The Brutal Reality of Viking Raids

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Viking berserkers rush into a town and villagers scatter. Many are cut down with axes, spears, and arrows. From Lindisfarne to Seville, these lightning raids are unpredictable, brutal, and strategically aimed at vulnerable targets. For many coastal regions, Vikings raids bring an inevitable massacre. Today, we look at how best to survive a Viking raid.
Whether fighting for mere earthly plunder or glory in Valhalla, the #Vikings were situated in a Scandinavian society that offered unique conditions and motivations for raiding. We use as a case study the Viking attack on Moorish Spain and Portugal as an illustration of the drivers and vulnerabilities of Viking raiders. We lastly ask what happened to the Vikings? Were they mere assassins? Did the fearsome Norse raiders disappear in one final, Ragnarok-esque battle? And yes, we produced this history documentary in anticipation of the release of Assassin's Creed Valhalla!
An enormous thank you to all of our wonderful Patreon supporters, especially
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SOURCES
Brink, Stefan, and Neil Price, editors. The Viking World. Routledge, 2008.
Lawler, Andrew. “Kinder, Gentler Vikings? Not According to Their Slaves.” National Geographic, 28 Dec. 2015, www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/12/151228-vikings-slaves-thralls-norse-scandinavia-archaeology/.
Ogg, Frederic Austin. A Source Book of Mediæval History: Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasion to the Renaissance. American Book Company, 1907.
Stefansson, Jon. “The Vikings in Spain from Arabic (Moorish) and Spanish Sources.” Saga Book of the Viking Club for Northern Research, vol. 6, 1909, pp. 31-46.
Winroth, Anders. The Conversion of Scandinavia: Vikings, Merchants, and Missionaries in the Remaking of Northern Europe. Yale University Press, 2012.
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[@HistoryDose]

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[@Nefylym]

... to be one of the Vikings, of course!

[@HistoryDose]

Just watch out for that Greek fire!

[@abercul7698]

I'm a woman and I would probably fall into lust when I first saw them. Cause they were not like the other men.

[@hellotheregeneralkenobi365]

Run away as fast as I could.

[@goldnutter412]

exceptional work this is why we evolve, this is why we dont live forever.. we make constant, if sometimes very tricky and large scale life changing choices

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

When a viking wants to attack you, you point to the sky and say "Is that one of Odin's ravens ?". When he looks up, you kick him in the gonads.

[@zeeonnn]

Bite his chin

[@samsum3738]

Does it work ?

[@adamhonestyanddecency5054]

That’s how I usually do it.

[@teemuvesala9575]

@@-RAYZ- real vikings had barely any female warriors with them in raids. Viking series was 90% fiction in every way.

[@bigchief70]

Such is the wisdom of Alfred the Great

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Exactly.

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Maybe it'll pick up next week :)

[@luringen947]

@@HistoryDose you do not know what you are talking about! the reason why the vikings raided monasteries and Christians was to stop Christianity! not for wealth! Charlemagne executed thousands of heathen! who refused to bow to Christianity! Oh, you can imagine what the Nordic people thought about it. Heathen wrote little to nothing about his story. but the Christians wrote it all down. and thus there are some dishonest stories that come up! Christianity is full of propaganda. anyway foolish to think that the viking time started due to silver! the nordic people had already traded with england and the rest of europe and large parts of the meeting for hundreds of years before the so-called viking era!

[@CMTechnica]

@@luringen947 someone really really failed history. The Danes and the "vikings" left their homeland in search of land capable of growing crops. Silver? Sure, that too. Glory in battle to earn a place in Valhalla. Scandinavia was simply too small for all the clans that existed, let alone ripe for growing food and livestock. It's all mountains and rocks, hardly add any place to grow food

[@luringen947]

@@CMTechnica that is what is taught to us. but that does not necessarily make it true. you have to wait a few years and we'll see. this is a new theory that is much more logical. that they eventually began hunting for wealth is not unlikely. but it all started with a war of religion. the vikings showed gone what was in england. it was no coincidence that they found the monastery. they knew exactly where it was. but anyway, the church still has too much influence for it to emerge yet. I am not a Gentile and I do not mind the church. but something is not right. I do not bother to write the whole story. so you have to read about it yourself, if you are intrigued

[@luringen947]

@@CMTechnica here you have a video that tells about a theory Se «The Reasons For The Viking Age» på KZbin kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaK3dGmHep58ndU

[@HirachieOfSociety]

I think it's crazy to think that a few men said fuck farming and decided to set sail to lands that MAY or may not exist... Imagine the balls you'd have to have to basically abandon that to go to far away lands that you've only heard rumors about and PRAY to Odin that you'd make it.

