The Last Viking - The Campaigns of Harald Hardrada [FULL DOCUMENTARY]

Harald Hardrada was one of the most legendary vikings of the age with campaigns fought from Arabia to England! This is the full documentary of his story! Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: try.magellantv.com/invicta. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch "Sigurd Bjornson: Viking Exile" about the daily life of Medieval Scandinavian warriors: www.magellantv.com/series/war...
In this animated history documentary we continue to follow the legendary saga of Harald Hardrada:
Harald Hardrada - Rise of a Viking Legend (1015-1041 AD)
Sets the geopolitical stage for the birth of Harald Sigurdsson. At an early age he rose to take part in these affairs, taking the field in battle to support the claim to the throne of his relative. However defeat would see him exiled. Harald now gathered survivors in Sweden and set off to the east to make a new life for himself. This would involve taking up the role of a mercenary group, first for Jaroslav the Wise of the Kievan Rus and later the Emperors of the Byzantines. In this way he was able to build a foundation of both fame and fortune with which to fuel his triumphant return home.
Harald Hardrada - A Game of Northern Thrones (1041-1061 AD)
Explores the return of Harald Sigurdsson to the land of the Rus where he reclaims his fortune and marries the princess Elizaveta. With gold and girl in hand, he then continues on to Scandinavia to participate in the Northern Game of Thrones. These affair ultimately culminate with his crowning as the King of Norway.
Harald Hardrada - The Battle of Nisa (1062 AD)
With Harald on the Throne of Norway, he now turns an ambitious eye to the thrones of his neighbors with the ultimate goal of reuniting the North Sea Empire. For now much of his attention is focused on Denmark. Annual raids assault its coasts with the campaigns finally culminating in the climactic naval battle of Nisa.
Harald Hardrada - The Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066 AD)
This final chapter explores Harald Hardrada's invasion of England. We follow his preparations, his advance along the coast, and finally his landing. These result in two critical clashes which decide the fate of the campaign, the Battle of Fulford and the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
Sources:
"King Harald’s Saga: Harald Hadradi of Norway" trans. Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson
"Harald Hadrada: The Warriors Way" by John Marsden
"The Heimskringla - King Harald's Saga" by Snorri Sturluson
"The Norwegian Invasion" by DeVries
"Anglo-Saxon Chronicles"
Credits:
Research: Sophia Ware
Writing: Sophia Ware
Narration: Invicta
Artwork: Penta
Editing: Penta
#History
#Vikings
#Documentary

[@marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779]

Harald Hardrada, a true Mount and Blade character.

[@wanalvin3865]

Lmao

[@hashimirasama]

Sturgia Forever!!!!

[@darthvenator2487]

He was nothing compared to Xiang Yu from Western Chu. In the battle of Pengcheng Xiang Yu with only 30,000 men defeated Liu Bang's army of 560,000 men managing to kill 200,000 enemies. I doubt that Harald Hardrada would have lasted 5 seconds against him.

[@marcusviniciusmagalhaesdea3779]

@@darthvenator2487 dude, it's not a competition

[@justinlabrosse8506]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who probably spent hundreds of hours asking the local town leader's what tasks need to be done lmfaooo

[@harmacist6623]

A complete 1 hour 9 minutes and 40 seconds of full saga, *WITHOUT ADDS?!* I'm living my history nerd dream today!

[@seabizkitsngravy]

The ad was at the very beginning of the video lol

[@quickslash6782]

Same

[@floridanews8786]

Same, king William was my great great so on and so forth grandfather. It was super cool to hear him mentioned.

[@pcfekarlos]

This dude was soo bad ass. What a life. They need to make a movie out of this legend story.

[@oceanmasterproductions9939]

There's a tv show

[@pcfekarlos]

@@oceanmasterproductions9939 is there? What's it called?

[@oceanmasterproductions9939]

@@pcfekarlos Vikings valahala lol

[@pcfekarlos]

@@oceanmasterproductions9939 that's pure fantasy lol I meant he needs a proper movie that's accurate for the most part unlike Vikings and Valhalla which have historical figures but is just pure entertainment with a light sprinkling of accuracy 😂 ... btw I do love both shows.

