I love the "I'll twist your spine like the end of the Plantagenet line" line because the end of the Plantagenet line was Richard the Third, who had Scoliosis.
@@SRosenberg203 Iffy. There was a disease outbreak at the time as well - It would have been easy for them to fall victim to that. A lot of the assumption of their murder centers on the dislike of Richard III.
I think the reason why Ragnar's insults hits harder is because Richard's life are much better recorded; whereas Richard's insult towards Ragnar are mostly based around his myth and TV series, which just don't land quite the same.
I am surprised you didn't catch the "Shaggy little pants" refference thrown by Richard. Ragnar's name was Lothbrok, which translates to "Shaggy breeches" :D
This was kind of unfair. Flyting, aka medieval rap battles, were a hobby of vikings, so Ragnar clearly has more experience in roasting his opponent than Richard.
@@OddHunter5504 Yep. And he totally won. Also, Zeus' line "You're joking, Loki must've written your lines" is kind of a double-edged sword, because Loki was a master of flyting and has apparently defeated all the Gods in Asgard at some point. So, while Thor wasn't the one who came up with his lines, Zeus still admitted that the lines were good.
There's actually quite a nice line from Richard which often gets overlooked when he says "I see you shaking in your shaggy little pants" to Regnar. It's quite genius since the name Loðbrók means could be translated to "shaggy breeches". According to the sagas, he wore unique breeches to protect himself from the poison of a serpent who guarded his first wife. Some mention that he covered the breeches in tar, and others add how he let the water from the ocean freeze into an icy armour which could reference the shaking part. Pretty cool reference.
Highly suggest you take a look at Julius Caesar vs. Shaka Zulu. That's an extremely underrated battle chock-full of historical tidbits. Would love to hear your take on it
Honestly can’t get enough of this channel! The community! The education! Everything! Can’t wait for you to come to Britain and visit some sites! (you should come to Wales :) ) honestly keep up the good work ! P.S the ‘salad’ lines was a reference to Saladin
It seems very likely that she did love him, in the beginning. If she hadn't loved him originally, his affair with Rosamund Clifford wouldn't have pissed her off NEARLY as much.
I was not well educated on either of these guys. That being said, a big thank you for putting this reaction up so I could better appreciate it! Also, Greeting from Toledo!
Was the ding ding dong also a reference to frere jacques/brother john? “Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing! Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.”
I really liked the Sicily on his day off reference. While he was going to the third crusade, he stopped in Sicily and conquered it more or less for the sheer heck of it.
Well not "for the heck of it". King Tancred was denying Richard's sister Joanna her rights and inheritances as the widow of Sicily's previous King, William II. Richard only really took the city of Messina from Tancred, and then they reached an equitable settlement where Tancred ended up contributing ships and money to the expeditionary force that Richard was taking to the Holy Land. I think a better reference for that joke about "conquering on his day off" would be Cyprus. He was literally blown there off course in a storm, and conquered the island in like 10 days because Isaac Commenus was a dick to some of his shipwrecked men.
@@SRosenberg203 You're right, I got the two confused. Richard may not have been a great king of England, but honestly at the time he was alive that's not really what he was primarily known for. His holdings in France were far more important than his in England at the time.
@@danielrichwine2268 Exactly. He wasn't "English", he was Aquitainian by culture and choice; he had been raised to believe he would be the Duke of Aquitaine growing up, and he spent a lot of time there during his formative years. If we want to get super technical, we could call him Angevin, but even that seems inaccurate, since he was much closer with his mother and her lands, than with his father. To malign Richard because he didn't give a shit about England is a very English-centric perspective that I tend to reject. He didn't care about England, except insofar as it allowed him to call himself King. The vast majority of his income came from his lands on the continent, and consequently that's where he focused his attention. Plus, let's be real. If you could chose to live in Bordeaux, or England, which climate would any sane person choose? It's not even a contest lmao.
@@SRosenberg203 right. It's sort of like calling Napoleon a Corsican. Anyway that's sort of why I gave the battle to Richard. A lot of Rothgar's hits don't land quite as well upon closer inspection.
"Chopping through your family like Boneless wings" was actually in reference to the Blood Eagle. They chopped through the back of your rips to get another your lungs, which were placed outside the body. All this happened while the victim was still alive, and they would eventually suffocate to death. They believed that if the victim didn't scream during the process, they would be permitted into Vahalla.
I really like the depth behind the lines about the ringing bells. There's an old French song that goes “Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Brother John! Brother John! Morning bells are ringing. Morning bells are ringing. Ding Dang Dong. Ding Dang Dong.” I really love the depth to that and how he turns it around about himself and then also plays off of brother John sleeping in the song and Richard's brother, John.
I just found this channel about 45 minutes ago by accident through Oversimplified's Henry VIII, but now I'm trapped watching a mix of Oversimplified, Sabaton, and ERB reactions at 2:30 in the morning. Send a rescue team, preferably with more wine.
@@VloggingThroughHistory My airpords went dead about 3 in the morning and I finally convinced myself that that was enough for the night, right in the middle of history of the world.
There’s a double on “Coming through in the end, Like Sean Connery” as a reference to Sean Connery being in Indiana Jones and the LAST CRUSADE, with Richard being a Crusader king.
Possibly the reference, but more likely a reference to at the of Robin Hood prince of thieves Sean Connery makes a cameo as King Richard at the very end.