[@chaosdweller]

Right?!

[@ogrbell8297]

Desperation and ambition are powerful indeed

[@theballadofkobirae7431]

Raiding culture came more from necessities. Imagine being a 3 son with no inheritance and no title. You probably too poor to get a woman your life will be that of a slave toiling in another's field. War and raiding is the only way you could get your own wealth.

[@eyenamaste1910]

Most refugees did that for breakfast 😁

[@ericlarochelle650]

Jackson Crawford explains in a video that it was a bit of a misconception that the Norse didn't know about the rest of Europe before the Viking Age. Especially Denmark which is part of the mainland section. Despite what the show Vikings depicted, the Vikings knew where England, France, and Germany and Russia were. That is not to say that they didn't take massive gambles with exploring the middle east, Iceland, Greenland, and America though.

[@conmara6492]

The hype is immense

[@scrunchgumpkins623]

Hype for what?

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@@scrunchgumpkins623 I posted this prior to the premier of this video

[@dpeasehead]

I enjoyed seeing the Viking menace with a different set of eyes outside of the usual and familiar christian and northern European locations. The long reach of the Vikings at their peak (all the way down to and around the Mediterranean is amazing and frightening at the same time. The ability of their long ships to handle the open ocean as well as shallow inland waters made them far more mobile and far faster than most of their land bound opponents.

[@greenwave819]

It was frightening for everyone friend. Even other Vikings. They raided everyone. and so did many many other peoples. Living on the coast, die by the coast.

[@SamTheManWhoCanTwice]

Vikings were pretty much the ISIS of thier time, look at what they both did, raided towns, took sex slaves, butchered civilians, i always wonder if in 1000 year we were look at ISIS types the same as we look at Vikings today.

[@magnipettersson4432]

@@SamTheManWhoCanTwice nah bro isis are terrorists and vikingr were travellers. trader. and even raiders. no real objective to spread neither ideology nor faith just wanted honor and great tales to be spoken about them after they reach valhalla. its also a religion most likely created from fierce competitions and fears of getting raided yourself so the religion told them to fight. women. children and men would have to fight to death or become slaves or just executed with no honor. norse society was actually really philosophical they just didnt write stuff down but from mythology and characters in their beliefs id say they were very smart thinkers and workmen and honed skills to the outmost potential. they even created their own version of democracy still in use in modern day scandinavia called altinget/folketinget " a voting ceremony in wich every persons vote is equal to the matter" its just more commonly credited to the greeks. also specific places for feuds need solving like a big rune stone in a forest clearing where everyday people went to settle disputes over a standing talk with no weapons. there were vikingr raiders who took out on journeys under no king to bring their own fortune back home wich is different from the the actual kings armies. theres also the jomsvikingr of jomsborg who were self established like other vikingr but were so organised and skilled and well equipped that the local jarl had no say in what they did and did not dare put taxes on them. these jomsvikingr were also hired by the danish king for warfare like alot of other vikingr warriors did. but remember a vikingr is a term for adventurers and warriors of the sea and not just pirates. the hatred towards heathens were common long before and continued into the viking age. its just plain good old racism in other words

[@SamTheManWhoCanTwice]

@@magnipettersson4432 Isis would say the same about Islam. If your village was raised and they were raping your women and taking them as sex slaves then a Viking raid would look very much like an Isis raid.

[@magnipettersson4432]