[@MrMasterarms]

As long if they made it historically acurate. I would 100% get addicted to that series.

[@EL-oj6uq]

He was 18 when he went to Byzantium.. Jesus I need to do something with my life

[@AeneasGemini]

In those days accomplishing something was a lot easier. All you needed was bloodlust and a sword, perhaps in some cases it's better to be an underachiever....

[@ThiccboiSalmon]

@@AeneasGemini He was also a minor noblemen with a large number of men pledged to him. I am pretty sure that the Byzantines wouldn't have allowed any old joe with a blunt lumber axe into their imperial guard.

[@2070paradigmshift]

Reclaim Byzantium. That's a good start.

[@IinferusS]

He was a noble

[@quintincastro7430]

Join a mercenary band and see how far you get

[@jarlborg1531]

What an amazing life. His descendants might have even ruled England for a thousand years if he'd delayed his invasion for a month.

[@lawyeroutlaw]

Nah, William The Bastard was always going to win that conquest.

[@omgraggy5358]

@@lawyeroutlaw he was lucky

[@sultanmalik9808]

@@lawyeroutlaw He had spectacular timing.

[@AeneasGemini]

British history would be completely different. Instead of having a Francophile culture for generations we'd be Nordic. No hundred years war, which would change absolutely everything that followed. What's more there'd be a good chance that we'd have had a more Scandanavian flavour to Christianity

[@AeneasGemini]

@@lawyeroutlaw No he wasn't, he was actually the least capable of the three. Harold Godwinson was the best administrator and the best battlefield commander. The only reason he lost was that his army was battle-weary from a forced march and therefore less disciplined. If Harold had had just a few extra days William would've lost handily.

[@curlyfries2956]

Vikings in the Middle East is the most fucking epic sounding thing ever

[@rhysnichols8608]

For even an experienced veteran like Hadrada to feel comfortable in leaving armour and heavy equipment at camp when venturing to Stamford bridge, shows just how rapid Godwinson was at marching north. The lesson is no matter how chill things seem, always be prepared for a serious battle! Haha

[@eDumke87]

"The wishes of the dead matter little to the bold" that's a nice quote

[@ryanmurphy7976]

At site of battle of stamford bridge they found sabers and armour from the east lots of the men that served with harold in varangian guard followd him till the end

[@erikthered7876]

For me the greatest of the Vikings will always be Erik the Red, its rather criminal how underrated and unknown the Vikings of Greenland are, which is a shame as they were the first true overseas colony(outside of Europe and the Mediterranean), going on from 980-1450AD(roughly, its unknown when the colonies truly ceased to exist, let alone where the people went), as well as being the first well recorded Europeans to actually set up shop in the New World(the Celts have a claim to be before them, but their history of such events is nearly nonexistent, being on roughly equal footing with the Carthaginians).

[@feldgeist2637]

you aren't a viking ! not one single church you looted nor have you raided the coastlines of Europe, criminal farmer boy ! but props for expending the norse realm that far to the west ! was almost unheard of before

[@justinlabrosse8506]

Erik the Red is mainly known for establishing the first colony in Greenland though it was already found by that time but never named and never settled because of the environment untill he did, it's also recorded he was banished for murder so nobody followed him untill finding a suitable area for a settlement then he lied about the island naming it Greenland to convince people to settle there lol. May be off about that one but I consider his son the more Interesting character foundling the first colony of Newfoundland!

[@tiekawaterman5547]

I agree both Erik the red and his son

[@kevg1617]

He was a Norseman certainly, but it's somewhat of a misnomer to call him a viking if he never went on a viking

[@tkenny8527]

eh, he was actually well known bud, and not an actual Greenlander. know the history of the person who you disrespect with your screen name

[@AmarothEng]

For many, Harold Hardrada is the one who failed at getting England. After watching this, I'd say he was the one who finally failed at something after failing to fail so many times before.

[@rhysnichols8608]

Yeah, his outstanding career outshines his ultimate loss.

