 жыл бұрын
I love this channel and was thinking of a possible episode featuring the Kalmarunion perhaps focused on Margareth I of Denmark
@erikblue78424 жыл бұрын
Kalmer Union: 3 guys playing all the time when one got too edgy and left. Then one always commanded the tallest one around until he said hah no
@rustyshacklfort9508 Жыл бұрын
Seeing the maps really helps clear up some of the other “Viking” history content I’ve seen . Thanks
@FlymanMS5 жыл бұрын
I wish you gave Harold Bluetooth a Bluetooth headset.
@xal3xmedia5 жыл бұрын
At least he had a bluetooth runestone 6:48
@Elenrai5 жыл бұрын
@@xal3xmedia Shhh! Dont tell them about the fact we used our rune magic for profit in the telecom industry!
@Omar_ayach5 жыл бұрын
@@xal3xmedia those are his initials ..
@xal3xmedia5 жыл бұрын
@@Omar_ayach *golfclap*
@jorgepeterbarton3 жыл бұрын
And Rollo a pack of chocolate Rolos?
@Leftatalbuquerque3 жыл бұрын
My favourite part of any of your videos is when a character runs through a field of daisies. Brilliant.
@tisFrancesfault5 жыл бұрын
There was actually some monks on Iceland but thought they'd best be off, iirc
@claudiu-mihaipuiu12215 жыл бұрын
They didn't want to live alongside dirty pagans and left the island.
@yibithehispanic4 жыл бұрын
After what they were doing with the monasteries in the British islands it was a wise move to move out
@rockbert64823 жыл бұрын
James Bisonette is an absolute Legend
@frbo90025 жыл бұрын
Love that you wrote "köld" haha :D /from a swedish viewer
@ByzantineCapitalManagement5 жыл бұрын
Your humour is lit 🔥
@hatinassmf2 жыл бұрын
Damn they really made Vinland Saga a real thing
@canoedude1005 жыл бұрын
Great stuff as always
@johnnyso19795 жыл бұрын
They fought each other in the 70's when the Raiders defeated the Vikings.
@GODOFEARTHREALM2 жыл бұрын
Good info, and huge volume of it in 10 minutes. Well done 👍
@philRminiatures5 жыл бұрын
So nicely done, simple and informative story/maps, well done!
@luaniatwork84742 жыл бұрын
I love the writing on this channel. This episode is one of the best.
@ribbonrides8865 жыл бұрын
is it Helge Ingstad sinking @ 01:36?
@seannaesseannaes3 жыл бұрын
Missing the old format, thanks for still making them though
@Hunterrion4 жыл бұрын
I wish you'd mentioned how the rurikid family of Russia was descended from viking raiders