Richards first diss about being second place is about the most probable reason or motivation for ragnar to who he will be because he wanted fame and glory and not be overshadowed by others
The hardest-hitting disses from Ragnar were about Richard ignoring his wife, but who cares? So Richard I preferred fighting to women, funny that a Viking would bother him about it.
@@nicolasg8091 or the lines about how Richard died, which never got the attention from Richard it deserved. When Ragnar called him out for getting killed by a 10 year old, I wish Richard had come back with how it wasn't that big of a deal, about how he paid the kid 100 gold coins.
One thing you missed was the "Leave your legacy in runes" line. That line is a reference to how very little of Ragnar's life is actually confirmed, so it pretty much only existed in writing.
Missed reference "one of your things" the Althing is the Icelandic Paliament one of the Oldest parliaments in the worlds. Each viking country had something similar. The norwegians had the Storting Jaffa Cakes are a popular English snack. Also, please react to Horrible Histories.
I love watching these reactions videos... This was the first channel to actually stay on top of all of the references... I knew who Richard the 1st was (and most things thrown at him are fairly self explanatory), but I knew next to nothing about Ragnar...
Technically Richard didn't really spend most of his time in foreign lands: he felt at home in France, where most of his territories were. But it's true he only spent 6 months in England (as a king), and wasn't a very good king for that kingdom in particular.
@@harrisonjewell6510 He was also the duke of Anjou (the first territory his family had), duke of Normandy, duke of Aquitaine and even duke of Britanny. He had a lot of possible homes. I've read his favorite territory was Aquitaine, maybe because of his mother.
The "Ding dang dong, morning bells ... putting you to sleep like your brother John," in addition to being a reference to how the bells would ring to warn of viking raids and to Richard's brother John, is also a reference to the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques": Are you sleeping, are you sleeping Brother John, brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing Ding dang dong, ding dang dong
i don't think Richard was homosexaual i just don't think he cared he was just a guy who just wanted to be warrior i think like i kinda understand him honestly he probably should have just have been a knight or noble
I've been studying Vikings since I was kid. I'm Finnish with very distant Viking heritage and my Grandma told me tons of tales from history when I was kid and I picked up from that, so I'll fill what you miss 😉 Ragnar was very shady from his background and often disputed did he even exists since so many including Ivar the Boneless and Björn Ironside claimed to be his sons even though they lived in different eras. Björn eventually became King of Sweden and Ivar lived to raid. What it comes to his supposed death; King Aella wanted him to suffer and indeed dropped him into the pit of snakes, but Ragnar didn't make single noise and Englishmen were terrified of the sight which only played for the hands of Vikings as a terrifying people whom welcomes death with embrace. Ragnar was very exaggerated person, if he ever lived and he was indeed claimed to be Odin's decendant and therefore claims to be his son was fairly common with great raiders since they would have seen godlike. Ivar's name "Boneless" is disputed between many historians. There are many hypothesis's where the name comes from and one was that he had some sort of disability which would have been seen as a weakness. Supporters of that version claims that he was carried in top of a shield in battle where he used an bow. Other hypothesis's range from him being extremely huge man to the point of him being impotent. Viking were witty with their nicknames and "Boneless" could have meant that he couldn't get an erection or that he had so huge bones that his name was sarcastic. No one really knows what's the actual truth. Even Ragnar had his name which translates as "Hair pants" (Karvahousu in Finnish), probably due the hairy legs or something similiar. Two bonus fact to the end since there was disappointingly low amounts of straight references towards Viking-era. It's commonly known that Danes, Norwegians and Swedes (Scandinavians) were exclusively Vikings, but in all actuality Finnish and Estonians were categorized as Viking too on later Viking era. Scandinavian Vikings feared Finns as they were extremely superstitious and nothing was scarier than Finnish forests. When King Olaf II tried to raid Finland Finns retreated to the forests and they followed them only to be ambushed between two cliffs and they didn't even see their attackers. Olaf II barely escaped and after that they left Finland alone. Later years when they found their ways to Constantinople from Russians rivers, Finns and Estonians whom basically held the Baltic seas were eventually adopted to the customs of Vikings, but their Gods were similiar but different. "Vikings" TV-show mashes up a lot of different time periods, for example Rollo weren't brother of Ragnar by any means, but he was ruthless raider who constantly raided Paris and eventually was given part of France nowadays known as Normandia where he grew his armies with Viking customs in warfare while rest of the French kings tried to fill the power vacuum when King of Paris died. After rest of the kings had exhausted their forces Rollo rolled up and just took Paris and even nowadays his blood runs in the veins of Queen Elizabeth and rest of the English royalty. Hopefully this was at least interesting read if anyone reads this haha 😅 I just felt like this is my moment to shine since we're dabbling with the historical topics I'm familiar with! If the topic interests any further, I really recommend to read Snorre Sturluson's King-sagas from year 1100. Sturluson was Islandic historian who lived during the Islandic Viking era.
Have you checked out Horrible Histories? It’s a British TV series based on a series of books and covers a lot of history in a way to make it accessible to kids. The songs especially are really clever.