[@nathansullivan4433]

Yeah Harald Hardrada was basically the ultimate Viking badass! Kind of like a real life God of War character which makes him even cooler

[@GM_Steelhaven]

Harald: "Get rich or die trying!" Harold: "Your terms are acceptable." William: "Hold my mead."

[@aarondemiri486]

one of the greatest vikings to ever live

[@michellejosepina807]

this is for sure the best recounting of viking history that i've yet to absorb. from facts gathered to the narration itself it is by far the crowning glory of all the reflections of our distant past. the best for sure. thank you for your time and efforts.

[@Dinosaur761]

Too bad its not historically accurate. See the discussion about the mix up of two different Haralds who lived hundreds of years apart.

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

Just want to point out that Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) and Harald Hardrada (Harald Hardråde) was two DIFFERENT people, who lived in two different times during the viking era, with a gap of atleast 100 years between each other being alive, according to sources.

[@julchien9901]

Can't they be called the same?

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

@@julchien9901 What do you mean? They are two different people... Harald Fairhair and Harald Hardrada are two different individuals.

[@nikhilpendurkar9464]

@@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551 Yeah but 2 different people can have the same name

[@bobmalibaliyahmarley1551]

@@nikhilpendurkar9464 Not in this instance. These names aren't even ''their real names'', Fairhair, or ''Hårfagre'' means something along the lines of, ''beautiful hair/magnificent hair''. And Hardrada, or ''Hardråde?'', basicly translates to something along the lines of ''harsh ruler'', they were nicknames more so than ''birth names'', yes.. They were both named Harald and according to history they are infact RELATED. Harald Fairhair is assumingly the great great (great?) grandfather of Harald Hardrada. They are not the same people and were never in history assumed or considered mixed up with their names. It's just a mistake that this video (and assumingly other people) have made in recent times when presenting their viking content.

[@xxCheeseNinjax]

Harald Hardråde's birthname was Harald Sigurdson, after his father Sigurd Syr. His half brother (same mother) Olav the Holy's birthname was Olav Haraldson, after his father Harald Grenske. Both could trace their fatherline back to Harald Fairhair (Olav being the great-great grandson and Harald being the Great grandson). Thier mother Åsta must have had a keen eye for Yngling men. Olav was the older brother by some 15 years, don't remember exact. And Harald was in fact not named after Fairhair, but rather Olav's father, Harald Grenske. It is also said that the reason for Harlad's safety after Stiklestad being held of such importance was because of him being the last man of the Fairhair ætt (dynasty) capable of reclaiming and holding the throne, (Magnus just being a baby at the time), and that this had been specificly ordered by Olav to his closest Jarls before the battle. I also remember having read somewhere that his mother Åsta, apparently at some point said to him that he should not return home unless he returned as the King of Norway, but cant remember where i read it.

[@HistoryOdyssey]

Harald Hardrada was a true legend. I just started to watch the new Vikings in which he's portraited. Hopefully it's at least somewhat historical, although as cool as the show is, it's not very historically accurate. I also plan to make a documentary on him.

[@UniversumInDir]

Your videos are one of the best ones I've watched, can't wait for your channel to develop and become one of the big ones 😍

[@HistoryOdyssey]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed my videos! More are coming!

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Víkings Valhalla? I heard it's "diverse and inclusive" if you know what I mean.

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@HistoryOdyssey You got me as a new subscriber.

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

That Vikings series is anything but historical.

[@raydogz101]

So much effort and time Invicta and his team puts into these videos. I truly appreciate this! Love watching and learning from your content.

[@MilkshakeEnthusiast1992]

In a few years when medieval history shows can be done the proper way again. A Harald Hardrada series would be epic if done correctly and with a bit of money!

[@MilkshakeEnthusiast1992]

Edward I show could be great. Be cool to see a part of Edwards story that get over shadowed because of his Scottish wars. 2nd Barons War and his Welsh Wars are more intriguing imo

[@robdredd2094]

"gazing with disgust to the cleopatra docu"

[@michaelmancini7048]

Brought tears to my eyes after hearing this saga…. Bravo Invicta bravo

[@psychobear1290]

Thank you so much for such a beautiful piece of work!

