The Real Björn Ironside // Vikings in Spain & the Mediterranean

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[@Silva50505]

History Time it would be cool to learn something about the northern crusades. Its hard to find concrete knowledge about the northern crusades.

[@Silva50505]

Or something about the Suebi in north west iberia

[@AEB1066]

I watched this while playing Ragnaar in CK2.

[@thewingedserpent5823]

how long on anverage are you scripts?

[@martinan22]

Björns barrow is just a 40 minute drive from Stockholm center. If you do make the trip, make sure to take the ferry to Adelsö and Hofgården and see the mounds there and see the runestone of King Håkon the red and have pic nic at what remains of the foundations of the palace of Alsnö hus where Swedens first "constitution" was written in 1280. If you like you can also take another ferry to Björkö where the viking city of Birka was located. If you do want to visit the barrow of Björn Ironside you will need a guide thought, it is hard to find and it is not a typical tourist location.

[@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_]

I just might do that. I sincerely appreciate your thoughtful comment.

[@martinan22]

@@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_ The church of Munsö that is located where the highway turns towards the ferry of Adelsö also has a compartment where the arms of a man that made his fortune in the great northern war are on display. Boots, sword, armor etcetera. The church and the nearby farm/manor also have legends attached to it. Also, some scholars speculate that Håkon the Red is the same king as "Blot-Sven", the last heathen king of Sweden that was murdered in 1080.

[@asymptoticsingularity9281]

If I do it will be about booty and plunder!

[@oghuzkhan5117]

Hakan is an türkic name given to kings

[@joonte1010]

@@oghuzkhan5117 Hakan is a swedish word for chin/jaw, derp. Turk N Turanidz wuz ancient SwedeZ.

[@HikmaHistory]

Incredible how much distance the Vikings covered!

[@user-mq5xt5jf4o]

@Derreck Jones Mostly from the Eddas; for instance this from Hávamál: "Cattle die and kinsmen die, thyself too soon must die, but one thing never, I ween, will die; fair fame of one who has earned". Here is as song about death where some parts are from Hávamál, and the text I just wrote, are said in the very end (chose language for translation) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4ioan96ftp0Zq8

[@josephdockemeyer4807]

@Derreck Jones We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow the hammer of the Gods we'll fight our way to new lands to fight the horde and sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming! on we sweep with threshing ore our only goal will be the western shore We come from the land of the ice and snow from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow how soft your fields so green can whisper tales of gore of how we calmed the tides of war we are your overlords so now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins for peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing

[@arcticblue248]

There is a story about a Viking who during the night stole from a farmer, he got away with it and nobody would have known it was him... so he returned killed the farmer and proclaimed what he had done and who he was... because no true Viking was a simple thief... and by killing the farmer atleast he had made a name for himself. Vikings and norse culture was and to an extend still is about honesty and your name...

[@josealzaibar5274]

@New Keys rape, pillaging and senseless destruction = good lives apparently.

[@cjrosso]

@New Keys best comment ever!!! Specially for the 3 big religion

[@frankmueller2781]

In the religion of the Northmen, the only thing of true value in the afterlife is reputation. Bjorn and Hæsten certainly achieved that!

[@aebirkbeck2693]

Live well, fight well, die well, leave a good name behind you have gained immortality !!

[@AFRIKTODAY]

Like the mafia😅

[@mohamedelshazly1514]

I could only imagine what it would be like to be among their ranks. They went to Alexandria Egypt FFS .. what an adventure that would have been, seeing things and people so alien to them must have been mesmerizing!

[@claudeyaz]

@@aebirkbeck2693 surprising when they cared so much about legacy that they didnt adopt written language and records sooner

[@aebirkbeck2693]

@@claudeyaz The whole concept of writing is somewhat an abstract idea where as speech is absolute you need to communicate with other people so you learn language. The legacy is carried on by speech in the form of stories and saga's the thought of not being around to tell of your or a friends deeds never entered their mind until many many years later so nothing was written down............ sad

[@bosse641]

Björn/Bjørn, means Bear. The name is still widely used in Scandinavia.