5:00 There's really no historical evidence whatsoever to indicate that Richard the Lionheart was gay. Most of those theories come from Victorian-era historians who were so prudish that they interpreted the medieval practice of people sharing a bed as an inherently sexual activity. There are accounts of Richard sharing a bed with King Phillip of France as like a symbolic display of friendship, and sleeping alone in a bed was something that pretty much NOBODY in the Middle Ages did on a regular basis; they had completely different standards of privacy than we do today. Staying in an inn, for example, would almost certainly result in you being put into a bed with one or more other travelers, unless you were rich enough to rent out an entire room. There's also plenty of contemporary evidence referring to Richard's adultery, so this idea that he didn't bang his wife because he wanted to bang men is completely unsupported by history. The simplest explanation for why Richard never impregnated his wife is also the most likely to be correct: he was less interested in her than he was in warring and fighting. He was a warrior at heart, and that's what he thought about first and foremost. He always had a war to fight, so he just didn't have time for Berengaria.
9:10 I'm almost certain it's a reference to the raid on the Monestary of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, which is widely recognized as the beginning of the Viking Age.
2:06 A "Thing" is a law assembly from the viking age where noblemen and landowners could make laws, announcements and settle disputes. The Danish parliament is still called "Folketinget" (The People's Thing)
I seen this one recently, I personally thought Ragnar Lodbrok won, but I can't wait to see what you had to say about this one, especially since I don't know much about these two
The Zoinks reference comes from The name Lodbrok which means shaggy breeches and was a nickname, which is the same sort of pants shaggy from scooby soo wears
This is why i love this channel so much. We think so much a like. Just because a king didn't bang his wife or had close male friends doesn't mean they are gay or also liked guys. Ok Richard didn't have children with his wife sure but he did have at least one illegitimate son which means he did the deed with a woman he had no reason to do it with, he just found her attractive and did it. I think people just like to romanticize stuff. I like to stick to the history.
It has to do with prudish Victorian historians misinterpreting historical sources. Basically there are accounts of Richard sharing a bed with Phillip of France, generally as a symbolic gesture of friendship and alliance. We have very different standards of privacy now than they had in the Middle Ages, and back then people commonly had to share beds without it being at all sexual. But the Victorians couldn't get their heads around that idea, so they decided that Richard and Phillip were lovers.
The Sean Connery line is a double reference I think, because Sean Connery’s Bond makes an appearance in the end of “James Bond vs. Austin Powers” as well as the Robin Hood reference
The "Sean Connery" line not only reference Robin Hood Prince of Thieves but also a previous ERB featuring James Bond. The Sean Connery version shows up in the end to battle the Daniel Craig version.
I love the dig at the Minnesota Vikings, it’s so true.🤣 I had a friend who’s from Minnesota and he once flipped out over an unsuccessful Vikings game. It was hilarious
TBH, I think Vikings have been a bit overdone especially in recent years, especially the Vikings that raided England, Jesus, were are the shows Vikings in the new world or Vikings serving the Varangian Guard, or Vikings in the new world? Assassin Creed made game were the trailer painted Alfred the flipping Great, the that kept England from being subjugated the Great Heathen Army as the bad guy. We fucking glamorize the group that chop up priests, robbery and sold slaves for fun. Fuck, when the last time anyone did a series about El Cid, Alfred the Great, or Charlegmage, or Charles Martel?
Acre is in the north. Yafo is just south of tel aviv on the center coast. As some credit Jerusalem is a pain in the ass to get to even today from those places. Theres almost impassable mountains protecting it.
I know you're always open to suggestions of topics to discuss and speak on... I don't know if this one hits too close to home given your involvement with Rachel's Story, but I would love to hear your reflections on the Columbine Massacre, both its place in the zeitgeist and its influence on the country over 2 decades later. Love the channel!
the guy who captured Richard on his way back home was Austrian duke Leopold V who had previously fought alongside him during the third crusade. according to legend, Leopold was the first noble to enter Acre and raised his own banner on one of the city's towers, as commander of the christian forces however, Richard had Leopold's banner torn down and replaced by his own, which is why the duke held a grudge against him. once Richard had been captured, Leopold then convinced the emperor of going along with extorting a ransom from the english crown. Leopold is also famous in Austria for supposedly creating the red-white-red Austrian tricolor. it's said that during the siege of Acre he fought so furiously and slayed so many enemies that his white coat was entirely covered in blood, except for a white stripe where he had worn his belt. but this story is most likely a fabrication as red-white-red flags had been in use in southern germany well before the third crusade.
Fun fact bout the Monty Python knights and the coconuts. The reason they did it that way was twofold. One they couldn't afford to hire horses and two, none of them actually know how to ride.
Ragnar lothbrook is also a character referenced in assassin's Creed Valhalla and you can actually meet his sons as one of the quests that you pick up right off the bat and I'm not sure if this is historically accurate but Ivar mentions that he gets the name because he moves like a reed in the wind someone gave it to him that he was fighting
Well considering the fact that the Normans weren't actually French, it sounds like your saying is a little ridiculous. France never conquered England. England was conquered by the Norsemen that France paid to protect it from other Norsemen.
As a Packers fan, I quite enjoyed the "If I wanted to fight loser Vikings I'd go to Minnesota." That said, the Viking wins this one in my book. Ragnar absolutely got the dub.
I'd say Richard I didn't have kids with his wife because he was never friggin' home to bang her. Also, the reference to "twist your spine like the end of the Plantagenet line" was a reference to Richard III, who had scoliosis (confirmed now that we've found his remains, but not hunchback like Shakespeare claimed), and who was the last Plantagenet king. The "shaggy little pants" is a reference to Ragnar's name. "Loðbrók" means "shaggy breeches" in Old Norse.
8:05 You missed a chance to talk about how Richard was coronated twice, the first time before leaving for the Third Crusade and the second after he came back following his stint in a German prison.
