I learned about the Vikings last semester in college and one thing I always thought was that they where nothing but savages. Now I think they are much better then some medieval cultures and tribes or states.
@The Grin Reaper Yeah, I have seen a couple encounters with my professors and students he rudely insult the professor and the class for learning about Medieval history of Europe I for one enjoyed it so I became a history Major.
@The Grin Reaper - The Saxons and other Europeans who were the victims of Vikings characterized the Vikings as barbarians. That characterization stuck for centuries. It is actually modern scholarship that has provided different stances on Vikings, based upon knowledge of their lifestyles and cultures. I suggest that you drop your bias and base your stances on facts, as well.
@The Grin Reaper - I didn't state or imply that Vikings weren't Europeans. You should really try to humble yourself, learn more, and stop trying to argue.
Mine as well, their myths are some of the best kind. A pity that when people now think of Asgard, Thor, Odin or others; they immediately think of aliens
Ubisoft has confirmed that a Viking Assassin’s Creed is in the making for next year under the title Ragnarok. It might get the same treatment like AC Odyssey, so there’s a chance they might add the gods & goddess from Norse myth. 😉
Vinz Spade Ever since that thing got released, I feared for this day... weak people like you all showing up who’s not even related to the culture whatsoever speaking the names of our ancestors in vain for your personal fandom. Stop destroying our culture. Just keep it for yourself unless you’re related by blood. TV series Vikings have done much damage already so we don’t want another ones who are even more pathetic than that.
@@Cieges Askeladd never existed actually, he is just a made up character. On the other hand Thorfinn, Leif, Thorkell, King Sweyn and Canute all existed and played a role in history. Oh and btw, Thorfinn was never a brutal warrior as a child, later on he was actually a merchant and a sailor and tried to establish a settlement in Vinland
the Vikings were savage and sadistic. they were faithless and betrayed every oath they could, they only honored their oaths to the english because it suited them. nevertheless, they were brave in battle as the battle of Stamford bridge goes to show
There does exist a lot of evidence about Ragnar Lodbrok, a lot of medevail monk writers of that time wrote about him, just google it! He absolutly existed, altough the one in the vikings series is not accurate of what the real Ragnar did, the franks for example called him Ragnus!
Horned Helmets may look cool but in reality they would not be suitable for battle while they would look imtimidating they could easily be pulled or knocked off leaving the viking vunrable to being hit on the head by a weapon possibly killing them.
From what I understand the idea of Vikings coming from places covered in ice and snow is a myth. In fact I think the Viking age was during the medieval warm period
Actually, the food theory might be wrong. Not only is the land plenty and fertile and vikings dugged up or near towns has shown plenty of food and diffrent animal bones or grains, even a trader who visited vikings one time said: there is so much fish in the village here, that they cant even sell it to each other - not to mention all the game to hunt. most likely was traders who saw weaknesses in towns - went home told people about it, and some of the "not farmers" decided to take a gamble, as in greed.
Just finishing a Masters degree in Viking history with the Institute for Northern studies if anyone has questions.,There are a few misconceptions about.
“most Vikings uses axes because swords were very expensive” This is misleading and not correct. Cars are expensive but most households have access to one because they last for years and companies keep making them so you can buy a used one for a reasonable price. What would be more accurate is that Vikings mostly used spears and bows. And that some also used axes swords and knives.
KeisukeMito I’m showing that just because something is expensive to construct, it doesn’t have to stay expensive forever, especially if it is durable enough to last many years. Sorry if I went over your head with that comparison.
I think you have a point. Everybody say they are so expensive and rarely used by vikings. Here in Norway alone, 3500 swords has been found. Considering that the population in the the years between 793 to 1066 was between 80-100k, that is a huge amount of swords.
Robert Baragar According to Ibn Fadhlan, the Rus vikings who came to Constantinople all carried an axe, dagger, and sword. And a ship found in Estonia (I think) contained more swords than the bodies buried with the ship. It’s likely that since enemy swords were heated, bent, and thrown into rivers and lakes, there just weren’t that many recovered; leading to the idea that swords were rare. But it seems they were quite common in fact.