[@Theodisker]

Also used in Germany as Björn oder Bernhard/Bern

[@rexo10able]

@@Theodisker North Germany, mind you

[@rexo10able]

I forgot to mention Haithabu - the trading post of viking life - nowadays in north germany from where trade went to novgorod and anywhere else

[@MrBEA68]

Like me

[@hurri7720]

To be a bit more precise, it's the same word. Some Brits tend to forget English is a Germanic language like German, Dutch, French, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian,.... we also belong to the same tribe and we all came out of Africa. Nice stuff, I hope there is more to come.

[@quezcatol]

Im swedish and in medieval time it was rumored that Björn Järnsida (ironside) landed in munsö and died there. Today in Munsö there is a broken runestone near a massive chieftain grave there which means they burned A LOT for whoever was buried there someone had been a succesful viking and buried in a boat most likely. Also in nearby area there are places from medieval time named "järnsida" and we dont know why it was- maybe as a sign of proud or places his ancestors owned back i nthe day- so it adds up. Also, Berno who raided Italy means = bear in latin and Björn = bear in Swedish.

[@bjornnylander8754]

King Ragnar Lodbrok gave The house of Munsö to his son Björn Järnsida to rule as king.

[@Uwill49]

I was stationed in Rota from 1986 - 1989 and was able to visit Seville, Cordoba, Granada and Marbella. Love Spain.

[@jaketimble9393]

Ok. This isn't about you . Noone asked you. Shut the fuck up ya shit stain

[@spcm6781]

In the Irish/Gealic language today, a "black man" is "fear gorm" which actual means blue man in a direct translation to English. This must trace its origins to this viking era. Very good production.

[@Hanhanhanhanhanw]

Sean Murtagh that stood out for me also when he said the Vikings called them blue men. Interesting.

[@bogdanbogdanoff5164]

@pokezee king-wolf Ok, and? We're on the internet, tough guy

[@aaexo6468]

@pokezee king-wolf You sounds like the most thin skinned snowflake ever lmao. unsecure much?? Have you ever heard of a white guy being offended by being called caucasian and oyibo, no not me either. Instead of bitching and crying like a little girl why don't accept terms black and negroes, be proud of your colour and race.

[@TheGreatResist]

Is blue man less offensive?

[@shanekonarson]

pokezee king-wolf it is interesting how terms change , my parents are most least racist people I know they’re in their 80s and when I was young they would say negro when referring to black folks, if someone said the N word they would frown and say that is wrong you should never called them that . In some circles now even the Term “ black “ is considered racist . And African is the term considered not racist , until the French football term won and people said Africa won the World Cup ? And that was considered racism. Even though Trevor Noah was the black guy pushing that wheelbarrow? Respect is a good thing for sure . What is the answer

[@Boric78]

Superb this - I first read about this in a book my grandmother had called "Vikings" by Magnus Magnusson which was based on BBC series he did in the 70's (I believe). I remember being fascinated that a Viking got to Spain, sacked a town called Luna thinking it was Rome and took some Africans back to Ireland or Denmark. This really fills in the gaps! And as I live near Seville and have worked in Gibraltar it was amusing for two reasons. Firstly its an understatement to say the current is strong in the straits - I have seen a lot of many thousand ton tankers/container ships being forced/pushed to the side and struggle against its diesel / steam turbine's wishes - so what it would do to little 100 ft boats being rowed by tired raiders would be ridiculous (its also why so little underwater archaeology is done there as a local diver told me often they can't go out due to current and there is virtually no visibility due to the current stirring up the sediment). Secondly the Guadalquivir bends in places dramatically and the land around is very flat - so the perfect place for a river Greek fire / horse army ambush - those Moors were no fools.......

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for the input! Really interesting

[@jaimedegonzaga9722]

The "moors" in Sevilla were visigoths that just changed religion to avoid taxes. The vikings were surprised to see many ""muslims"" fighting against them and that looked like them: blond blue eyed. I have read it in the Spanish chronicles of the time.

[@Boric78]

@@jaimedegonzaga9722 I can certainly accept that. The difficult question is by changing religion - had they become Moors? It was my understanding "Moors" just meant Muslim to Europeans at the time, just like "Saracen" etc. Later on it changed to refer to Muslims from North Africa, often of Berber descent. The issue is if we don't use that do what do we use to what is a "Moor" - DNA, cultural norms or language ? It is a total minefield to answer.

