The History of England: The Viking Invasion

The Viking age in England was a time of active invasions by Scandinavian pirates, in particular, when they reached the shores of the British Isles and began their conquests. The Vikings erased old kingdoms from the map and established their own. What the Vikings did not expect in England was to meet active resistance from the local Anglo-Saxon kings.
The confrontation on the territory of the British Isles lasted for several centuries. Battles continued on land and at sea, in the mountains and near castles. Such names as Ivar the Boneless, Ubba and Halfdan Ragnarsson, Harald Fairhair or Alfred the Great, who opposed them, inspired many stories - for example, the TV series "Vikings" or the video game "Assassin's Creed Valhalla". Watch the new video to learn about the rise and fall of the Viking Age in England.

[@History_Mapped_Out]

Our last few videos have been quite popular, so in this video getting a budget we have improved: - Map (used a more detailed map of the British Isles) - Corrected the locations and shape of the rivers on our main map - Added musical accompaniment to each scene in the script Let us know if you like the improvements, we are trying to make the content better thank you for watching

[@nevanyt]

Also what software do you use?

[@History_Mapped_Out]

@@nevanyt Adobe AE

[@campervancompanions]

Good video but pronunciation of locations could be improved: Reading = Reding, Derby = Darby

[@nevanyt]

@@History_Mapped_Out Also Thanks for the Reply but What software do you use for making your Global map? also how do you get the Annex nations in AE eg: 1:20

[@panatypical]

I can do without the music,

[@Jaydedfaded]

And after 5 long seasons, Uhtred finally got his beloved Bebbanburg back

[@misterlegendary5991]

YES EXACTLY SOMEONE KNOWS

[@Mahkey_Official]

@@misterlegendary5991 Osbert, his name is Osbert.

[@pineapplesderrr]

9:56 uhtred making plays

[@Hoesnatcher]

😂😂😂

[@steveshute8359]

Then he went and died in Season 6, at the against the Scots and co. Netflix made Season 6 as a feature length single episode called Seven Kings Must Die.

[@trewdat43]

Never realized how histocally accurate the last kingdom is. Like i thought it was mainly fiction but its fairly accurate minus a few characters and timings

[@croceyzx2433]

If anything, “Vikings” is the inaccurate one haha. In Last the Last Kingdom, most things about Uhtred* is untrue, but everything about England was! *Uhtred did existed, but not during the times of Alfred and instead years later. However his story is pretty spot on. The author of the books turned out to be related to Uhtred and so wanted to include him and his story in the series.

[@MateoDeLaPeña-e1f]

@@croceyzx2433 genuine question, why vikings is inaccurate? until season 4-5 looks pretty accurate to me

[@ဗီူx]

It wasn’t nothing like the real thing haha

[@blockmasterscott]

14:00 You cant' deny that the Romans left an impression if one of their roads was used as a border.

[@chrisstucker1813]

They left a huge impression which lasts even to this day. Alfred the Great, possibly the greatest leader and man of this period, said: “we may still see their footprints, but we can never hope to follow in them” and called the old Roman ruins “the work of giants”.

[@JC-hp6pk]

I love the visuals on this. Great work!

[@OrchestrationOnline]

The Viking invasion of Wessex and Mercia could not have long been maintained in the long run. They were a powerful army, but they had no longterm strategy of consolidating power over those territories, nor to make a permanent occupation for their landsmen. Alfred knew that they would soon start losing their grip over time, and then the Saxons would have a fighting chance. Still there were some close scrapes. Taking the fight to the Vikings ensured that Alfred would be left standing as the most powerful lord on the island, with a better chance of reorganising and uniting territories after the fighting was done,

[@Lingist081]

*Anglo-Saxons. This happened like 300 years after Ingvaeonic split into Old English, Old Frisian and Old Saxon. The Saxons were and still are on the continent.

[@OrchestrationOnline]

@@Lingist081 Sure if you want to be really really specific about it. You're talking about the whole island, I'm talking about the army of Saxons in Wessex that Alfred knew he could lead. That's all I mean. Yes, I know there were also Angles in Wessex...