No one's gonna talk about the Scooby Doo reference? When Richard the Lionheart said "Zoinks!" he was referring to Shaggy Rogers who makes that catchphrase when in the presence of a ghost or monster. We all know how "brave" Shaggy is when it comes to terrifying situations. Richard was comparing Ragnar to Shaggy. Now THAT was a dis.
Just in case anybody didn't catch the "Richard coming through in the end like Sean Connery" line's meaning, that's a reference to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Sean Connery made a surprise cameo at the end where he played Richard, and caught Robin/Marian off guard.
It's always entertaining to see ERB back and do their thing. Any chance you'd want to listen to Amon Amarth and Serenity? Serenity (among some other bands) sing about history as well and they have the song Lionheart.
Vlogging Through History is going to have to watch Knox Hill's reaction to this. "Couldn't Even Beat a Salad In A Fight" is such a good line. Saladin...Just Gold
Minor thing I noticed, the 2 symbol Richard shows early on is the British equivalent of giving the middle finger. I heard it came from English longbowmen taunting their adversaries, but I’m not 100% sure on the veracity of that.
You don’t put credit on Richard’s name because he was a good king, you do it because he nearly took Jerusalem with 8000-9000 men against 60,000 under Saladin. The man was a monster on the battlefield.
I love the "I'll twist your spine like the end of the Plantagenet line" line because the end of the Plantagenet line was Richard the Third, who had Scoliosis.
Damn I can feel that bar
@@a.hassanhale3326 same
That's the one I descend from. 😓😓😢
@@MeanBeanComedy He also (probably) murdered his two young nephews. So there's that.
@@SRosenberg203 Iffy. There was a disease outbreak at the time as well - It would have been easy for them to fall victim to that. A lot of the assumption of their murder centers on the dislike of Richard III.
I think the Saladin reference was a really nice part. It gets overshadowed by the Monty Python joke, but still it's nice to see.
I had to go back and watch it. Nice catch
The first time I saw this, I noticed Salad was capitalized, but didn’t connect it with “in.” Excellent catch!!
I can't believe I didn't catch that! Well done
I missed it the first time, then I watched Mr. Terry's reaction, and he caught it. It's a brilliant line for sure.
"Couldn't beat a Salad-in a fight"
I think the reason why Ragnar's insults hits harder is because Richard's life are much better recorded; whereas Richard's insult towards Ragnar are mostly based around his myth and TV series, which just don't land quite the same.
This is true for a lot of rap battles
The person who gets the last laugh/lines and starts off second usually wins these battles, it’s unfair
Similar thing in Deadpool vs Boba Fett, not a whole lot is know about Boba in the first place, so Deadpool didn’t really have any super hard disses
@@bremjo7929 A bit late to the party, but yes, one would think Deadpool would be born for these rap battles.
Did the Norse not write stuff down like the English seemed to like to?
I am surprised you didn't catch the "Shaggy little pants" refference thrown by Richard. Ragnar's name was Lothbrok, which translates to "Shaggy breeches" :D
He also said Zoinks! afterward, referencing Shaggy from Scooby-doo.
@@SCP_Wandsman13_13 Now the scooby one we all should have caught
This was kind of unfair. Flyting, aka medieval rap battles, were a hobby of vikings, so Ragnar clearly has more experience in roasting his opponent than Richard.
I think thor mentioned it in his battle with zeus
“Valhalla at ya boy, and we’ll flyte it out”
@@OddHunter5504 Yep.
And he totally won.
Also, Zeus' line "You're joking, Loki must've written your lines" is kind of a double-edged sword, because Loki was a master of flyting and has apparently defeated all the Gods in Asgard at some point.
So, while Thor wasn't the one who came up with his lines, Zeus still admitted that the lines were good.
@@Kartoffelkamm with that Loki bit I feel that should be in the Loki show to show off his flyting skills
@@nosfonader8792 I haven't watched it yet, but it'd be awesome.
Low key, Vikings may have been some of the first rappers 🤔
There's actually quite a nice line from Richard which often gets overlooked when he says "I see you shaking in your shaggy little pants" to Regnar. It's quite genius since the name Loðbrók means could be translated to "shaggy breeches". According to the sagas, he wore unique breeches to protect himself from the poison of a serpent who guarded his first wife. Some mention that he covered the breeches in tar, and others add how he let the water from the ocean freeze into an icy armour which could reference the shaking part. Pretty cool reference.
I have never heard of this before, wow! Thanks!
Also shaggy from scooby doo is a descendent of Ragnar
or you kan say lodbrog but hey whatever floats ur boat
That explains the "Zoinks!"
I'm a bit surprised you missed the "Salad in a fight" (Saladin)
But he did beat a saldin and then got scortched earthed on by saladin..
@@LinardsZ don't know why you're telling me this
IDK
He couldn't beat a salad in a fight?
He caught it, I saw that grin.
Highly suggest you take a look at Julius Caesar vs. Shaka Zulu. That's an extremely underrated battle chock-full of historical tidbits. Would love to hear your take on it
@@mattb3920 A rap battle frightened you? 🙄
@@mattb3920 you get unnerved very easily
@@mattb3920 I closely examined how easily unnerved you get
Honestly can’t get enough of this channel! The community! The education! Everything! Can’t wait for you to come to Britain and visit some sites! (you should come to Wales :) ) honestly keep up the good work !