[@andtand2558]

Harald Fairhair was born in 850, died in931 or 932 and was the first King of Norway. Harald Harderåde has never been called Fairhair. Harald Fairhair was his grand, grand, something. Sigurdson is the correct last name.

[@jacksonlewis5945]

his great grandfather yeah

[@danielboggan2479]

He was called Fairhair in his lifetime. Hardrada didn’t happen until after he died. It’s a nickname/honorific not a last name. Richards actual name was not LionHeart and Alfred wasn’t actually named The great.

[@andtand2558]

@@danielboggan2479Maybe i am not sure what you meen. Harald Fairhairs name was Harald Halvdanson. Nothing to do with Harderåde, except for the grand, grand, grand part. Harald Halvdanson refused to cut his hair until Norway was one kingdom, there by the name Fairhair.

[@donteros]

He was called Hårfagre which means Fairhair in English because he swore he would never cut his beard and hair until Scandinavia was united under his banner

[@andtand2558]

@@donteros You're right about that, except that it was Norway under a banner, not Scandinavia.

[@devinsword5777]

its amazing how poems writen in old norse flow and rhyme perfectly in modern english, almost as if they where modern english poems, and infact not old norse poems.......

[@daginn896]

They are made to do so. They don't rhyme originally.

[@user-id3ku3ws2l]

In prosody, alliterative verse is a form of verse that uses alliteration as the principal structuring device to unify lines of poetry, as opposed to other devices such as rhyme. The most intensively studied traditions of alliterative verse are those found in the oldest literature of many Germanic languages. Alliterative verse, in various forms, is found widely in the literary traditions of the early Germanic languages. The Old English epic Beowulf, as well as most other Old English poetry, the Old High German Muspilli, the Old Saxon Heliand, and the Old Norse Poetic Edda all use alliterative verse.

[@aksbeixhev]

Norwegian and English language have some striking similarities, more than I initially thought. This video explains: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4u5YnWFmKycjJI

[@pauladee6937]

Thank you. What an awesome story teller you are. I love the fact you read from the Sagas

[@robdee81]

In Yorkshire where i live (which was the heart of Danelaw) many of our places have Scandanavian names. Even our accent is due to the Viking influence.

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

Harald Hardrada has always been my favorite Norse figure in history, up there with Alexander the Great and Memnon of Rhodes for the Classical world. ❤

[@darthvenator2487]

What is him compared to the legendary hero Guan Yu?

[@obiwankenobi2083]

woow...with Alexander the Great!?!? W8 there is still Ceaser, Hannibal, Carl the Great, Gengis Khan... I mean Harald was an intersting person for sure...but nothing compared to this conquerors....he is just a cookie for them...

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

@@obiwankenobi2083 Caesar's Roman, Hannibal was Carthaginian, Chinggis was Mongol. None of those are Norse.

[@obiwankenobi2083]

@@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 and so Alexander the Great and Memmon of Rhodes were not norse.....so what is your point???? Seriously how far s#####y can go is amazing.

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

@@obiwankenobi2083 I think you have a reading comprehension problem, my friend. If you'd taken a minute reading my original comment you wouldn't be so baffled.

[@magnumrepia537]

Brilliant insights & coverage of historical figures n their quest! 💯🤗

[@dragomirdanut2451]

This was epic :D,thank you!!!

[@pauljohnaon4225]

that was a great Video looking forward to the next video Thanks for the info

[@kieronvernon5464]

So sick I am binge watching all you're stuff amazing work mate very well done please keep smashing it as you are big love UK 🇬🇧

[@nflynn]

This is excellent, thanks so much

[@MrKFNeverGiveUp]

Great stuff. Thank you much, Sir.

[@williamwyckoff3963]

thank you for explaining that in full to me ! may God bless you.

[@DarrellWeavercom]

Amazing work! You've outdone yourself with this video. As someone who is proud of both my Celtic & Viking blood, I'd welcome more of this well researched work.