@@SamTheManWhoCanTwice well you clearly dont understand what i meant. isis is an ideology and therefore is classified as terrorism with ideological goals. they try to terrorise them. norse raiders werent raiding or killing more than other europeans, they simply were hated for the fact they didnt fight for christ. you can turn it around and say that the christian europe were more like isis than the native heathens when "converting" scandinavia. or the fact that the danelaw was broken by anglo-saxons killing the danes on a lørdag AKA saturday. the bathing day. when the danes had taken a break from farming and fishing they went to the rivers to wash themselves and the english took advantage of the fact that the men were easy prey and went and killed as many danes as possible. they werent seen as humans by the english kings and were looked down on as they simply were different. now the anglo saxons dont even originate in the british isles wich just supports my saying that the true terrorisers werent small groups of warriors from the north but the impending doom of christianity killing and hating everything that isnt christians and ended up torturing and killing thousands of norwegians in the name of conversion and blackmailed the danes and swedes for rights to travel and trade. essentially saying " if you dont do your killings and raidings in the name of the church then you shall have your economy starved and your people weak untill we finish you off" fuck off with that isis shit. isis my ass. i thought it was pretty clear christianity kills of cultures and people more than even isis could fully achieve. so no. norse culture was beautifull to the very last drop. the fact most people still think of them as somehow more brutal than the rest of europe is crazy to me. christian scandinavia did more discrimination than pagan scandinavia ever did. its just easier to blame the pagans back then and now. our nordic excellence were just feared because we were able to do so much damage with so little men. remember these are just big row boats they arrived in. and they would row away again if the negotiations were succesfull. isis doesnt care about that and neither did christians. christians just simply hated anything different. not every individual christian but the church itself supported propaganda written about how dirty and disgusting my people were despite us being cleaner and having more equal rights than anywhere else in europe at the time. christians. history is written by the victors and not the ones that lose. especially not when said lost culture and religion didnt passed things down orally

[@emperorxin7117]

Land full of people Vikings: it's free real estate

[@mikegrossberg8624]

They forgot to mention that the main base for the Viking slave trade was Duhb-Lyn("black pool/hole), which was founded by Vikings, and is now known as Dublin, Ireland

[@stupidchukhna3111]

yes, many cities in ireland also, dyflínn=dublin, limerick=hlymrek, Waterford=Veisafjord, Ulster=strangfjord

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[@kabir2077]

@@TheStraightestWhitest He sounds like he would be a sick dancer

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@kabir2077 Well it's actually not clear why he was called that. But he definitely wasn't a cripple as portrayed in modern media.

[@kabir2077]

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[@Kstanimal]

@@russtee9352 holy smokes calm down. I'm Danish too. Wtf is your goal here lmao. Just appreciate the video

[@paulroese1376]

odd thing about Vikings is they never had to deal with counter attacks from the countries they attacked and invaded. it wasn't until 1940 when a European nation attacked and crushed the Viking homelands. it is also ironic after attacking countries at will for centuries the Vikings missed out on the Age of Discovery and watched their former victims like France, England and Russia become major powers. meanwhile Scandinavia became an insignificant backwater.

[@Originalchili]

Yea I think Scandinavia at the time wasn't worth invasions from France or anywhere else, otherwise there would have been, back then land was power, and those cold lands weren't very desired.

[@sack8439]

Problem with Norway is it could've been a powerful empire, same as Denmark and Sweden could've. We were just stopped by unluck, small population size and lesser technology after the 11th century. Black Plague killed off half of my country's population which drove Denmark and Sweden to take advantage of it.

[@InterpolBulliedMe]

At least our gods do something

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[@idealicfool]

@@sack8439 the last time Sweden was a great power, they could have had so much more, but the king in the great Northern war just couldn't let go of his shit with Russia. They had made so many gains, and could have made so many more if they had stepped in as mediator in the war of Spanish succession.

[@antonioussykas4140]

"Vikings who take tribute will always come back for more" The Byzantines "Come take all you want. It's a drop in the bucket. Heck why not stay and we'll show you riches beyond your imagination" And thus the Varangian Guard was born.

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recognized the voice chant in the very beginning, must've listened to that song a hundred times.

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@@mrkiky what song is that? Also do you know what song is at 51 seconds.

[@mrkiky]

@@dab4539 Framganga to both questions.

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[@ledfloyd9035]

I love the anglo saxon, viking conflicts. So many heros showed themselves, it's amazing what war can bring out in men, both the good and the bad.

[@skyereave9454]

In war, you see the greatest extremes. Acts of cruelty and sacrifice, good and evil. It's something that amazed me for my whole life. In the worst and most brutal moments, you see the best and worst.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

KING ALFRED THE GREAT: "I have come here to bake cakes and kick Viking arse. And I've just burnt the cakes . . . ."

[@TimSlee1]

And the Vikings were certainly not heroes but rather parasites.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

@@TimSlee1 [ MIDWESTERN PEARL-CLUTCHING INTENSIFIES ] 😉

[@charlesnostrant4010]

Who wrote the script for this episode has the mastery of creating a vivid image. I could see the raids in full action by their choice of words and the art presented is immaculate

[@aveng3r89]

Vikings - "so you're telling me they just have big unguarded buildings full of valuables and precious metals?"