P.S the ‘salad’ lines was a reference to Saladin
I thought at first the old lady Ragnar referred to was Eleanor of Aquitaine, given how she never loved Richard's father. :P
She does seem to have loved him at first, their relationship just went to pieces on an epic scale in the later years.
It seems very likely that she did love him, in the beginning. If she hadn't loved him originally, his affair with Rosamund Clifford wouldn't have pissed her off NEARLY as much.
I was not well educated on either of these guys. That being said, a big thank you for putting this reaction up so I could better appreciate it! Also, Greeting from Toledo!
"Acre and Jaffa like a piece of cake" - reference to Jaffa Cakes
there's also Acre cake.
I didn’t pick up on that till now. Good eye
Is this a reference in stargate that the jaffa are second to the goauld(kings/gods)
Just want to give my thanks to all the great content. I really have enjoyed your videos over the past couple of weeks.
My pleasure Simon. Thanks for being a part of this community!
Was the ding ding dong also a reference to frere jacques/brother john? “Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing! Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.”
Nice catch!
Ding Dang Dong is from the French version, which makes sense with Richard being more French than English
Yes, I notice a lot of people miss that reference
"couldn't even beat a Salad in a fight" -find the hidden word, Crusades edition
I really liked the Sicily on his day off reference. While he was going to the third crusade, he stopped in Sicily and conquered it more or less for the sheer heck of it.
Well not "for the heck of it". King Tancred was denying Richard's sister Joanna her rights and inheritances as the widow of Sicily's previous King, William II. Richard only really took the city of Messina from Tancred, and then they reached an equitable settlement where Tancred ended up contributing ships and money to the expeditionary force that Richard was taking to the Holy Land.
I think a better reference for that joke about "conquering on his day off" would be Cyprus. He was literally blown there off course in a storm, and conquered the island in like 10 days because Isaac Commenus was a dick to some of his shipwrecked men.
@@SRosenberg203 You're right, I got the two confused.
Richard may not have been a great king of England, but honestly at the time he was alive that's not really what he was primarily known for. His holdings in France were far more important than his in England at the time.
@@danielrichwine2268 Exactly. He wasn't "English", he was Aquitainian by culture and choice; he had been raised to believe he would be the Duke of Aquitaine growing up, and he spent a lot of time there during his formative years. If we want to get super technical, we could call him Angevin, but even that seems inaccurate, since he was much closer with his mother and her lands, than with his father.
To malign Richard because he didn't give a shit about England is a very English-centric perspective that I tend to reject. He didn't care about England, except insofar as it allowed him to call himself King. The vast majority of his income came from his lands on the continent, and consequently that's where he focused his attention.
Plus, let's be real. If you could chose to live in Bordeaux, or England, which climate would any sane person choose? It's not even a contest lmao.
@@SRosenberg203 right. It's sort of like calling Napoleon a Corsican. Anyway that's sort of why I gave the battle to Richard. A lot of Rothgar's hits don't land quite as well upon closer inspection.
@@danielrichwine2268 I did like the reference to Richard III and his hunchback/scoliosis though, that was a good one.
"Chopping through your family like Boneless wings" was actually in reference to the Blood Eagle. They chopped through the back of your rips to get another your lungs, which were placed outside the body. All this happened while the victim was still alive, and they would eventually suffocate to death. They believed that if the victim didn't scream during the process, they would be permitted into Vahalla.
"Monks in chunks on Northumbrian lawns" also the Viking raid on the Island of Lindisfarne in 793, the church of St Cuthbert in particular.
Man, I need more Lindisfarne mead, they still have a brewery there that dates back like 300+ years
"Circle of life", "can you feel the love tonight"
Good Elton John reference to Lion King hahaha
I really like the depth behind the lines about the ringing bells. There's an old French song that goes
“Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?
Brother John! Brother John!
Morning bells are ringing. Morning bells are ringing. Ding Dang Dong. Ding Dang Dong.”
I really love the depth to that and how he turns it around about himself and then also plays off of brother John sleeping in the song and Richard's brother, John.
Ahhh I didn't even catch the Frere Jacques reference with that one!
“Robin Hood Men In Tights” is the best Robin Hood movie by far.
You should react to eastern vs western philosophers erb
I think he did
Sorry nvm he didn’t
I just found this channel about 45 minutes ago by accident through Oversimplified's Henry VIII, but now I'm trapped watching a mix of Oversimplified, Sabaton, and ERB reactions at 2:30 in the morning. Send a rescue team, preferably with more wine.
Welcome, and try to get some sleep!
@@VloggingThroughHistory My airpords went dead about 3 in the morning and I finally convinced myself that that was enough for the night, right in the middle of history of the world.
There’s a double on “Coming through in the end, Like Sean Connery” as a reference to Sean Connery being in Indiana Jones and the LAST CRUSADE, with Richard being a Crusader king.
@@ms_scribbles he mentioned that specifically in the analysis. That’s why I pointed it out as a double.
Possibly the reference, but more likely a reference to at the of Robin Hood prince of thieves Sean Connery makes a cameo as King Richard at the very end.
I’ve been looking forward to this
Same here man, same here
I got an ad for the same video
Love how much fun you had with this one.
Great analysis of a great video. Subscribed! As a history degree holder, I appreciate both ERB and your channel.
"Couldn't beat a salad in a fight" Salah al-Din was ruling over Jerusalem at the time
I think Richard had the better flow, but yeah, those disses from Ragnar gave him the victory here.
