The warrior on the bridge - The Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066

In 1066 a great battle was fought in the north of England between the English and the invading Northmen. This battle became famous as the end of the Viking era and also for one man who wrote his place in history as a hero.
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References + further reading:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMag...
www.battlefieldsofbritain.co.u...
militaryhistory.about.com/od/b...
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historophile
(adjective)-
1: One who is absolutely obsessed and fascinated by the events and workings of history.
2: A term created by combining historian {one who studies past events, particularly human affairs} and phile (from the Greek philos, to love} to describe one who is irrevocably attracted to, consumed by, and fixated on history in such a way that it will come up in almost every conversation.

[@tiamat1296]

He's DEFINITELY in VALHALLA!!!🍻🍻🍻🍻🇱🇷🇱🇷

[@Dendoi_]

Wherever we go after death, he went there like a boss

[@averongodoffire8098]

I don’t even think the Valkyries even needed to pick him up, he probably jumped there and climbed up with his teeth lol

[@LMvdB02]

In Liberia?

[@tiamat1296]

@@LMvdB02 I was drunk when I put that up and I never changed it LOL

[@boozycruze7679]

this battle needs to be the climax of a very interesting historical movie. including the lone berserker scene.

[@WadesAdventures05]

I require to see that in full color

[@Madmok128]

Like why hasn't it yet?

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Make it so!

[@bkoetter42]

I'm honestly surprised it wasn't in the Vikings show on History. Kind of odd how little they even touched the idea of the berserkers in general.

[@ljnv]

@@bkoetter42 they're doing vikings valhalla and i can see hafthor bjornsson is listed as a berserker for one episode which i have a feeling he will be that warrior.

[@SuperRoo_22]

Amon Amarth wrote a song about this "The Berserker At Stamford Bridge". From their latest album "Berserker"

[@melted_llama_two4194]

I love that song

[@SuperRoo_22]

@@melted_llama_two4194 You hve good taste in music mate.🤘

[@melted_llama_two4194]

ENGLISH MEN.. I AM WAITING HERE, IN MY HEART I KNOW NOT AN OUNCE OF FEAR... WE ARE WAITING HERE MY TRUSTED AXE AND ME.. JUST COME AT ME, I WILL NOT FLEADH... DEATH I KNOW THAT IT AWAITS, SOON I WILL ENTER VALHALLA'S GATES!!

[@dionpeeters31]

Skåll🤟

[@beardedassailant3732]

thanks bro, so much clickbait and shit until I actually found what I was looking for.

[@historofiles]

Was worried for a second that you were saying my video was clickbait!

[@Zaitekno]

@@historofiles Never! Yours is splendid!

[@seanortigoza3931]

Imagine finding out that you are a descendant of the Berserker at Stamford Bridge. I envy you, whoever you are.

[@jameshollan1160]

So Amon Amarth's "The Berserker at Stamford Bridge" is based on a true story? That's awesome!

[@cpanker13]

Well, a myth or folktale, but yeah! Someone definitely went sicko mode and they probably embellished it a little bit.

[@thesouthernvikingr5919]

@@cpanker13 I feel my Norse blood stirring at your apparent lack of faith :P

[@yummyherbicide7296]

I love my blood roots.

[@raimondsstokmanis1892]

@Sean O'Connell lmao, true

[@josephcolon7031]

@Sean O'Connell Lmfao! 😂😂

[@HorizonExer]

Northmen is a quite vague term to use. Since that inculdes Danes,Swedes and Norwegians at that time. The battle of stamford brigde was part of the Norwegian invasion of anglo saxon england.

[@historofiles]

You're absolutely right. I'm so used to describing "vikings" and other invading forces of this type as northmen I forgot to specify that they were Norwegian in the video. My bad! Thanks for the comment and sorry for taking so long to reply.