[@hohooooooooify]

Every dumbass faced by Vikings-Well yes should they be guarded?

[@VosperCDN]

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[@vivekshah7769]

Wait what is the opening song?

[@VosperCDN]

@@vivekshah7769 Danheim, in the "Show More" link, has a 24/7 livestream of Norse music. Danheim also has released the full albums on his channel, look for Hringras (2020) for one example that plays early in this video.

[@vivekshah7769]

@@VosperCDN oh yes I saw that link. Song that was playing which caught my ear was Skovblot. Thanks, friend!

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Certainly well worth the wait! I look forward to seeing more content in future

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Beauteous artwork.

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

I live in the oldest town in Ireland. Vikings settled my town 1000 years ago. The Vikings history is amazing.

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Leeds fan in Australia here 👍🏻. Was in Ireland January 2020, stunning country.

[@omairshafiq1998]

Another thing common in Mongol, Hun and Viking history is that the time of flourishing of such people lies during times of severe division of strong central power. Like at the collapse of the Roman empire for the Huns. Of the Abbasid caliphate and Chinese empire for the Mongols and a divided europe after Charlemagne for the Vikings

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Throw a bit of bubonic plague in there

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Then also the muslim conquest of persia and other.

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[@omairshafiq1998]

@@grimseeder929 never said anything about strength

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So well done. Never seen a clip summarize this so well. Thank you!

[@yuppy1967]

This makes me always wonder, how the Vikings were able to evolve their style of ship building, warfare and what triggered their hunger for world wide conquests. I know the simple answer, but there had to have been more to this. These were nothing but poor sod farmers and fishermen, and they evolved overnight into fearsome warriors without equal.

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Hunger &scarcity is the world's greatest motivator

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

Maybe after drifting around the ocean lost they were pissed and decided to invade to improve their attitudes . 😂😂

[@sack8439]

From the stories of old ancestors, they did raids before 796 Raid of Lindisfarne. They just attacked smaller locations and they got the experience, training from birth and harsh environments with the will of the mythology backed them and they just wanted to have glory infront of the gods so they could get passage to Valhalla.

[@LeeRaldar]

Poor farming land with limited growing time due to long Northern winters plus a growing population contributed.

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Sea fortifications and a fleet. How much of that ended up influencing Portugal's way of conducting warfare. Portugal was strongly influenced by Andalus Moors and the Crusades. And if it wasn't for the defragmentation of Andalusia into Taifa Kingdoms, not even with the help of the crusaders and the monastic orders, would Portugal have reached it's current mainland territory.

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Yup. But the vikings wanted to die by the sword in order to enter valhal. Dying old in your bed was seen as the worst way to go

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I visited the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul and on a banister of the upper story, there is a preserved elder Futhark runic carving of the Varangian guard (Vikings). It was astonishing to see, and I recommend all with the ability to go there do so and see the sights.

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Those weren't raiders though, those were body guards or King's guards.

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[@Armuman]

I think one part you missed about the viking raids alongside Bjorn Ironside in 858 was a mass destruction on the viking side. Sources suggest that the Emir of Cordoba did indeed defeat the vikings at sea. Out of the 30 vessels of viking fleets that that journeyed through the Mediterranean, looting various cities, only 3 vessels returned their coast in the North. The more you know :)

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God's will.

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Everything is God's will in a way, because He allows or makes certain things to happen. And He does it because He knows what He wants accomplished, and it is because of peoples' actions, and even inactions. God's desire is that all would be saved, but most are not. It's a personal choice. The ones who pray to and obey God in their personal lives are the ones who benefit from God's will personally, which most importantly, means making heaven their home. God takes care of Christians' needs. Every true Christian is thankful to God. No exceptions. Yet not all who are thankful to God are true Christians. Check yourselves.

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[@originaljokester7679]

Love these videos, after watching vikings and shows associated i cant get enough of this history

[@loods2215]

The music and the animations in these is of crazy high quality

[@HistoryDose]

Much appreciated! A ton of work goes into these so it's great to hear

[@loods2215]

@@HistoryDose honestly with this much quality I really don't get why you don't have millions of subs The algorithm needs fixing asap

[@HistoryDose]

Haha thanks, feel free to share around!