All Vikings carried an Ax. Some more wealthy Vikings carried swords. They didn't sell them like a used car...they passed them down to the next generation.
Very nice explanation.I have recently watched the netflex serial Viking.Everything came to my mind.your explanation is very,very good.I will watch all your videos.p Siva Rao,India.
Scandinavia was under snow most of the year...? During the Medieval warm period when the climate would have been similar to modern times the Danes had very mild climate and the Norse settlements in Norway and Sweden were mainly in the south.
This was like someone quoting random facts gathered through here say and rumour...so much of it was so wrong that I was laughing because it sounded like a spoof 😂
Great video👌.. If you follow the name Reginherus instead of Ragnar Lothbrok, I swear you'll find his existence. The show Vikings kinda messed up the real history. But a lot of Frankish Sources mention him quite a few times as the cunning leader of the Northmen. His attack on Paris on Easter Sunday is mentioned even with dates. I think it was March 29th 841AD. And yes there's so many legends about him too sometimes conflicting with real history. You can thank the Medieval European literature for that.
I have actually found that The Ragnar Lodbrok is my ancestor so there is evidence that was a real person. And he was once king of Norway, but the Ragnar shown in the T.V series Vikings is a combination of 10 or 12 different people all mixed into 1. So if your going with the T.V Ragnar, then no he wasn't a real person.
- Would women really of been welcome in any significant way on a raid? i mean, those boats don't look like they would hold a whole lot of people, stands to reason they would prioritize the best fighters they could find and simply due to biology that would end up with majority men....
Well if you are gonna lead a succesfull trade journey or raid. Then you also need people that cook, collect firewood, clean and that kinda stuff. Whilst the men do other things like patrol, scout and prepare for any attacks. I mean every military force back in the day had a caravan which was tended by women and children. And men of course. A medieval army or viking like you speak of is basically like a movable village.
You do realize that weapons create a much more equal playing field between the sees right? Don't underestimate a skilled woman with a sword you pay for it with a sword.
According to one source about 150,000,if you can count all the Estonians in that time as Vikings.Estonia was not a country at that time of course,and there are no known censuses then.The estimate is based on populaton dynamics and known archaeology.Look up Jomsborg vikings.
Good material. But you got some things WRONG: 1) A lot of Norse chiefs & kings were NOT burned with their ships. They were buried with them. 2) Beserkers were said to drink or eat hallucinogenic drugs (mushrooms). It has never been proven. Also, it is unproven that they turned against their own 3) Ragnar Lothbrok is a fictional character. 4) Learn how to pronounce the names properly!
You are wrong about one thing though. Ragnar Lodbrok is definately NOT a fictional character in itself, but parts of his saga is definately fiction. And some of his achivements or story is not know if it was actually one person, or if his story is the tales of the deeds of several different people who's stories have just been woven into Ragnar's story over time. Like, there is this person know as something along the lines of ''Raginhari'' in norse sagas, which historians have believed to be another name for Ragnar, but there is no direct source that claims it. But Ragnar Lodbrok in itself was DEFINATELY a real person, but it is uncertain if his story as a whole is actually the story of one man, or several people who's stories have just been woven into his story to create a more legendary tale over time.
@SeeUinHistory, If you would make a video on the Sahābah or the companions of the prophet Muhammad I’d be an instant patron supporter. 1because you’d be the first and 2. It’s in line with your content
Dylan Searcy you’re wrong. First danish people were called Danes. And Viking means to go raiding also non Scandinavia’s could be pirates but not Vikings
There are several archeological graves of women from the viking period being buried with weapons however... And keep in mind that a grave depicts not how the dead imagined themselves but how their surroundings saw the dead. - So there were indeed Scandinavian warrior women, though wether they were vikings or not (given that this is a profession akin to "pirate") is something we do not know.
@@RuerlKhan This is simply an exaggerated revision of history propped up feminists. There's more evidence to the contrary i.e mass graves of warriors and written records that only men fought. However, relative to that time period the women had more power in what still would be defined as a very patriarchal world by modern standards.