[@jaimedegonzaga9722]

@@Boric78 Yes, we call "moros" to any muslim, no matter where he is from, even Saudi Arabia. Even in Filipinas they call "moros" to the 5% muslims they have there. And most "muslims" in central and south west Spain were natives that changed religion and names to avoid paying taxes and maintain their old privileges (ex-visigothic aristocracy). In Zaragoza for example, the Casio family, that ruled the city since visigothic times, became muslims and changed their names as "Banu-Qasi". "Muslms" from Caceres, Badajoz, Toledo, Sevilla were in fact natives that just converted to islam for the same reason (islam was just created and nobody knew what we now know) and were very hostile to the real muslims of Cordoba and Granada. And in the half north of Spain (despite the maps painting most of the half north as "muslim") there was never a muslim city, establishment or anything else. It just shows the raids to the north and when they conquered a castle or a capital city, the influence area of the castle is painted as "muslim" despite the fact that most people in the influence area were natives and never saw a moor in their life.

[@jaimedegonzaga9722]

@@Boric78 I forgot your precisse question. Yes, those natives converted to islam (for avoiding taxes, etc) were still named "moors" BUT the Christians in the North knew that these "moors" were natives and they were also hostile to the ethnic moors of Cordoba and Granada, so they were "special" moors. In fact, when the King of Leon went down to Toledo or Badajoz, the "muslims" opened the gated ot the cities to wellcome them and did not fight. And those "muslims" changed again back to christians. But, namely, they were called "muslims". They should pay some kind of loyalty to Cordoba, but just to not be attacked. But, reality is that they were as natives as the christians.

[@KowboyUSA]

Judging from the maps, the common belief that most people of the era never travelled more than a couple miles from their homes didn't apply to raiders.

[@baneofbanes]

Raiders weren’t most people.

[@adronlamb9334]

Kowboy USA or common belief about people and history is wrong and what we are taught about the past is mostly false

[@baneofbanes]

Adron Lamb That’s nice and all. So what evidence do you base that off of?

[@davidsmith1371]

@@baneofbanes he has no evidence lol because he is wrong.

[@eoinsweetman9263]

@@davidsmith1371 erm how about the standing stone in Cork Ireland dedicated to Olan the Egyptian written in the ancient language Ogham. Or the millennia old perfectly preserved body of a man who had north African tree sap in his hair. Or the fact that Irish people in general gave North Iberian genetic markers.

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Best channel on KZbin still after all these episodes. Awesome all around.

[@ProvidenceNL]

completely agreed, such awesome in depth videos and superbly narrated.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

[@dilkhozaimarwat3479]

"Less talking, more raiding" mount and blade

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It's "Less talking, more raiding".

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"Pulls out meat scepter"

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Thanks so much my friend!

[@archenema6792]

@@HistoryTime No need to thank me, just calling it like I see it. I would love to see more direct importation of content from VotP, though I understand that might be off-putting to the more casual viewer. Keep up the great work!

[@ss-leifbarsark7767]

Although he forgot or didnt care to mention that Björn Järnsida's/Bjorn Ironside's burial mound is in Sweden..he mentioned all The rumours but "forgot" to mention The FACT that he was buried in modern day Sweden..

[@theviking6052]

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[@philjones5134]

Very informative but the title "The real Bjorn Ironside" seems odd considering he gets mentioned once in the first 25 minutes.

[@c.k.2405]

Most people do not know that the ONLY KINGDOM the Vikings did NOT attack (at least not regularly.. initially there were a few raids) was Byzantine "East Roman" Greeks. They tried a couple raids but were mostly unsuccessful. The Vikings decided it was more beneficial to fight for the Byzantines and formed and alliance with them. They actually fought for and defended Constantinople for hundreds of years ! They were known as the Varangian Guard...they are never talked about in Modern History (at least in the US).

[@dannyjohnson236]

The Rus Vikings did invade the Byzantine Empire, that's why the King wanted them as his personal bodyguards.

[@EmilReiko]

They attacked Constantinople and raided within the roman empire (its the roman empire, not byzantine - they never called themselves the byzantine empire).