Many of Richard's disses go over people's heads, like the snake pit, the shaggy pants...meanwhile Ragnars were all obvious and direct.
Richards first diss about being second place is about the most probable reason or motivation for ragnar to who he will be because he wanted fame and glory and not be overshadowed by others
The hardest-hitting disses from Ragnar were about Richard ignoring his wife, but who cares? So Richard I preferred fighting to women, funny that a Viking would bother him about it.
@@nicolasg8091 or the lines about how Richard died, which never got the attention from Richard it deserved. When Ragnar called him out for getting killed by a 10 year old, I wish Richard had come back with how it wasn't that big of a deal, about how he paid the kid 100 gold coins.
Nice Peter usually has a pretty kick-ass flow, so that one goes to whichever character he plays on almost every other ERB
Thank you very much for the extra backround information! They made this battle this much more awesome!
I've been looking forward for this video for a bit, thanks for posting!
One thing you missed was the "Leave your legacy in runes" line. That line is a reference to how very little of Ragnar's life is actually confirmed, so it pretty much only existed in writing.
Missed reference "one of your things" the Althing is the Icelandic Paliament one of the Oldest parliaments in the worlds. Each viking country had something similar. The norwegians had the Storting
Jaffa Cakes are a popular English snack.
Also, please react to Horrible Histories.
This one I didn't know. Nice!
I love watching these reactions videos... This was the first channel to actually stay on top of all of the references... I knew who Richard the 1st was (and most things thrown at him are fairly self explanatory), but I knew next to nothing about Ragnar...
Technically Richard didn't really spend most of his time in foreign lands: he felt at home in France, where most of his territories were.
But it's true he only spent 6 months in England (as a king), and wasn't a very good king for that kingdom in particular.
To be fair. If you’re the king of England, you usually live in England
@@harrisonjewell6510 He was also the duke of Anjou (the first territory his family had), duke of Normandy, duke of Aquitaine and even duke of Britanny.
He had a lot of possible homes. I've read his favorite territory was Aquitaine, maybe because of his mother.
I like when historians react to these it helps me understand more history
The "Ding dang dong, morning bells ... putting you to sleep like your brother John," in addition to being a reference to how the bells would ring to warn of viking raids and to Richard's brother John, is also a reference to the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques":
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping
Brother John, brother John?
Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing
Ding dang dong, ding dang dong
i don't think Richard was homosexaual i just don't think he cared he was just a guy who just wanted to be warrior i think like i kinda understand him honestly he probably should have just have been a knight or noble
I've been studying Vikings since I was kid. I'm Finnish with very distant Viking heritage and my Grandma told me tons of tales from history when I was kid and I picked up from that, so I'll fill what you miss 😉
Ragnar was very shady from his background and often disputed did he even exists since so many including Ivar the Boneless and Björn Ironside claimed to be his sons even though they lived in different eras. Björn eventually became King of Sweden and Ivar lived to raid. What it comes to his supposed death; King Aella wanted him to suffer and indeed dropped him into the pit of snakes, but Ragnar didn't make single noise and Englishmen were terrified of the sight which only played for the hands of Vikings as a terrifying people whom welcomes death with embrace.
Ragnar was very exaggerated person, if he ever lived and he was indeed claimed to be Odin's decendant and therefore claims to be his son was fairly common with great raiders since they would have seen godlike.
Ivar's name "Boneless" is disputed between many historians. There are many hypothesis's where the name comes from and one was that he had some sort of disability which would have been seen as a weakness. Supporters of that version claims that he was carried in top of a shield in battle where he used an bow. Other hypothesis's range from him being extremely huge man to the point of him being impotent. Viking were witty with their nicknames and "Boneless" could have meant that he couldn't get an erection or that he had so huge bones that his name was sarcastic. No one really knows what's the actual truth. Even Ragnar had his name which translates as "Hair pants" (Karvahousu in Finnish), probably due the hairy legs or something similiar.
Two bonus fact to the end since there was disappointingly low amounts of straight references towards Viking-era.
It's commonly known that Danes, Norwegians and Swedes (Scandinavians) were exclusively Vikings, but in all actuality Finnish and Estonians were categorized as Viking too on later Viking era.
Scandinavian Vikings feared Finns as they were extremely superstitious and nothing was scarier than Finnish forests. When King Olaf II tried to raid Finland Finns retreated to the forests and they followed them only to be ambushed between two cliffs and they didn't even see their attackers. Olaf II barely escaped and after that they left Finland alone.
Later years when they found their ways to Constantinople from Russians rivers, Finns and Estonians whom basically held the Baltic seas were eventually adopted to the customs of Vikings, but their Gods were similiar but different.
"Vikings" TV-show mashes up a lot of different time periods, for example Rollo weren't brother of Ragnar by any means, but he was ruthless raider who constantly raided Paris and eventually was given part of France nowadays known as Normandia where he grew his armies with Viking customs in warfare while rest of the French kings tried to fill the power vacuum when King of Paris died. After rest of the kings had exhausted their forces Rollo rolled up and just took Paris and even nowadays his blood runs in the veins of Queen Elizabeth and rest of the English royalty.
Hopefully this was at least interesting read if anyone reads this haha 😅 I just felt like this is my moment to shine since we're dabbling with the historical topics I'm familiar with!
If the topic interests any further, I really recommend to read Snorre Sturluson's King-sagas from year 1100. Sturluson was Islandic historian who lived during the Islandic Viking era.