[@steveshute8359]

Ultimately the vikings won in 1066 when William of Normandy took the crown. Normandy means land of Norsemen aka Vikings.

[@OrchestrationOnline]

@@steveshute8359 Except that no, the Normans were ceded the region of Normandy in 911 as vassals in order to protect France from Viking attacks. They kept the Vikings at bay. Saying "Normandy means land of Norsemen aka Vikings" would be like saying "New England means new land of the English, therefore it was the English who fought on Britain's side in WWI." The Battle of Hastings occurred 155 years after one faction of Norsemen took over Normandy, mixed in with the local population, married into existing nobility on either side of the Channel, and then played power politics based on those family connections. The invading Normans added thousands of French words to the lexicon - something the Vikings would never have done. Finally, there's a conflation here of "Viking" with "Norsemen." Viking wasn't just an appellation for Northern European raiders - it was also a verb. "Viking" was something you went and did. The common folk of Denmark and Norway were largely NOT Vikings - you needed assets for the training, boat-building, stocking up of stores, and buying/building weapons. Yes, the Norman rulers came from the class who were initially well-off enough to go viking - but that didn't mean every Norman (or even any Norman) by 1055 would have considered themselves "Vikings."

[@Hyperi0nn]

Amazing graphics and narration!!

[@hxon_9570]

You should really get an English narrator for this, they could actually pronounce the place names properly.

[@jayray610]

Is AI bro

[@aikalahamjie7079]

Which part of English? There are many accents

[@Derkaderkavlad]

Yes I agree with that, they need to learn pronunciation of city’s and town before making the video

[@jamespatrinos4708]

Reading is pronounced Red-ing, regardless of where you are from in the UK.

[@monicacall7532]

My English ancestors come from Yorkshire and Suffolk (East Anglia). In doing family history we recently discovered that in both areas our ancestors were originally from Denmark where my dad’s side of the family is from. So, except for a German grandfather and his ancestors the rest of my ancestors have Scandinavian roots. This video explained how this came to be. Thanks.

[@TankManHeavy]

I'm a native East Anglian from Suffolk too, we have lots of great Viking burial sites here including royalty & some cool museums filled with Viking gold & valuables, East Anglia is a historical gold mine when it comes to this period.

[@traver1965]

This is one of the best videos I have seen about England and Vikings. Why this video does not have a part 2 including Canute is beyound me

[@Roshini-q5d]

Can you make a video about War of the Spanish succession?❤❤❤❤

[@alphahallows4033]

Really nice map, fits well with the historical style

[@misterlegendary5991]

I know you watched the last kingdom. I miss aethelflead😢

[@CH-vv2hr]

That guy Alfred has a flawless battle record... He must of been a military genius

[@farright118]

Graphics look really good

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For this! Love your content ❤❤❤❤

[@bigjimmyenglish]

I hit the like button, great documentary… although you mis-pronounced some names. Love from York (Jorvik) ❤

[@PapaSmurfzzHD]

Hi bro, really enjoying the video, just commenting as I'm from modern day Reading and it's pronounced red-ing, not sure if U are using old pronunciation or its a mistake but other than that, thanks for a very interesting and educational video!

[@micxed786]

The inheritance of Edward I to his 2 sons is pretty inaccurate, he didn’t give away Mercia and Wessex to the two separate sons they both just proclaimed different Kings upon Edward the Elder’s death.

[@hallstewart]

Before they were drained, the Somerset levels were low lying swamps, flooded at high tide, the drain of several rivers: the Axe, Parret, Brue. A good place for Alfred to hide out and regroup.

[@ThomasWhiteX]

Great video! I would Love to know how you made this.

[@DANTAS-p8l]

Thank you! Very good video

[@Gaystella100]

Edward I was born in 1239, roughy 400 years after this video's events. Numerals naming the monarch only came in to effect after the Norman invasion of 1066. There were King Edwards before Edward I, however they were anglo-saxon kings who didn't put numerals after the name, hence why Edward I wasn't the first King Edward of England.