@@Hammerhook12 As I wrote: We have archeological evidence of graves were women were buried with weapons, even one or two examples of the bones having injuries from weapons. That is all I can make as a statement, I cannot speak to it being common (it was obviously a very rare thing) but it did happen that women fought. As for your claim that we have written records that "only men fought" this is not true - at least we have no contemporary written records from the time, this is mostly due to the lack of written accounts by the vikings however. What some feminists seem to believe is that it was a common thing for viking women to be warriors - that is something any historian or archeologist would dispute if they took their education at all seriously. The only thing we can be certain of is that there were a few rare examples - these are not the norm, but the exception. Making the claim that there were no female fighters in scandinavia during the viking period however, is almost as silly as making the claim that they were common.
I learned about the Vikings last semester in college and one thing I always thought was that they where nothing but savages. Now I think they are much better then some medieval cultures and tribes or states.
Why better?
@The Grin Reaper Yeah, I have seen a couple encounters with my professors and students he rudely insult the professor and the class for learning about Medieval history of Europe I for one enjoyed it so I became a history Major.
@The Grin Reaper - The Saxons and other Europeans who were the victims of Vikings characterized the Vikings as barbarians. That characterization stuck for centuries. It is actually modern scholarship that has provided different stances on Vikings, based upon knowledge of their lifestyles and cultures.
I suggest that you drop your bias and base your stances on facts, as well.
@The Grin Reaper - I didn't state or imply that Vikings weren't Europeans. You should really try to humble yourself, learn more, and stop trying to argue.
You were probably thinking about the beserker Vikings, they were the like the hulks of the vikings
They are some of my favorite warriors of all time.
Mine as well, their myths are some of the best kind.
A pity that when people now think of Asgard, Thor, Odin or others; they immediately think of aliens
as a Scandinavian, i approve
As a Norwegian I'm not sure IF i should be flattered OR embarrassed?? 🤔 ⛵🇳🇴
I'm light skinned black American but love them.
@@Friendship1nmillion depends of youre a snowflake or not
My good ol' ancestors really made a name for themselves in the world :)
I had no idea saddam had viking ancestors
Who are here after watching Assassins Creed : Valhalla
still waiting for the Assasins Creed myth or history
That's a great idea my guy.
@@justchilling704 they normally ignore so dont count on them doing the story or myth
Ubisoft has confirmed that a Viking Assassin’s Creed is in the making for next year under the title Ragnarok. It might get the same treatment like AC Odyssey, so there’s a chance they might add the gods & goddess from Norse myth. 😉
Celestial7Heavens Thats would be cool, and it would be less gay.
I think there making a pagan or viking assassins creed either this year it comes out or next year
Chainmail where also very expensive and hard to make, so not so many wore chainmail.
Plus dont forget about the large knife called a seax.
I was looking for Norse Viking episode for long time 👍
Anyone else here after the Assassin’s Creed announcement? 😃😃
Psycho Panda yes
Yes
No
Those were the good old days of pillaging...now we do it in Clash of Clans
since he mention Leif Erikson, I was hoping him to mention Thorfinn Karlsefni hahaha
Sameeeeee n Askeladd too
I would like to include Canute, Thors, and Thorkell too. :-)
@@samuraijhackgaer7201 how about thor father of thorfin
Vinz Spade Ever since that thing got released, I feared for this day... weak people like you all showing up who’s not even related to the culture whatsoever speaking the names of our ancestors in vain for your personal fandom. Stop destroying our culture. Just keep it for yourself unless you’re related by blood. TV series Vikings have done much damage already so we don’t want another ones who are even more pathetic than that.
@@Cieges Askeladd never existed actually, he is just a made up character. On the other hand Thorfinn, Leif, Thorkell, King Sweyn and Canute all existed and played a role in history. Oh and btw, Thorfinn was never a brutal warrior as a child, later on he was actually a merchant and a sailor and tried to establish a settlement in Vinland
*Amon Amarth starts playing*
Can you do a video about the valkyries?
-they seem worthy
-yes
-let’s see: VIKINGS COME AND GET THEM!
Should do Celtic Warriors of The British Isles next and also do Celtic Mythology
Love your pictures.
Thank you see u in history 👌🤟👍🤴👨🎓🤠🌊🔥🌍
So good to be back again.