Have you checked out Horrible Histories? It’s a British TV series based on a series of books and covers a lot of history in a way to make it accessible to kids. The songs especially are really clever.
this is one of the best ERBs in my opinion
5:00 There's really no historical evidence whatsoever to indicate that Richard the Lionheart was gay. Most of those theories come from Victorian-era historians who were so prudish that they interpreted the medieval practice of people sharing a bed as an inherently sexual activity. There are accounts of Richard sharing a bed with King Phillip of France as like a symbolic display of friendship, and sleeping alone in a bed was something that pretty much NOBODY in the Middle Ages did on a regular basis; they had completely different standards of privacy than we do today. Staying in an inn, for example, would almost certainly result in you being put into a bed with one or more other travelers, unless you were rich enough to rent out an entire room.
There's also plenty of contemporary evidence referring to Richard's adultery, so this idea that he didn't bang his wife because he wanted to bang men is completely unsupported by history.
The simplest explanation for why Richard never impregnated his wife is also the most likely to be correct: he was less interested in her than he was in warring and fighting. He was a warrior at heart, and that's what he thought about first and foremost. He always had a war to fight, so he just didn't have time for Berengaria.
9:10 I'm almost certain it's a reference to the raid on the Monestary of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, which is widely recognized as the beginning of the Viking Age.
Finally been waiting for this reaction!
2:06 A "Thing" is a law assembly from the viking age where noblemen and landowners could make laws, announcements and settle disputes. The Danish parliament is still called "Folketinget" (The People's Thing)
I seen this one recently, I personally thought Ragnar Lodbrok won, but I can't wait to see what you had to say about this one, especially since I don't know much about these two
I only know about Richie but I liked Lodbrok
@@APersonOnTH-camX I've heard about them both, but never really learned anything about the two
Funny how we have a Viking v Viking in this battle. Richard is a man from Normandy (A Viking duchey), and Ragnar is pure Viking.
The Normans were not Vikings anymore for a long time.
Northunmbrians lawns is also a reference to Lindisfarne, June 8, 793. The first ever raid on England
Dude you are great at breaking stuff down. SUBBED.
very nice video, makes the rap battle even cooler
10:00 Fun fact:
In germany the movie is called "The knights of the coconut" ... the more you know
You missed Richard the 3rds spine (scoliosis) also Jaffa cakes and Lothbrook means shaggy pants
What was "Things"?
@@matthewmagda4971 From what I've read up, "Things" are like meetings during the viking age.
The Zoinks reference comes from The name Lodbrok which means shaggy breeches and was a nickname, which is the same sort of pants shaggy from scooby soo wears
This is why i love this channel so much. We think so much a like. Just because a king didn't bang his wife or had close male friends doesn't mean they are gay or also liked guys. Ok Richard didn't have children with his wife sure but he did have at least one illegitimate son which means he did the deed with a woman he had no reason to do it with, he just found her attractive and did it. I think people just like to romanticize stuff. I like to stick to the history.
It has to do with prudish Victorian historians misinterpreting historical sources. Basically there are accounts of Richard sharing a bed with Phillip of France, generally as a symbolic gesture of friendship and alliance. We have very different standards of privacy now than they had in the Middle Ages, and back then people commonly had to share beds without it being at all sexual. But the Victorians couldn't get their heads around that idea, so they decided that Richard and Phillip were lovers.
The Sean Connery line is a double reference I think, because Sean Connery’s Bond makes an appearance in the end of “James Bond vs. Austin Powers” as well as the Robin Hood reference
The "Sean Connery" line not only reference Robin Hood Prince of Thieves but also a previous ERB featuring James Bond. The Sean Connery version shows up in the end to battle the Daniel Craig version.
Lodbrock means “shaggy breeches” that’s why I like the Shaggy line.
The Historian Rap King has returned.
I love the dig at the Minnesota Vikings, it’s so true.🤣
I had a friend who’s from Minnesota and he once flipped out over an unsuccessful Vikings game. It was hilarious
This was what I wanted to see when the video first dropped! You're opinion lol
TBH, I think Vikings have been a bit overdone especially in recent years, especially the Vikings that raided England, Jesus, were are the shows Vikings in the new world or Vikings serving the Varangian Guard, or Vikings in the new world? Assassin Creed made game were the trailer painted Alfred the flipping Great, the that kept England from being subjugated the Great Heathen Army as the bad guy. We fucking glamorize the group that chop up priests, robbery and sold slaves for fun. Fuck, when the last time anyone did a series about El Cid, Alfred the Great, or Charlegmage, or Charles Martel?
Acre is in the north. Yafo is just south of tel aviv on the center coast. As some credit Jerusalem is a pain in the ass to get to even today from those places. Theres almost impassable mountains protecting it.
"Your old lady couldn't feel the love on any night!"
"He might have been homosexual. It's pretty hard..."
Apparently not. 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭
I know you're always open to suggestions of topics to discuss and speak on...
I don't know if this one hits too close to home given your involvement with Rachel's Story, but I would love to hear your reflections on the Columbine Massacre, both its place in the zeitgeist and its influence on the country over 2 decades later.
Love the channel!
I was waiting for this
the guy who captured Richard on his way back home was Austrian duke Leopold V who had previously fought alongside him during the third crusade. according to legend, Leopold was the first noble to enter Acre and raised his own banner on one of the city's towers, as commander of the christian forces however, Richard had Leopold's banner torn down and replaced by his own, which is why the duke held a grudge against him. once Richard had been captured, Leopold then convinced the emperor of going along with extorting a ransom from the english crown.