[@rzomg]

There is alot more diffrence between the countries due to diffrent areas of exploration. Norwegians and Dane vikings attacked England more while Swedes became more beautiful becuase their vikings went up the river Volga into modern day Russia and took every beautiful women they found and brought them home it made Swedes alot more beautiful. We see the effect of this today when people vote on how good looking they think Norweigian men are vs their women the men always lose out but Sweden is the exception in the world dating scene Swedish men are equally attractive to their female counterpart this is unheard of in any other country and is thanks to the great taste of their vikings ancistors. Here is the discription from a muslim writer named Ahmad Ibn Fadlan who met Swedish vikings on the shores of the river Volga: "I have never seen more perfect physical specimens, tall as date palms, blond and ruddy; they wear neither tunics nor kaftans, but the men wear a garment which covers one side of the body and leaves a hand free. Each man has an axe, a sword, and a knife, and keeps each by him at all times. Each woman wears on either breast a box of iron, silver, copper, or gold; the value of the box indicates the wealth of the husband. Each box has a ring from which depends a knife. The women wear neck-rings of gold and silver. Their most prized ornaments are green glass beads. They string them as necklaces for their women."

[@fiddibelow]

@@rzomg highly doubtful there was and isnt any difference there as swedes and Norwegians are the very same people down to a t however the shores of Norway are r1b german\danish due to ship traffic the rest is l1 same as the swedes there has been no mixing there since the last migration that's why they have a very high prosentage of neanderthal DNA.

[@fiddibelow]

When it comes to women rating men women do not seek attractiveness in physical features did you know that the majority of all women on the planet see 80% of the male population as less than average in looks.women are quite primitive they seek rarity and they seek power.

[@josephcolon7031]

@@fiddibelow You're digging to deep.

[@sealrk19]

I think this is my most favorite piece of history I've ever heard. Amazing, badass, inspiring

[@royw-g3120]

Look up the warrior Benkei in Japan .

[@portcullis5622]

The pub that stands near the present day bridge has a sign that depicts the Viking berserker being stabbed/speared from below the bridge. Until quite recently, the pub was called 'The Swordsman', but it has been re-named.

[@asuradexterosity6512]

i hope they include this scene in ac valhalla!!!

[@snape539]

They will, its too perfect tô bê ignored, i believe the berserkr is gonna be some mais character

[@asuradexterosity6512]

@@snape539 yeahhh becoming one of his main mission

[@ntrunnrracl]

if one man is in Valhalla it's the Lone Berserker. Sköl!

[@WurrzagsMorkyMischeif]

"Men for å vinna tid om senn, så bad dei Tjodolv sterke enn at han må stansa kongens menn der ute på Stanford brua" Ved stamford brua. Its a great song from Norway about the norse side of the battle.

[@olivereykhout1987]

thanks this helped alot

[@POLITICUS-DANICUS]

The name of the beserker of stamford bridge was "Tjodolfr Sterke-En - Tjodolf Strong-One"

[@POLITICUS-DANICUS]

@SehrBAsome old norwiegian kvads one example has been song by Harald Foss - 'stanford brua'

[@holzkopflp1]

Its a joke men :D@SehrBA

[@schoob4822]

ᛑᛆᚿᛁᛂᛚ ᚡᛁᚵᛑᛆ-ᚱᛁᛂᛍᚴ I don’t think we can be sure. I’ve seen other sources calling him Magnus.

[@schoob4822]

@SehrBA It might have been 'Magni'? I'm not sure. Either way, it's next to impossible to trust any of the sources, we'll never know his real name.

[@seclumii9490]

SehrBA Um im scandinavian, and it’s actually a pretty common name.

[@MindAndMyth]

waiting for this arc in vinland saga.

[@tibfulv]

It's like Horatius Cocles at the Pons Sublicius.

[@ryancastner1407]

This needs to be a movie with like John bernthal or someone playing the beserker

[@jonescantfight4677]

Was there any description of even what he looked like?

[@WurrzagsMorkyMischeif]

Tjodolfr the strong was his name but thats about all i know about him

[@johnssmith4005]

Judging by the name he was more powerful and bigger than your average viking since he was called the Strong

[@instinct4388]

Why the groin?

[@gauss2247]

The real chad

[@85shpq]

2:20

[@carlkinvig6047]

It is unlikely that Harold would just keep sending man after man to be killed, such numbers tend to be exaggerated to make the feat of bravery seem more impressive. If it did happen it was still a good effort from the Norseman.

[@nickbode5211]

Pardon My Take rabbit hole, anyone?

[@stepthroughhistory]

I have made a video about the build up to Hasting's and Harald's journey through Yorkshire on his way to Stamford Bridge. Watch the video here...kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqSrm5iHi7Jqp7c

[@phillipalexandercarr1462]

This story creates much uneasy anxiety...