[@c.k.2405]

@@dannyjohnson236 Yes the Vikings tried a couple times to raid but realized quickly they could not defeat the Byzantines (East Romans /Greeks ) with the ease they had overcome the Slavs, Saxons, and Anglos. They decided early on "If you cannot beat them ..join them". The Vikings formed an alliance with Constantinople that lasted for hundreds of years all the way up to the Christianization of Russia which became the Contiuation of Byzantium and the 3rd Rome.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

C. K. There was a documentary about them and it showed runic carved into the st Sophia church.

[@EmilReiko]

@@c.k.2405 There would be raids on the late roman provinces throughout the era from Norse raiders, they would also have fought on both sides as mercenaries in many of the conflicts of the late roman empire. Like in the wars against the Bulgars

[@jaredbrooks7219]

This really highlights just how devastating the Vikings were and how important their longships were to their success.

[@BritishFreedom]

We only know about the Vikings because people lived in the places they raided and conquered. The Umayid Dynasty virtually ethnically cleansed the locals in the Iberian peninsula.

[@li6706]

This is so badass, this may as well be called art. Thank you for this gift.

[@Relax-ge2uf]

Great story/saga thank you for sharing loved the music in the background as well

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What a very interesting and very well-presented episode.. Thank you!

[@theone4179]

your commentary is very much like old school history vids.. the vids that made me love stuff like this.. love youre topics.. great job!

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This period of history is my favorite of all. I am writing a book/ D&D campaign setting and it revolves a lot around exploring the world and watching kingdoms and dynasty’s be born. “It is important to reflect upon human history to reach true creative potential.” Author Unknown.

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I love vikings and the work you do is incredible, please please keep it up bro

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Quite the incredible saga ! Really REALLY enjoyed , and fascinated by this one. Thanks 😁 HISTORY TIME !👍

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This is a very well made video. Thanks for making it I subbed because it was too good to miss what you'll likely produce in the future

[@kevinjhonson5925]

My mother told me Someday I would buy Galley with good oars Sail to distant shores Stand up high in the prow Noble barque I steer Steady course for the haven Hew many foe-men, hew many foe-men

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I love this.

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Absolutely brilliantly made!!

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Is the music starting at 1:04 from the game called Sunless Sea? I swear to god it is! (been binge listening to your videos for the past 5 hours while translating and heard the same tune over and over) .. Anyway your content is amazing and very relaxing - the narration is amazing ... your voice is soothing and the variety of well picked tunes help make the atmosphere very realistic. I felt as if I were inside the actual situations you were describing. I rarely comment on youtube videos, but your amazing content left me no choice! Well done friend, you are doing an astonishing job, keep it up!

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Thanks for watching! appreciate it. Greetings from the Five Boroughs

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On spotify?

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Great video ! Keep putting more similar content ! Medieval Italian knights video in the future ?

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Thanks so much! Early medieval Italy coming soon :)

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[@V750.]

since you made a videos about Sigurd,Ubba,Bjorn you will make a video about Ivar right ?

[@HistoryTime]

Of course :) and soon

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[@DavidSaintloth]

Justice? By describing them as the barbarous sowers of chaos and discord that they were? Not something I'd be proud of but to each their own I guess. I don't take any pride in knowing that some of my ancestors were sociopaths and genocidal monsters that killed the elderly and raped children just to steal shiny pieces of metal and other material items. It is the global shame of humanity that with these large brains we couldn't find a more efficient means of survival and thriving than literally feeding off of one another. The only good I can take away from this reality is the fact that modern Norwegians are some of the more peaceful people on the planet...now much of that apparent peacefulness is certainly due to the leveraging of the riches plundered millenia ago to put their peoples in good stead relative to the rest of the world (have food go missing and watch any human settlement descent into "the walking dead") but it still remains they are some of the more progressive and humanist nations on the planet right now and that means there is some reason for hope that the rest of us will catch up.

[@achristinaportillo3548]

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[@DisentDesign]

36:00 hearing this story of this massive win for the Vikings I cant help but feel happy for them, sort of like watching nature documentary when a predatory finally catches its prey...its a weird feeling

[@nathanscarlett4772]

Great way to start Friday off. Thank you!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching!

[@SxVaNm345]

There were Iberian coins found in Sweden!

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

The Vikings??? First time I see this... I knew that the only ones who fought against the Muslims and Jews were the Germanies (THE VISIGOTHTS)... BUT NOT THE VIKINGS....

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

The Vikings... Coins of Iberians...? What?? What about the VISIGOTHTS (GERMANIES) they are in the books who fought against the Muslims...