[@outtheboxkenya9227]

This is so epic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌,Harold is a legend and the background music 👌

[@jeffreydhery6824]

That background music is so cool i am searching for it for a while but can not find it 😢

[@cruzaider5339]

What an absolute unit

[@aaronwalker4017]

Done and achieved more in his first 20 years ,than most of us could honestly hope to do in 50 hahaha..what an absolute legend.!!

[@arossp6791]

Not mean more then most of us could ever do..not just in 50 years

[@-RONNIE]

A really good video 👍🏻

[@brendandoyle8147]

Love this thank you so much for all your time and research much respect!

[@capac2]

What an amazing life. Even if not totally factually accurate, these viking sagas tell a great tale of one of the greatest Scandinavians to ever live. Served the Romans, injuring an emperor, king of Norway, sought to take over the north sea empire, and of course invaded England. What an adventure to say the least.

[@oblivionnokk3531]

And married a Rus, even held 2 wives whom he made himself deserved to by his actions. Legendary.

[@historydocumentary]

Brilliant!

[@richardpowell7530]

Well done !!

[@notthefbi7932]

This was a great video series, any thoughts on covering the history of France or Frankia starting at the Battle of Tours 🤔

[@annamosier1950]

wow good work

[@felyp3able]

Would be great videos like that for El Cid, Lionheart or Alexander Nevsky.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice job with the video

[@DanishCamp]

Very well made video

[@shay1507]

thank you

[@bobfathaeker4303]

A strong navy… that’s a beautiful sight.

[@theovlachotheo7814]

He pulled a rowie,so to speak. Ingenious. And cool AF.

[@lewishorswell7329]

If you make more Documentary like this El Cid would be a intersting historicl figuer to cover.

[@philjohnson1744]

Galu sent me. Glad I found the channel. This is good stuff.

[@robinl4975]

It’s so nice to see a video about vikings with this amount of details, admitting what may be just a story and what we know is facts! But most important, Not a single helmet with horns!!! 😄😄😁😁

[@angelevelinovkaloyanov2283]

Where is this soundtrack from??? It's great! I literally got goosebumps during the Constantinople escape section.

[@2b2teternallegend]

Harald Hardrada: Gigachadicus Maximus!

[@acrab7722]

Holy shit I’m glad I found this channel

[@derekmcmillian6557]

Harald Hardrada was a true Warrior indeed

[@The_Honcho]

“King Harald, we literally have no armor and almost no shields. We should just retreat and re equip and regroup! It’s no big deal.” Harald: No ❤️🥲

[@rhysnichols8608]

The ‘victory or Valhalla’ mindset isn’t always the best thing. If Harold swallowed his pride and retreated to his main camp he would’ve had a decent chance at winning the campaign. Either that or retreating was impossible as Godwinson was too close

[@jdgoesham5381]

I can't wait to see this on the new Vikings show(which the first season is quite good btw. though of course they changed some things to make them line up historically). From what I hear the show will end after Stamford Bridge in 1066.

[@kasinokaiser1319]

Awww, I hope they at least show Hastings in an epilogue

[@AnonymoStranger]

Where's the music sourced from? I recognize tracks from M&B Viking Conquest

[@LordWyatt]

Harald Hardrada vs William of Normandy Who would win?

[@rhysnichols8608]

With armour and proper equipment (unlike at Stamford bridge) probably Harold. William had a very hard time against an exhausted English army made mostly of peasants, so I believe Hadrada would be more likely to win! But in a battle anything can happen

[@hdubwillhill5818]

Can you tell us about ancient Portugal history next on your videos

[@maldegaar]

This is why Vikings is a true successor to the Norse sagas. The coffin ruse. Attributed to Ragnar Lothbrok was actually Harald Hadrada. All these stories are probably based on real events but they're put together and attributed to one person. Fictionalised history erasing all the bits and compiling all the amazing stories in one.

[@obiwankenobi2083]

was not Ragnar Lothbrok...but Iron Bjornside and Hasestein in Italy...