You guys are doing a great work!
the Vikings were savage and sadistic. they were faithless and betrayed every oath they could, they only honored their oaths to the english because it suited them. nevertheless, they were brave in battle as the battle of Stamford bridge goes to show
louis hart you just described every medieval culture that ever existed
@@punkm0nk3y2 😆.
I just found your channel. Great job on all the content. Keep it coming.
There does exist a lot of evidence about Ragnar Lodbrok, a lot of medevail monk writers of that time wrote about him, just google it! He absolutly existed, altough the one in the vikings series is not accurate of what the real Ragnar did, the franks for example called him Ragnus!
Lol
You should do a video on norse heroes
Columbus: I found North America
Leif Erikson: Hold my battle axe.
Horned Helmets may look cool but in reality they would not be suitable for battle while they would look imtimidating they could easily be pulled or knocked off leaving the viking vunrable to being hit on the head by a weapon possibly killing them.
From what I understand the idea of Vikings coming from places covered in ice and snow is a myth. In fact I think the Viking age was during the medieval warm period
The Man 316 its still cold in Scandinavia (trust me i live in norway)
andstr but maybe not as cold as myths say? Like I said Vikings were around in the medieval warm period
You are correct. The viking period is from 793 to 1066 - the medieval warm period is from 900 to 1300. This entire video is hillariously inaccurate.
Actually, reason why vikings started to roam the seas is growth in agroculture production, when you sail for weeks you need much food
Fail.
Could I ask that you do a similar vein video on the celts?
Loved it! Just a little bit of elaborating on Rollo (my ancestor) of Normandy is missing.
Oden, guide our ships
Our axes, spears and swords
Guide us through storms that whip
And in brutal war
Actually, the food theory might be wrong. Not only is the land plenty and fertile and vikings dugged up or near towns has shown plenty of food and diffrent animal bones or grains, even a trader who visited vikings one time said: there is so much fish in the village here, that they cant even sell it to each other - not to mention all the game to hunt. most likely was traders who saw weaknesses in towns - went home told people about it, and some of the "not farmers" decided to take a gamble, as in greed.
Just finishing a Masters degree in Viking history with the Institute for Northern studies if anyone has questions.,There are a few misconceptions about.
Colin Norman hopefully no lie were pressed into your books for you to learn n then teach us...
The original Vikings did not look like Europeans. They were dark flesh people.
@@ladellallen3155 are you saying the vikings were black? 😂
@@dragoncrown2029 Yes, I am
@@ladellallen3155 from scandinavia?
I found your channel 2 days ago and now I am addicted to it😍😍.. Can you please pleaseee make videos on hindu mythology?
Awesome!! Can you do a video about Queen Gunhild?
“most Vikings uses axes because swords were very expensive” This is misleading and not correct. Cars are expensive but most households have access to one because they last for years and companies keep making them so you can buy a used one for a reasonable price.
What would be more accurate is that Vikings mostly used spears and bows. And that some also used axes swords and knives.
Why are you comparing modern things like cars to swords from a thousand years ago? Times were different man
KeisukeMito I’m showing that just because something is expensive to construct, it doesn’t have to stay expensive forever, especially if it is durable enough to last many years. Sorry if I went over your head with that comparison.
I think you have a point. Everybody say they are so expensive and rarely used by vikings. Here in Norway alone, 3500 swords has been found. Considering that the population in the the years between 793 to 1066 was between 80-100k, that is a huge amount of swords.
Robert Baragar
According to Ibn Fadhlan, the Rus vikings who came to Constantinople all carried an axe, dagger, and sword. And a ship found in Estonia (I think) contained more swords than the bodies buried with the ship. It’s likely that since enemy swords were heated, bent, and thrown into rivers and lakes, there just weren’t that many recovered; leading to the idea that swords were rare. But it seems they were quite common in fact.
All Vikings carried an Ax. Some more wealthy Vikings carried swords. They didn't sell them like a used car...they passed them down to the next generation.
I knew this cause of Vinland Saga, an anime
Vinland saga is wack
Heres the anime cookie you wanted
Coca Cola Don’t follow our culture with your pathetic fandom. It’s gonna make us look like a joke
@@thorbjrnyuzen8501 yup
ThorBjørn Yuzen facts
Athelstan from Vikings looks like Jacksepticeye.
not at all
no.😒
Make videos on CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, THE GREAT INDIAN KING.