[@mathiaslind8909]

and afghan coins in Denmark as well :)

[@maligjokica]

and one statue of Buda from todauys Pakistan in a grave oferrings in vikig grave in SWEDEN!:)))

[@roderickclerk5904]

@@xavierlehnhoff1562 The Visigoth Kingdoms were really cool. My name is Roderick which is similar to the Visigoth King Roderic's name.

[@caterinadangelo4915]

In Italy Björn Ironside was named Berno fianco di ferro. In classic studio we remember this wanderfoul warriors.

[@virvisquevir3320]

Very well done, thank you!

[@ShakeOneOfficial]

Well Done Great Video Historically on point ✔

[@tomurg]

HAIL KING BJÖRN!!!!!!!!!!!

[@graiant]

Majus was a generic term for pagan in Arabic. Even though originally was used for persian fire worshipers.

[@Omegaeon1]

graiant pagan means polytheistic and referred to as « mushrik » , majus are essentially those who worship fire.

[@eh1600]

Zoroastrian magi?

[@rudman97]

Persian worshippers of eternal god Ahura Majda.

[@musimir1883]

@@rudman97 Ahura Mazda.

[@catdogabuab1928]

It was not. Majus were a people of a Kingdom who were Zoastrian in religion, and worshiped fire. The Arabic word genetically for pagan is wathni.

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High quality content! Subscribed

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Man, your videos are the best!

[@joelsupery5981]

Hi Guys! I've writing books about the Viking conquest of Gascony by 840 and Aquitaine by 844. One of the goals of the invaders was to gain footholds on the Mediterranean shore. The closest Viking port was not Nantes, but Bayonne on one side and Narbonne on the other. Vikings were far too cautious/clever to come back with their booty across Gibraltar. The booty was taken to Narbonne and crossed to the ocean by land. Most of the ships remained in the Mediterranean. Vikings needed a permanent fleet in Mare Nostrum to weight on Mediterranean trade. Björn and Hastein entered the Mediterranean to obtain treaties, explore this sea and organize their permanent fleet remaining there. These guys were traders, not tourists. All this was never understood because French historians decided that only the founders of Normandy (the Danes) were interesting while the "Norwegians" who attacked south of river Loire would have been "uninteresting pirates". In fact, Björn, Ragnar, Asgeir and Hastein fought on both sides of river Loire. The truth is that French Historians only studied the Northern part of the French battlefield which is absurd and explain why our understanding of the "Viking migration" is so poor. [e-mail] Joël Supéry, La Saga des Vikings, Une autre historie des invasions, Autrement, 2018. You can also have a look on Academia.edu.

[@kanethompson708]

Thank you.

[@kokirivivi]

I would like to hear more about Hastein, since it appears he was an active warlord into his 70s.

[@austinirwin2868]

Great work, thank you

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Your movies are truly great... big thumbs up!

[@TheModernHermeticist]

Gotta love those AOE2 sword clanking sound effects. WOLOLO.

[@gugu3436]

Monk, I need a monk!

[@crhu319]

Yes. #Wololo

[@Uncle_Fred]

Loving this. It also dovetails very nicely with Flash Point History's work. Was his videos an inspiration for turning to Iberia for this one?

[@bennyk3799]

Epic video as always...

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

Came here looking for Copper ... Found Gold .

[@abdimojo8794]

What an analogy.

[@symmetrymilton4542]

@@abdimojo8794 What a meme

[@CENTURION-xs6ky]

What happened to the physical treasures, the precious metals etc? I mean for so many years it was pouring into these Scandinavian / Norse countries, are there vast quantities of archeological artifacts and treasure locked in vaults and museums? Or has it just melted away invisible to the notice of time, I always think how wonderful it would be if all of those shiny gold bars so heavily guarded around the world could transform back into the ancient shapes that they once had, they'd probably be worth a damn sight more. I wonder if the spread of Catholicism didn't bring with it a greed for these things, transferring them into the secret vaults of the Pope. Excellent documentary, thank you so much.

[@givemeurhats]

I'd wager a large portion of it was traded to foreign merchants, then paid to the English, which goes back to Rome @ the Vatican. All roads lead to Rome

[@c.jgressman2181]

Excellent work!!!

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much for watching !

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I love your content!

[@dane6418]

I like how you actually take the time to talk about Vikings. Like don't get me wrong, I love the show Vikings but they pretty much messed up alot on the show, like lagertha, she was never killed, she actually disappeared in the vikings era, she was never killed and I mean NEVER killed. Bjorn Ironside is the king of Sweden but the show states that he never was. My friend, you should become an Vikings director and remake the whole Vikings series because you actually take your time to talk the history of Vikings.