Leopold is also famous in Austria for supposedly creating the red-white-red Austrian tricolor. it's said that during the siege of Acre he fought so furiously and slayed so many enemies that his white coat was entirely covered in blood, except for a white stripe where he had worn his belt. but this story is most likely a fabrication as red-white-red flags had been in use in southern germany well before the third crusade.
Fun fact bout the Monty Python knights and the coconuts. The reason they did it that way was twofold. One they couldn't afford to hire horses and two, none of them actually know how to ride.
You gotta watch the eastern vs western Philosophy one. I think its one of the best ones.
Ragnar lothbrook is also a character referenced in assassin's Creed Valhalla and you can actually meet his sons as one of the quests that you pick up right off the bat and I'm not sure if this is historically accurate but Ivar mentions that he gets the name because he moves like a reed in the wind someone gave it to him that he was fighting
6:37: We have a saying about that in France, it goes: England is a French colony that went wrong.
Angles and Saxons: *laughing their asses off at french people*
Well considering the fact that the Normans weren't actually French, it sounds like your saying is a little ridiculous. France never conquered England. England was conquered by the Norsemen that France paid to protect it from other Norsemen.
Thank you. Finaly some one who knows the stories behind this battle.
You gotta do Zeus vs Thor! It’s one of the best ones they’ve ever done
As a Packers fan, I quite enjoyed the "If I wanted to fight loser Vikings I'd go to Minnesota."
That said, the Viking wins this one in my book. Ragnar absolutely got the dub.
Edward Longshanks vs. Haold of Norway, that should be fun to see.
I'd say Richard I didn't have kids with his wife because he was never friggin' home to bang her. Also, the reference to "twist your spine like the end of the Plantagenet line" was a reference to Richard III, who had scoliosis (confirmed now that we've found his remains, but not hunchback like Shakespeare claimed), and who was the last Plantagenet king. The "shaggy little pants" is a reference to Ragnar's name. "Loðbrók" means "shaggy breeches" in Old Norse.
8:05 You missed a chance to talk about how Richard was coronated twice, the first time before leaving for the Third Crusade and the second after he came back following his stint in a German prison.
When you paused it at 9:16 in that pose he does really look like the Vikings actor
You should also do a react to ERB's behind the scenes where they discuss their writing process and some of the set ups, punchlines and jokes.
No one's gonna talk about the Scooby Doo reference? When Richard the Lionheart said "Zoinks!" he was referring to Shaggy Rogers who makes that catchphrase when in the presence of a ghost or monster. We all know how "brave" Shaggy is when it comes to terrifying situations. Richard was comparing Ragnar to Shaggy. Now THAT was a dis.
3:43 he was killed by a young boy shot by a bow kind of like in Robin Hood but he got infected and died from the gangrene infection where he was shot
Just in case anybody didn't catch the "Richard coming through in the end like Sean Connery" line's meaning, that's a reference to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Sean Connery made a surprise cameo at the end where he played Richard, and caught Robin/Marian off guard.
It's always entertaining to see ERB back and do their thing.
Any chance you'd want to listen to Amon Amarth and Serenity? Serenity (among some other bands) sing about history as well and they have the song Lionheart.
Richard wasn't a great king for England but he was a great Crusader, He managed to retake a large chunk of the Holy land from Saladin.
Erb messed up on the berzerk line, Berzerk means bear shirt and was worn by the champions of chiefs.
Awesome stuff! I love Medieval English history.
10:24 Definitely recognized that a knockout line.
Ragnarr is the scandinavian equivalent of King Arthur and some of the stories about him actually happened but where made by an actual live viking
I'd love it if you react to some Third Crusade stuff, the clash between Richard and Saladin whose reference you unfortunately missed
I recommend watching a brief history of the royal family, it’s really good and quite funny
New season, new episode
i have to ask. is that "you couldn't even beat a salad in a fight" line go past you?
I like when you pause and explain lines. If people want to watch the whole thing then they should go to the original video. 😎
I'm surprised note wasn't taken of the Saladin line.
Vlogging Through History is going to have to watch Knox Hill's reaction to this. "Couldn't Even Beat a Salad In A Fight" is such a good line. Saladin...Just Gold
I got this exact ad while watching this video :)
Minor thing I noticed, the 2 symbol Richard shows early on is the British equivalent of giving the middle finger. I heard it came from English longbowmen taunting their adversaries, but I’m not 100% sure on the veracity of that.
Sean Connery 🤝 Iain Glen
* showing up at the end of a movie as Richard the Lionheart after being absent for the entire story *
You don’t put credit on Richard’s name because he was a good king, you do it because he nearly took Jerusalem with 8000-9000 men against 60,000 under Saladin. The man was a monster on the battlefield.
But still a crappy king.
@@ms_scribbles Alexander was a terrible ruler. Doesn't mean he wasn't great.
Saladin did not have 60k. At his strongest in Hattin he had 20k. Almost half his men disbanded after jerusalem was taken. He had 10-12k at jaffa
@@noman8412 Alexander was an awesome ruler. If his cry baby generals and soldiers sucked up their xenophobic values, he would've kept conquering.
could u please make video where u rank all roman emperors from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus
Salad-in a fight refers to saladin (Richard's enemy in the 3rd crusade