[@timothytruter]

There needs to be a part 3, excited to know what happens next. 😊

[@ypj5866]

Better look for king Arthur full movie 2004 much Clear

[@timothytruter]

@@ypj5866 Thanks, appreciate it.

[@KaueMelo]

Uthred, son of Uthred! 😎

[@ingogotico1398]

Is best documentary of time

[@timetraveler2518]

Where is the video for the aftermath of Viking age and William the Conqueror?

[@humblelad]

Good stuff. I would recommend you get second opinions on pronunciations though.

[@SARodriguez-kw7wl]

❤LOVE YOUR CHANNEL BTW🙏

[@santiagochavez5800]

Small correction 😅 Alfred’s son was known as Edward the Elder not Edward I, they didn’t start using numbers until after William the Conqueror

[@timosmes]

Note: England was only founded in 927

[@K.Industries1]

I like your vdeo theme music please do one on irelaud and Scotland (the kingdoms of the isles and dublin) o by the way it is spelled eoforwic

[@aldworth33]

Good video but one main mispronunciation was Reading, it's pronounced Reding just a heads up 👍

[@adhirajgole]

We need reparations

[@olebaek9592]

Lol

[@pbryan1967]

“Ransom” is paid for hostages. I think you mean “tribute”.

[@bensyson3438]

Love everything bar the any attempt to learn the pronunciation of pretty much everything 😂 good job either way!

[@epep1292]

Nice job

[@MrAschiff]

The Danish invasion of England is the most overlooked of all the invasions. There are a lot of Danish words in the English language of course not as much as German and French.

[@krzysiekw4267]

So who is english man?? Danish, german, norse, or french norse, happy to be the Pole, we had invaders, but they come and go

[@jonathanpritchard8604]

Blood eagle? Probably a later mediaeval gory misreading... Thomas Williams excellent Viking Britain takes the Blood Eagle myth apart very convincingly - King Aele is recorded as dying on the battlefield. The skaldic verse describing this is very laconic , and Williams suggests it is more likely to refer to his dead body left on the battlefield, for eagles to feast on. Its only later writers who come up the the grisly idea of the vicious Vikings' Blood eagle...

[@charlespirate1]

Is he trying to say Mercia?

[@JaysonJalaron]

Where is uthred?

[@natheriver8910]

Very fascinant 👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cjchill933]

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[@SARodriguez-kw7wl]

Thanks. We need move educational channel like yours. To understand different cultures and societies around the world. And forget about Wars and killing each other. ❤

[@BMorgZin4K]

Who's coming from the Viking Series!!

[@mdshaler]

It should be labeled Edward the Elder not Edward I

[@cketts8128]

Chippenham isn’t a city by the way….it’s a small town on the River Avon (quite a way from The Thames).

[@nomooon]

10:33 I am beginning to think all these pin point accurate storms are conjured by some warlocks...

[@SirZanZa]

Reading pronounced Red-ing lol

[@pedrohernandez4887]

It’s AI voice so it said it how it’s spelled

[@Adzo_78]

@@pedrohernandez4887it’s not, people from other countries don’t always know how to pronounce cities from other countries

[@mueezadam8438]

If I could learn more about one lost period in time it would be post-Rome Britain or pre-Rome Scandinavia. Mainly for the same reason, their satellite cultures tended to be syncretic and I wish to know what they were like before contact with any culture known to ‘the eyes of the world’

[@ashergee6717]

Mercia now add a A in front of it what you get probably has no constellation but just popped into mind

[@___MilkMan___]

Great video except for how you pronounced EVERYTHING wrong 😂

[@deninurdiansyah6477]

So basicly Westeros map from GOT is England 🗿

[@jonathanpritchard8604]

Yes! But it blends the War of the Roses with a mnythic interpretation of Hadrian's Wall...

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

King Bagsack? 🤣🤣

[@jamesschaller753]

King Ballsack

[@Arcadiez]

This is how UK got people who didn't look like some crazy swamp monsters

[@Cba409]

Reeding, lol. Redding.