[@haydenlothbrok4740]

So what its still a great show hail odin

[@stephen5677]

It's not meant to be 100% historically accurate. Half of the recorded history is myth anyway. We don't actually know if Bjorn is dead yet in the show either, as he "died" it what seemed to be a vision shared with Ivar.

[@gamefan987]

@@stephen5677 he dead

[@aaronblundell1724]

wait till you see what they've done to jarl jaakom in the new one 🤣

[@lefortkevin83]

Show me actual historic evidence... I'll wait.. lol There is none is the point. Historians and academics alike still argue over whether Bjorn and Ragnar were even real people or a compilation of multiple leaders stories turned to one. For a culture of people so dead set on glory and fame they did a bad job of recording their history. We have very little supported evidence of everything that went on during that time. To flat out claim Lagartha was NEVER killed is just plain false nobody can prove otherwise and you can't prove your own claim. The sagas are hundreds of years older than the stories they are written about. Not to mention the show flat out states that it is a dramatization. It uses historical characters but to tell a historical story. Kattegat for example was not a real place. It was a passage way for traders not a town or city. Nobody by the name of Loki discovered Iceland. There isn't even any backed evidence that Ivar was a cripple. It's a dramatization that's all. Take from it what you will.. entertainment was the goal.

[@toetag1991]

Where did you get "Björn and Hasteinn, leaders of the Oissel Vikings" from? I've had a search around in google and can't find the connection or that term whatsoever. The reason I'm asking is the Vikings from my island (Saaremaa/Ösel/Oesel, Estonia) were called Oesilian Vikings, great warriors and seafarers, with Arabic treasures found there aswell. Got me a little excited, although I know it's a bit far fetched to think such great leaders and kings (Björn was actually a Swedish king, not Danish, I believe) originated from eastern shores of the Baltic Sea :D But a boy can dream, right? :D

[@Fires755]

I'm a Rollo descendant; my 3rd Grandfather come from queens county Ireland now called Leix to Canada great Gran father come to America I'm Richardson I have certified document I'm still learning about Rollo and thank y for great video !

[@daya820]

Fantastic video! Thank you.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks for watching appreciate it!

[@Man19681968]

Excellent video. However, there is a slight mistake in one of your maps. By the IX cenury, when the vikings raided (or tried to), Galicia and Castilla were still part of the Kingdom of Asturias. Later, Galicia gained semi.independence for a short time and Castilla became a separate kingdom many years later. The map in minute 39.39 is perfect. Also, there was an importan battle en Gigia (now Gijón) where the vikings were also defeated. The Asturians, as you said. used to called them "lordomanos".

[@JoseGarcia-jt3jp]

Where can I learn this? More please!

[@Man19681968]

@@JoseGarcia-jt3jp Thankou for your comment. In my case, it has to do with family stories. One of my ancestors was inthe battle of Gigia where the noprthmen were repelled, orso the family tales say and that awakened my curiosity. Anyway, It isknown history. I wrote a sort of tale on that event, in the unlikely event that you want to read it. If so, I would happily send tit to you. But it is in Spanish.

[@erikaushamburg8279]

Through history we can see what strong people are in our line of ancestors.

[@crhu319]

But everyone has such ancestors.

[@Garahan]

And now, a bunch of sissy lefties

[@erikaushamburg8279]

@@Garahan Sadly yep.

[@bunnybabybevytv6434]

thanks for sharing this

[@Senio6667]

Fantastic as always.

[@HistoryTime]

Thanks so much!

[@bobbrooks80]

God I miss those days. The only thing you had to do in the morning was to decide witch way you wanted to go.

[@carpetclimber4027]

Except for surviving.

[@robertburnett5561]

Bob. Soldiers today are forbidden to plunder. Shameful.

[@CarlosSanchez-my7zg]

@@robertburnett5561 considering soldiers now have top tier training and equipment, raiding nowadays is just taking from kids essentially. no honor in it.

[@gelito8330]

How can you miss it if you never lived in it makes no sense at all your statement

[@thomasmyers9128]

Wake up ... run down to the local grocery store.... then the hardware store.... then buy some arms.... then down to the local boat dealer and buy a.....😳

[@xmaniac99]

For one I am happy that the steady supply of eunichs is a thing of the past .. right ?