I like'vikings
Very nice explanation.I have recently watched the netflex serial Viking.Everything came to my mind.your explanation is very,very good.I will watch all your videos.p Siva Rao,India.
Awesome And cool!
love how the last picture is an Amon Amarth cover
Do a video about valhalla
I wanna give a shoutout to the Minnesota Vikings 💪🏽
Cartier231 I have alot of norwegian family there, I might move there from Norway in the feature
@@nicklasgrande6508 its a football team 🤦🏻♂️
@@oK-sf6sv k
Need to show this to Scandinavian Airways
Ive finished a book that hopefully will become the start of the series and its based around the vikings and Ragnarok and its so fun
Finally 👏👏👏👏
Scandinavia was under snow most of the year...? During the Medieval warm period when the climate would have been similar to modern times the Danes had very mild climate and the Norse settlements in Norway and Sweden were mainly in the south.
This was like someone quoting random facts gathered through here say and rumour...so much of it was so wrong that I was laughing because it sounded like a spoof 😂
U sound like spoof
Great video👌.. If you follow the name Reginherus instead of Ragnar Lothbrok, I swear you'll find his existence. The show Vikings kinda messed up the real history. But a lot of Frankish Sources mention him quite a few times as the cunning leader of the Northmen. His attack on Paris on Easter Sunday is mentioned even with dates. I think it was March 29th 841AD. And yes there's so many legends about him too sometimes conflicting with real history. You can thank the Medieval European literature for that.
England struggled at something, that's new.
Fun watching, but a litlle more homework next time is needed!
scandinavia wasn’t that dificult to live in, and we had good farming and food. not so poor as you may think.
Finally someone from north
I am Norwegian and I can tell you that you are saying every Viking name wrong
Proud of my ancestors :’ )
Athelstan was in the pic of Lindisfarne
When nordic people had balls
"Ragnar Lodebroke"
Been there done that
Nicce
Nicely done and so informative. Thanks for sharing!
Surrender, the Allfather demands it
I have actually found that The Ragnar Lodbrok is my ancestor so there is evidence that was a real person. And he was once king of Norway, but the Ragnar shown in the T.V series Vikings is a combination of 10 or 12 different people all mixed into 1. So if your going with the T.V Ragnar, then no he wasn't a real person.
- Would women really of been welcome in any significant way on a raid? i mean, those boats don't look like they would hold a whole lot of people, stands to reason they would prioritize the best fighters they could find and simply due to biology that would end up with majority men....
Well if you are gonna lead a succesfull trade journey or raid. Then you also need people that cook, collect firewood, clean and that kinda stuff. Whilst the men do other things like patrol, scout and prepare for any attacks. I mean every military force back in the day had a caravan which was tended by women and children. And men of course. A medieval army or viking like you speak of is basically like a movable village.
They'd have like 15 boats on a raid
You do realize that weapons create a much more equal playing field between the sees right? Don't underestimate a skilled woman with a sword you pay for it with a sword.
@The Gray Ghost there are only a few mentioned.
No such thing as shieldmaidens.
WAY too many ads(6) for a 10min video
Vikings vs Spartans
Ngl Spartans got all advantages
alot of the information in this video is wrong
According to one source about 150,000,if you can count all the Estonians in that time as Vikings.Estonia was not a country at that time of course,and there are no known censuses then.The estimate is based on populaton dynamics and known archaeology.Look up Jomsborg vikings.
Good material. But you got some things WRONG:
1) A lot of Norse chiefs & kings were NOT burned with their ships. They were buried with them.
2) Beserkers were said to drink or eat hallucinogenic drugs (mushrooms). It has never been proven. Also, it is unproven that they turned against their own
3) Ragnar Lothbrok is a fictional character.
4) Learn how to pronounce the names properly!