[@Flandery-f1h]

21:40 cold moment

[@magnuslaurasen2751]

Do I sense a Canute part 2?

[@mrmek430able]

Read the book ancient and modern britons by David Mac Ritchie it talks about this

[@veteranclips007]

They need to make a full movie on Britains history it might be 500 hours long 😅

[@pbryan1967]

“Reading” rhymes with bedding, not bleeding. 😂

[@jayray610]

You left out Uhtred my man

[@pbryan1967]

And what’s the deal with Cornwall? No mention at all.

[@bilimsanatduzen2074]

supper video

[@lenrichardson7349]

Reading is pronounced Reding!

[@MC-wn9to]

And will I receive my reparations as a direct debit or cheque?

[@OpinionatedViking]

Cool

[@AntoJones]

Whos here after playing Crusader kings 3?

[@edcristianhanopol6141]

Damn i need to sleep I thought this was CK3

[@flakka1685]

Man, Saxons were so damn lucky

[@GoBirds802]

All thanks to Uhtred Ragnarson. Destiny is all.

[@Waterford1992]

Reading - Red-ing

[@timetraveler9218]

Why does this whole video feel like ai

[@RockApe_]

“Reading” 😂

[@alanbruce1061]

I know all this because of Assassins Creed Valhalla

[@OrchestrationOnline]

Middlesex could be Upper Middlesex if they could just pay off their student loans.

[@willremy5142]

Jorvik pronounced like Yor-vik, which is why it is today York!

[@K.Industries1]

Olaf guthfrithson father was not the last viking king of york it was olaf cuaran and erik bloodaxe because after ethelstan died Olaf guthfrithson came back and took york and after he died his cousin Olaf cuaran became king

[@on1117]

The narrators irritating voice makes this unwatchable

[@ajtaffy]

You should have taken the time to learn how to pronounce names and locations properly...

[@JohnDoe-lx3dt]

Just an FYI but reading is pronounced Redding

[@citrus_bat]

Why was it called England and not Saxon land if Wessex and Mercian kings were Saxons not Angles?

[@mithras5768]

You need to watch his previous video.

[@brandonslade2134]

Can you cite your source for King ella being executed by the blood eagle? As there are no historical or archeological accounts of such a practice.

[@jukestv8500]

The Last Kingdom 🎉

[@MancMilitia]

Reeeee reparations, reparations NOWWWWW!

[@DiegoSouto-fy9su]

Invasion, ransom, invasion, ransom, invasion, ransom, invasion, ransom, vacation, invasion, reverse uno cards: marshes and Uhtred, son of Uhtred.

[@alekbeloff]

Reading should be read with ae, not with e sound

[@craigpaterson6871]

RED-ING not Read-ing

[@wfr1108]

AI voicing, awful mispronunciation, gosh what type of video even is this? God weeps

[@fearless3405]

destiny is all ... uhtred son of uhtred of bebbanburg

[@kennethadler7380]

Ragnar Lodbrok was Norwegian not Danish

[@Greatiger030]

Nope, he was a Danish king.

[@zaidatimash713]

No, he was indeed a Dane. The show Vikings isn’t historically accurate

[@GalaxyA14-n6i]

He is Danish

[@Rab_-cg9hd]

Yup, Norwegian.

[@jamesgully0077]

Is there really a difference?

[@tonythirlway]

it is pronounced as your vik not jorvic

[@nodwaa9227]

its happening again. just not with vikings

[@ericrussell6065]

I'm not liking these AI photos,

[@luis_lamf]

so basically vikings created England by uniting them

[@jasonoreilly2795]

pronounced REDing, as in the colour Red. Reading, lmfao

[@johnymey4034]

Funny to have a history educational channel, yet mispronounce EVERYTHING

[@toonarmy8524]

Do you see us crying and asking the Scandinavian countries for reparations, or even the Italians for what the romans did :).

[@AthelstansSuccessor]

England didn't even exist during roman rule in Britain

[@jaspal201]

So there really is no true english ethnic group

[@MIRAAJMUHAMMAD_666]

Cool