[@bobclover4634]

Nah, everybody loves a eunuch.

[@baneofbanes]

Bob Clover I doubt most of them do.

[@FiveLiver]

Slavery is taken for granted in the Qur'an to this day, and black males are castrated.

[@slappy8941]

Today we have soyboys.

[@royriley6282]

No they still make them in sociology and liberal arts departments.

[@shipmate3577]

Fantastic video.

[@gregrefon]

Just thank you.

[@Kasino80]

I like how inclusive the vikings were. They raided everyone.

[@splitman1129]

How did the Basque survive all these years? Luck, continually moving, or they were designed to survive because of their blood type? Love your videos and we need more like this one!!! Keep up the great work.

[@baneofbanes]

There homeland is mountainous and isolated.

[@eoinsweetman9263]

They share genes with the Irish another tough hard to control people. It's what is.

[@majindevon]

The Basques are a hearty people who are generally burly and strong compared to the majority of mediterrenean people who are mostly lithe/slender. Combine that with their isolation within the mountain range it becomes extremely difficult to conquer.

[@MrSimeonk]

Much like its language Basque society was secluded & isolated. It shares linguistics with oldest European cultures (all other languages originate from India).

[@newhuskytwenty]

Minute 2:13. I'm from Pamplona, Navarra, the northern brown territory but neither Vikings nor Muslims were my ancestors according to MyHeritage because I'm 100% Iberian, so no Roman, no Jew, no Greek, no Visigotht DNA on me, I guess pure Celtiberic and Basque ancestors isolated at the Pyrenees mountains. Eoin Sweetman, watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZjUm3-DeriGbZo

[@berenicewaters4096]

Amazing content. I've bee. To most of the places described in your documentary

[@DeanPeruzzi]

Awesome videos guys

[@pikethree]

So let me get this right, 2/3 of their fleet, heavy laden, went down in the straits of Gibraltar, Have they been found? Or are the currents too fierce there?

[@bobclover4634]

I believe the currents are too fierce and it stirs up the sediment so even if divers can get down they can’t see anything. This is entirely based on another comment I just read under this video.

[@Luredreier]

22:55 Honestly, that desciption could apply to the scandinavian peninsula too if lacking knowlege of the land connection between the scandinavian peninsula and the rest of Europe is assumed. The mainland christians would then be Danes while the people on the "island" would be Norwegians and Swedes.

[@ah5721]

Facinating!

[@danielmeunier5921]

Crushing it bro!

[@Endgame707]

Bjorn ironside was an iraqi 🇮🇶

[@OutdoorScandinavia]

Why is it that Björn Järnsida often is said to be danish? His Father Ragnar was born in Svealand and was son of the Svea-king Sigurd Hring. Björn and his brothers might have been chieftains and warlords based out of modern Denmark and Norway but surely his bloodline is from Svealand.

[@MetalHeadViking]

Ragnar Lodbrock is also considered danish. So I guess that is why his son is the same.

[@simonsayss187]

💯💯💯 Saxo Grammaticus even admitts Sigurd Ring, belonged too the Ynglingas, still all types of crazy people call them Danes..

[@HockyOne]

Björn wasn't a danish warlord, but a swedish king.

[@7rykerfr____]

He became a swedish king yes, but his "supposed" father, ragnar, would have been king of a territory wich was compose of sweden and a part of Denmark, he and his sons were danish

[@mr.gnome60foe53]

Ryker 7 it is no real evidence that even ragnar exsisted and i dont belive ragnar ever owned Svidjord (sweden) from what i know björn ruled near stockholm and also founded the bjälbo dynasti

[@Boss70305]

MR.Gnome 60Foe yeah, one it’s said Björn is buried in one specific burial mount located in Sweden - specifically Munsöhögen

[@larshansen4557]

Bjørn swedish , Harald hairfair norwegian , Ragner danish

[@mrsir2254]

Good stuff, the channel has a passion for Vikings which does show, good quality stuff. (Re doing some your shorter videos may be a not so bad ideal, this was nice but probably wouldn't be realistic for every video, 20-30 minutes though maybe?).