[@loods2215]

@@HistoryDose i haven't been subbed for long, but i have shared around p much every single video that I've watched from this channel so far 😉👌

[@appleenjoyer8551]

@@HistoryDose please what were the exact songs used in this video I loved it but these artists posted too many songs

[@wirelessbluestone5983]

Can’t wait for this

[@aaronwalker4017]

Brilliant video Capturing history well

[@bennyfromfalloutnewvegas7985]

Wow, I sure did learn a lot today, great work on this video.

[@mubarizunmedia6897]

I think one of the reasons why the Emirate of Cordba was able to easily defend against the Vikings after the first raid, was because their domain was more centralized compared to other Western European realms, they also had higher military tech, thanks to the adoption of Greek Fire. There were also religious volunteer warriors who guarded the coastal forts which gave birth to the "Ribat" mentality, where religious volunteers established brotherhoods, centered around forts along the frontiers, where they would focus on religious matters and military defense of what they deemed as "Dar al-Islam" or abode of peace, which arguably had an impact on the Catholic military orders that would be established hundreds of years later.

[@jaif7327]

holy shit that last part i didnt know that

[@wms72]

The caliphs never had Greek fire

[@roguepolybius9405]

In Old Norse, there are two words, both nouns: a víkingr is a person, while víking is an activity. So calling them scandinavians would be more historically accurate. Nice seeing some of old English history going out to more people though, gives a better idea of what we went through before the empire was even a twinkle in someone's eye.

[@kraanz]

I've given up on that battle, mate. Most of the world thinks "viking" is a nationality. Fine. I don't care any more. You guys want to stay ignorant? Fine by me. You know what I mean? =]

[@user-uk2pf9tm5v]

I feel your pain 🇧🇻🇧🇻

[@melvinmoses1739]

The content put out by this channel is too good

[@ladyhonor822]

Thank you ❤

[@dwh5512]

Years ago a history college produced a magazine with modern headlines about historical events. One was how the priests / monks greated the Vikings, welcomed them and then said they'd have to pay a dock tax to tie up their long boats. Well as they say "the rest is history".

[@geraldfriend256]

Love it

[@tndrunning3328]

Prior to the 2012 London Olympics, new roads were being constructed at Ridgeway Hill in southern England in preparation for the games. I live not far away from the site. The workers discovered human remains when digging. The area was excavated and they discovered over 50 bodies, all young men that had been decapitated and thrown into a large pit, the heads in one pile and the bodies in another. Analysis of the bones found they were of Scandinavian origin and from the late 900’s, a time when Viking raids were frequent. It’s believed they were a Viking raiding party that had been caught and executed. Three heads were missing indicating they had been taken and possibly displayed on spikes. One of the men had his teeth filed down to sharp points like a cat, perhaps to look more menacing. Crazy to think what used to go on hundreds of years ago right where we live now

[@kaiserb8348]

Your channel is about to explode, and it will be very well deserved. Awesome content!

[@HistoryDose]

Thanks so much Kaiser. We are ultimately at the hands of the almighty algorithm god. But fingers crossed one day it will happen.

[@jaredgagan3446]

This feels like it should be on the history channel, the quality is that good

[@loslingos1232]

Always love learning about my ancestors even if I already knew most of the stuff in the video!

[@colinp2238]

Whenever I heard the account of the Lindisfarne raid I often wondered was it exaggated because of the dragons, but thinking about it maybe that was how they viewed the prows of the Viking ships?

[@corymoon2439]

The dragon prow was definitely viewed as terrifying, including by Vikings themselves. Iceland had a law that states any ship approaching land must temporarily remove the dragons head to avoid scaring the landvaettir, which are the land spirits.

[@colinp2238]

@@corymoon2439 Yes I know but I was reflecting on the report of Lidisfarne, I doubt that they removed the dragon prow in case they upset the monks, maybe that would happen today with all the PC crap we have.

[@-RunninNGunnin-]

What is interesting is that a thing/animal called dragon was known all over the world, like in China and other parts of Asia, Northern and Central Europe etc. It's so weird different people from different sides of the world knew the same kind of flying, fire breathing reptile during the time they probably didn't know anything about each others. Makes you wanna think dragons really existed at some point 😀

[@abaddon1371]

@@-RunninNGunnin- Uhmm, flying fire-breathing dragons not so much lol. The word Dragon wasn't even known in old norse and the prows depicts the Jörmungandr / Midgårdsormen (The Midgard Worm/Serpent) Worm or Serpent would be more accurate in the case of their prows.