[@tax1643]

It seems to be more important to them to spread the word of the great deeds that Norsemen have accomplished rather than to attribute the actions to the right man. Almost like they're creating the story of an incredible hero, the perfect Viking, someone that they can look up to and try and emulate, and that potential enemies would fear. It's possible that the heroes in the sagas and these stories were less important to them than they are to us. After all, heroic storytelling is their way of recording history. Maybe these stories are simply a way to pass down their values to their children, and to reinforce the virtues they thought important.

[@josephphoenix1376]

EXTRAORDINARY....

[@Ep0nz]

Hearing Jarl Haakons story during the fight pisses me off so much more when thinking about Netflix and how they did his character.

[@deamongimli]

I heard Finland instead of Vinland and was very confused for a moment as to how the Norwegians had not yet discovered Finland.

[@la8pv737]

Best video on this man, there is! Great work!

[@kevg1617]

Funny how that berseker's stand on the bridge resembles Zhang Fei's same feat in rotk. Seems like authors around the world enjoy the same types of hyperbole and exaggeration

[@alexanderdejarnette874]

Rotk has that in about every chapter lol

[@user-id3ku3ws2l]

Yeah Zhang Fei so called turned away 1 million enemies on a bridge. Lol That sounds made up but what do I know.

[@ChristianAuditore14]

There is one about Rome too

[@ChristianAuditore14]

It isn't that hard to hold a bridge by yourself if you aren't showered with projectiles

[@richardfaber4089]

I recognize the M&B Viking Conquest music at the start

[@StreetLampStudios]

What is the music you guys used at 8:54 it's really beautiful

[@jimbojangles9056]

Olaf also took refuge with the rusk, the leader new of harold from his brother olaf and the jarl treated him as a friend because of that.

[@sirBrouwer]

interesting If I am correct Lloyd (Lindybeige) has told some of the England campaign stories as well but out of the eyes of the other factions.

[@rasmussten1206]

Swedish folk metal band Hulkoff does a song about him called Hardrádi

[@trukeesey8715]

The nithing killing of Einar and Eindridi was in Harald's nithing blood that he inherited from the nithing forebears Olaf Tratalja and Ingjald Illruler; as well as the Dvergish (same as modern Chinese government) blood from Halfdan the Black. Nithing Songs' Playing List: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKqzgJ-VlKiYjqc

[@annamosier1950]

many battles

[@joker709_7]

I can't wait to see how the showrunners for Vikings Vahllah display Harald's shenanigans in Constantinople.

[@codyoverton447]

Was that an actual poem at 19:05? I would be super surprised that English was already similar enough to rhyme

[@KristinkaAranova]

Can we really trust these sagas 100%

[@Montyweb]

A lot of the details can be questioned but the overall story is likely true. Many scribes (historians) of the time wrote about it.

[@henkhenkste6076]

more than the lies about modern history

[@heidi_bavarian1725]

na because it's mostly vikaboos vergins who think hurting people was good

[@adam9841]

Nah, I'd reckon about 50%, he still undoubtedly made an impact tho

[@ChristianAuditore14]

Can I trust you?

[@NobleKorhedron]

What Sagas next? How about Erik the Red, his son Lief Eriksson, the Jarls of Hlader who fought the Battle of Hurongavargr, or even the Krakamarl, the story of Hrolf Kraki and his legendary court?

[@miseee007]

So the story about the 4th castle seems to have been quite a popular one as the same story (playing dead in a coffin) has been told about Bjorn Ironside and Ragnar Lothbrok about other cities.

[@Robbini0]

Well, someone had to have thought of it first and then maybe inspired someone else. Or they just thought it was a good idea separately. The first one with swallows though, that one I heard of that St Olga of Russia/ Kiev also did, and that would've been only last century to them, so he might've heard about that when he lived with the Rus. Genghis Khan also supposedly did that one.

[@obiwankenobi2083]

the victorius write history...probably were long boring sieges, where the defenders surrended, and so Harald over-spiced the sieges too look cooler. Sadly there were no smartphone at that time to record such things..