[@tipphilips8252]

Wait, is it Harold with an H?

[@jethroadriaens745]

Harald

[@khanimran7465]

That known warrior sent many a man to the corpse hall that day he must be drinking ale an fighting all day in valhalla

[@fahadfahad717a5]

ملعبنااا 💙💙💙😂

[@Northy777.]

I wish Harald won, i would have been royal then.

[@yankees29]

I am actually a descendant of William the Conqueror. This story isn’t about him but it is a fantastic tale.

[@valeera5415]

I'm a descendant of God himself

[@Ghost-vi8qm]

@Schwarzer Haufen Idiot

[@fexbd]

@Schwarzer Haufen LOL .-.

[@kongkyllan4847]

William the conqueror was the grandson of Rollo the duke of normandy. The viking who brought Paris to it's knees.

[@OldSchool82]

descendant of alexander the great here... we called him AL for short

[@kylecardella1276]

Fantastic anti gank

[@johnny_pilot]

Mate, instead of "Harold with an 'o'" or "Harald with an 'a'", why not clarify, and be professional, with "Harold Wessex", or "Harold of the Anglo-Saxons" and "Harald Hardrada of the Vikings" , etc? Dear, oh dear!

[@proto-indo-europeanisanato5033]

Vikings are so incredibly overrated, mainly because of Hollywood, but in reality they never did anything worthy of praise, and got kicked around by the Mediterraneans and Middle Easterners and got their butts handed to them so hard by Native Americans armed with only Bone, wood and stone weaponry, that the Vimings invented the legend of the "Skraeling" LMAO!!!

[@ipc_is_better6281]

Imagine trying so hard to discredit the Vikings knowing that you yourself will never be as remembered as they were

[@scottlindemann1302]

This absolutely never happened! This guy said the Viking was struck by an arrow. So was that the only arrow the English had? If they could hit him with one arrow then why not stand along the river bank and pepper him with arrows until he died? Now the guy in the river. Would the Viking not see him floating along and simply alter where he was on the bridge? It is a nice story but it is a fairy tale!

[@SungazerDNB]

I agree. It can't be true.

[@pipizaopipizon8246]

1. It’s one man, you generally don’t expect him to manage 40 men on his own, that’s why they didn’t do the “most logical thing”, because a single man taking on 40 isn’t logical, and they couldn’t perceive the future you know 2. He was busy trying to keep an entire army from crossing a bridge by himself, it’s not that hard to believe the guy in the barrel passed unnoticed. Besides, it seems he floated and stabbed from under the bridge, how would that be easy to notice? Someone that’s attacking you from under? 3. You see, there are actually multiple possible ways to justify the factors you doubt because there are multiple factors that need to be taken in account, and that just weren’t addressed in this 5 min (or so) video. You simply don’t have enough information to doubt so harshly something that is taken as a very likely factious historical event in account to historical evidence and historians consensus. It’s kind of like flat earthers throwing shit at science and feeling entitled to do so because they take a superficial glance at scientific facts and interpret that as all the evidence they need. Certainly there's a ton of other reasons that explain the whys to your questions (but I tried to cover them up by myself in 1 and 2)

[@pipizaopipizon8246]

Complimenting what I said, they wanted to rush in before the other army could arrange itself, so getting archers in formation to shoot down one single guy isn’t really the thing they would be considering, and after you rushed your army through the bridge expecting that one guy to be massacred in seconds, pulling the army back to throw arrows at him just isn’t happening, it’s one dude, maybe if he took 140 men and no one did the barrel thing before that they would actually change the whole tactic just to take him down, but otherwise it just doesn’t make sense in a realistic scenario. And trying to take him down through means that don’t involve retreating your army, like with the barrel thing, makes more sense. Eventually he would die, it was just an unfortunate anomaly for the opposing army

[@brendenmccrudden5860]

Pipizao Pipizon Greatly said!

[@theshow2k8]

It was a spear supposedly that was used and why would all sources, to my knowledge at least, come from the English on this matter of the lone axeman? Why make the enemy seem more dominate and belittle yourself? Also, bowman aren't typically at the front of the army so they probably had no idea what was going on and never used arrows on the axeman. I could be wrong of course.