[@Vuldemurt]

@@abaddon1371 there certainly was dragons in Norse mythology. Nidhogg and Fáfnir for example.

[@mysteriousboy3531]

Man i just subscribed Incredible work 👍🏻

[@veracious99]

Masterful...just wish they were longer. Look forward to more.

[@ZiraRisasi]

Im gonna need my Winchester

[@brianwillerton8659]

The Hell's Angels of the Dark Ages

[@chaosdweller]

Good observation

[@marieagheorghe8081]

Just a bunch of barbarians⚔️😛🥵😡 No coments

[@J-and-B]

Just found this channel. Glad I did. This is what high quality looks and sounds like. This time, KZbin brought me here. Pretty dope.

[@Gurt_The_Hurt]

The artwork and music is utterly amazing!

[@najmgamer4172]

So basically, the Vikings got rekt and got turned into cheese makers

[@mohamedlaarabi7148]

looks like khabib was wining long before khabib wins

[@henkgerritsen1444]

says the muslim...where is your empire?

[@najmgamer4172]

@@henkgerritsen1444 my empire is fucking up Nordic countries. So seethe and cope 😂😂😂

[@henkgerritsen1444]

@@najmgamer4172 haha in your alternative universe? last time I checked, syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and the entire Levant are hopeless hellholes

[@dayday6829]

@@henkgerritsen1444 they passin by a rough time but they will be back inshallah but you you hot demolished and when back to your farms you cheese makers 😂😂😂

[@schuylerleithulfr788]

History Dose, I'd love it if you touched on the ancient Gaelic warriors like the Gallowglass or King Brian Boru. My ancestors were forced off their island of Gigha in the Hebrides and forced to become mercenaries called Gallowglass. Gallowglass were kindof like ronin. They traveled as lauded, mercenary warriors who had Nordic / Gaelic blood. They came from the islands of Scotland to Ulster Ireland to fight in wars for gold. Like their Viking ancestors, money talked. In fact, the word 'Gallowglass' means 'Foreign Gael' in the Gaelic language. That's because all Scotts on the islands west of Scotland had Norse blood. Many vikings intermingled with the native Gaels of those islands. After awhile, my ancestor settled down from fighting. And around this time, the Irish weren't happy with their Scottish cousins living on their lands in the north. He and his family made the hard decision of moving to the colony of the US in South Carolina. I returned back to Europe. There's a lot of history to my family and our great culture. What say you?

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Na gallogllaigh..You're a Norse Gael I'm wondering. And an interesting story on your family history

[@jaif7327]

well now youve got your i=wish

[@Ormonard]

You videos starting showing on my recommended and I'm so glad for it.

[@countdread6467]

Love your informative videos so much. Can you do more on Samurai? Thanks for all you do. 👊 bump

[@omairshafiq1998]

The problem with Vikings, Mongols, Huns or any sort of Pagen warrior based cultural religion is that its forces its followers to go forth but once they settle. The charm of the religion loses its tint and the next generations change identities to the local deep monotheistic religion. So which happened with all of them. Take a look into history

[@Mikehowarth1988]

It’s a lot easier to follow the example of Jesus than Odin and Thor. Well travelled people generally learn that other humans aren’t the enemy just because of geographic location. It’s just an evolutionary by product of survival.

[@snappygaming5594]

1066, Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada (King of Norway) is defeated by Harold Godwinson (King of England at the time)

[@cptjohnbhewler1529]

1066 at the Battle of Hastings, When a French speaking Duke of Viking decent called William the Bastard defeated King Harold Godwinson of England. William the Bastard was refashioned as William the Conquer, King of England.

[@Buildbeautiful]

@@cptjohnbhewler1529 king harold after the victory at stamford bridge marched his tired men to hastings and almost defeated a fresh norman army

[@RandomGuy-uj4hn]

And the (comical, but this actually happened) turning point for Harald's army is when some English/Norman soldier poking a raging berserker's scrotum with his spear at Stamford bridge...

[@snappygaming5594]

@@RandomGuy-uj4hn it's true

[@lilsammijack6534]

This channel has great videos and is mad underated.

[@brutongaster859]

Another captivating video!