[@miseee007]

@@obiwankenobi2083 Oh yeah they were definitely known to over exaggerate about their spoils, the Sagas are testament to that and it makes sense cause most of the sieges were like you said pretty long and boring ending in surrender or the attacker giving up, pitch battles or direct assaults least common because of the casualties on both sides, so most sieges were actually won by trickery, intrigue, bribing locals or spies opening the porticulus or setting fires on their supplies, posoning the food etc.. so I think it is very likely that the original story did ocur sometimes because almost every thing we know about any history is usually written 100-200 years later and after some time people like to reminiscence on the "good old days"

[@jonwingfieldhill6143]

The problem with much of recorded history was written by people who were paid individuals to produce what were then very expensive documents written about or for persons that obviously wanted to put thier own spin on things to justify thier rule,worship thier heroes or denigrate the character of their enemies in a largely illiterate society, history is written by the victors or by those who had the funds for literary works and because we weren't alive to refute facts and a lot of evidence either way was ravaged by time our modern view of history is at best speculation or carefully constructed research and analysis so I am glad this channel puts such disclaimers in its videos,I love your videos.

[@DudeMan2805]

1:02:30 is the same bridge from the Siege of Rome episode lol the water is just a bit higher

[@soroushtorabi98]

Wasn't the story of capturing the last fort the same as the one they showed in the Vikings series about raiding Paris by Ragnar ?

[@navox933]

Vikings compressed 200 years of history into Ragnars life

[@piyushhk.j7506]

@@navox933 Yeah man they completely butchered historical accuracy. But it's still entertaining to watch.

[@trukeesey8715]

Knut's mama was Polish. Either Harald or bro Olaf or both was forebear to the Ducs of Guise. Most of the Scandinavian and Anglo Saxon kings were forebears of the Ducs of Guise, along with Jaroslav. It is the hybrids who always win, according to breeders of fighting chickens. Examples are Knut, Bruce Lee, Jimi Hendrix, William Bastard. However, research into colonial animals, such as bees and meerkats, shows that hybrids flee from the hive when it be threatened, whereas the more closely related members stay and fight.

[@donrog5035]

I really hope Vikings Valhalla will do him justice even if I have massive doubts about that.

[@ArvelCrynyd]

The original Most Interesting Man In The World

[@prashanthbharadwaj5504]

All the stories of how Harald took the 4 fortresses looks like it came from Genghis Khan and Ragnar lodhbrok's story

[@Alex..36]

Sir can you please make a video on Ragnar Lothbrok.......❤❤

[@olavslatta916]

Harald Fairhair and Harald Hardrada are two different persons, living aprox. 100 years appart.

[@crazycasey1ify615]

Truly the last great Viking in history

[@jeffreyblock16]

This could make for a good video game. All the quests done for Yaroslav? Move south and upgrade gear before new quests. Grand theft longboat

[@kn8204]

Harold sigardson and Harold fairhair were 2 different people from a 100 years apart

[@trukeesey8715]

According to dna researching by bbc, plus history of Basques, the forebear of the male line -- of my Norman forebears with William -- was a displaced Basqueman who, with others, had lately been driven out of their lands in Eastern Basqueland.

[@aidanjames9395]

Isn’t the last story about harald taking the fourth castle the same as the story of bjorn ironside raiding the city of Luna

[@ThomasFlemmingNorway]

Great episode! The only thing improvement would be to depict Denmark flat. From 24:00 Denmark is depicted as a country with mountains. Denmark is totally flat.

[@joshgander7240]

Harold Hardrada was not harold fairhair?big mistake?

[@BiakSkull]

Is that a change of thumbnail I see?

[@rolfjohanbye1511]

The map of norway are misleading. Stiklestad is located farther north (outside the map used in this documentary.

[@plurplursen7172]

I am proud to live in a city that repelled his attack. The last city standing in Daneland - Aros

[@parsman9914]

Just finished watching Vikings: Valhalla.

[@candicecausey4960]

I just found out I'm related directly to Harald Hardrada through Olafsdottir of the Isle of Man