You are wrong about one thing though. Ragnar Lodbrok is definately NOT a fictional character in itself, but parts of his saga is definately fiction. And some of his achivements or story is not know if it was actually one person, or if his story is the tales of the deeds of several different people who's stories have just been woven into Ragnar's story over time. Like, there is this person know as something along the lines of ''Raginhari'' in norse sagas, which historians have believed to be another name for Ragnar, but there is no direct source that claims it. But Ragnar Lodbrok in itself was DEFINATELY a real person, but it is uncertain if his story as a whole is actually the story of one man, or several people who's stories have just been woven into his story to create a more legendary tale over time.
Please do something about witches or Viking witches anything witches like is there a Japanese witch? A french witch? I need answers
"Dracarys!"
...i had to 😝
Viking are not Barbarian
They are true warrior
Who fight for survival
these is how england conquering the world.
Vindland saga
Hafthor Byornsonn , Brock Lesnar ,Dolph Lungren, --- modern day Vikings !!💪💪💪💪😀🗡🗡🗡
Everybody talking about AC Valhalla but were are my nordic, germanic or slavic brothers at??
there are some things wrong here, first 3 min is wrong
Lothbrok
Normandy wasn't a Kingdom though
Not any, its a beach named after the Norse settlement. It might have seemed like a kingdom when the Gallo-Romans merged with them.
Ivar the boneless and Bjorn Ironside Ubbe Hvitserk and Sigurd is Ragnar’s sons
I kinda love vinland saga
where's my man? thorkell?
...difficult to raise cattle.
Why raise cattle when there are dragons like Toothless.
No the biggest tallest ships could carry up to 200 Warriors.
Who thought the vikings to use the metal to mede weapons...?
Bravo Sierra with your commercial c**********
Ok...This explains it. Smh
Sorry but its not lodbrok its lothbrok love to you
Valhalla
@SeeUinHistory, If you would make a video on the Sahābah or the companions of the prophet Muhammad I’d be an instant patron supporter. 1because you’d be the first and 2. It’s in line with your content
Lol ragnar real name is not lothbrok
What is real name please tell me?
Sylva Moise I think he,Evans Reginherus
Too many adv
Add a greek fire shooter and say drakaris!
Some aexheads looked so small.
Like d way u borrowed pix from history viking series n total war brittania.
allot of this isnt even true and is more from pop culture than truth
Good job butchering Ragnar's name.
They never called themselves Vikings. They were called Danes. Viking was more of an activity
Non nordic people could also be Vikings
Dylan Searcy you’re wrong. First danish people were called Danes. And Viking means to go raiding also non Scandinavia’s could be pirates but not Vikings
@@oK-sf6sv they could go viking
Dylan Searcy no most non Scandinavians were taken as slaves
@@oK-sf6sv they took other scandinavians as slaves as well
vinland saga best anime
I love how Neo Paganism is coming back in parts of Scandinavia and throughout the world. Back to fun 😏😂
How little piggies will feel when they hear old pig grunts
It’s not lodbrock its lothbrock and you watch to much Viking
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There is not a single historical account of "viking" women going raiding.
There are several archeological graves of women from the viking period being buried with weapons however... And keep in mind that a grave depicts not how the dead imagined themselves but how their surroundings saw the dead. - So there were indeed Scandinavian warrior women, though wether they were vikings or not (given that this is a profession akin to "pirate") is something we do not know.
@@RuerlKhan This is simply an exaggerated revision of history propped up feminists. There's more evidence to the contrary i.e mass graves of warriors and written records that only men fought. However, relative to that time period the women had more power in what still would be defined as a very patriarchal world by modern standards.
@@Hammerhook12 As I wrote:
We have archeological evidence of graves were women were buried with weapons, even one or two examples of the bones having injuries from weapons.
That is all I can make as a statement, I cannot speak to it being common (it was obviously a very rare thing) but it did happen that women fought.
As for your claim that we have written records that "only men fought" this is not true - at least we have no contemporary written records from the time, this is mostly due to the lack of written accounts by the vikings however.
What some feminists seem to believe is that it was a common thing for viking women to be warriors - that is something any historian or archeologist would dispute if they took their education at all seriously.
The only thing we can be certain of is that there were a few rare examples - these are not the norm, but the exception.
Making the claim that there were no female fighters in scandinavia during the viking period however, is almost as silly as making the claim that they were common.