[@amenboughanmi5819]

The Viking defeat in AL Andalus was close to a manslaughter, and made sure that vikings would never have an ambition to raid or to invade. even thought the vikings managed to reach main cities like Sevilla, the out come was catastrophic for them when Abd AL Rahman ll , casualties were by the thousands and ships destroyed were over 30 not only that the Vikings were unaware that Andalusians were masters of the sea themselves and have their own navy they chased the vikings those events happened in 844 and the astonishing thing is that it was well documented since al Andalus the peak of culture and innovation during that period of time. A lot writers accounted those events in their books

[@ForeveraloneBC]

You sound so much like Ewan Mcgregor aka obiwan from the SW-prequels

[@vhollund]

No he doesn't He sounds much better

[@sharonhill2602]

Ewan is Scottish, this guy isnt

[@ForeveraloneBC]

@@vhollund ok, good talk

[@ForeveraloneBC]

@@sharonhill2602 stop ruining my fantasy sharon.

[@HistoryTime]

You can't win Anakin. I have the high ground

[@APEX-qv7rm]

Who here Listening to the story Imagines themselves to be a Viking ?

[@gugu3436]

Yes but a farmer one, I'd have too much trouble sailing for weeks. :)

[@bogdanbogdanoff5164]

@@gugu3436 viking literally means a raider, it's not a nationality :)

[@mohamedelshazly1514]

@Dr. Bob Jackson have you ever tried RPGs?

[@gustaflundgren1490]

@kaiden8701 Probably death in seconds

[@gustaflundgren1490]

@kaiden8701 For you. 1 viking could probably kill 3 or 4 people alone

[@Desh282]

Amazing video!

[@jenmb2679]

Another Viking doc. I love these. Vikings were badass

[@haraka8123]

Ok. Once this covid epidemic ends I am going to do some diving in the strait of gebraltar. For no particular reason. 💰💰💰

[@joebowden4065]

Ask james Cameron for some help

[@HimWitDaHair98]

Or Nick Cage?

[@rowlandheath447]

Do you think you gonna have to social distance under water our something dude??🤦🤦

[@haraka8123]

@@rowlandheath447 All international airports were closed

[@idarpolden5913]

Eg reisar geoen og storseglet. True Vikings do not need an international airport!. I will join you with my longship. Let's meet at Algarve

[@acortes7771]

All you need to know about the Vikings in Spain is that, The Viking got Spanked in Spain. They stumbled upon a fight that had been going on for a long long time. The End!

[@robertsettle2590]

I just can't picture a Viking actually being spanked.

[@victortorres9168]

@@robertsettle2590 The vikings were pushed out because they were Raiders, but they encountered the people of Northern Spain who are a mix of surviving Celt and Visigoth tribes; Who stood their ground and protected the northern provinces such as Basque, Asturia, Galicia from the invasion of the jews and arabs. even though they were converted to christians, many still practiced their pagan traditions. The Visigoths migrated from Scandinavian Sweden , Gotland; so its not surprising that those norse mythology/ gods to include the practices of the western Germanic people that intergrated with them still embodies the regions culture today. Also DNA studies have shown that the people of northern Spain are the closest relatives to the Irish. My whole family is from Galicia Spain. Even though were not as pale as the Irish who also mixed with the Scots, most of the women in my family are blond with blue eyes and all the men are light skin with green, blue or hazel eyes. Also I tested my DNA to trace my family history and my results came back 39% western European, 36 Irish, 21 Scandinavian and 4% italian. They have never traveled back to the scandinavian nations, so keeping a small community in the north were we kept to ourselves is my only explanation for this. The celtic nation has also recognized northern Spain as part of the Celtic nation. If you ever traveled to northern Spain you would feel at home if your from a Celtic nation, as much of their food and culture is similar; Nothing is perfect however as the Celtic language was lost due to being under Spains rule, but Galicia and the other provinces have their own dialect.

[@TheBigdaddy64]

@@victortorres9168 My family is from Asturias and Galicia. I have Scandinavian ancestry according to several dna sites. I score from 6-10% Danish and from the Orkney Islands.

[@antonvernooy6186]

thank you for doing this vidoe I appreciate it

[@Jejak_Pengangguran]

This is Epic AF

[@WhiteSeaLeviathan]

I love this channel!!! Sims so simple, but it’s very hard to make such high quality product, I’m sure! And yet captivating and extremely entertaining, and above all educational! Rarely my brain cells multiply instead of dying while watching videos on YT.