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Imagine being an frail old monk on Lindisfarne in 793. You've been writing at your desk for most of the day, you're tired, your bones ache and you're ready for your bed. As you finish the last of your work you look up from your desk with a start as you hear cries of panic and screams of pain from outside. As you peer through the window pan the night sky is blazing a burning red and smoke is bellowing up from fires started on the shoreline. Great longships are beached on the shingle, hissing serpents and howling wolves decorate their prows. Men clad in mail and carrying axes are marching up the grass towards the monastery doors. There's no escape....
There was nothing to burn on the shorelines. The Vikings didn't even need to do much to take the monastery, it was just a secluded hold created for monks to record the Gospels over and over.
@@westenicho Families lived close by, they worked on the fields and take care of the animals. There were carpenters, blacksmiths, builders. Monks also worked as physicians and give shelter to refugees in time of war.
Some of us forget, but others devote their lives to justice b/c they haven't forgotten how brutal we become. And people determined to be filthy rich certainly hope to create a barrier between themselves and the great misery that entraps millions.
Really brings home the terrifying realism of these violent times when described by contemporaries even if possibly a little exaggerated. Really apt narration also adds to the experience.
It was not only gold, it was clothing them in fancy pants and a good name to carry home along with the gold, to become a great man in the homeland, supplying them with all the alcohol they needed, making them permanent alchoholics
@@Tom_Cruise_Missile well rus means "men who row". They are swedish vikings who settled in todays russia and ukraine. This is why it's called "russia" or "rus-land", in some languages, to this day. They enslaved the local population, which consisted of many different tribes. Even now we call them slavs, also an old norse word for slave. The rus are vikings but they became more and more distant to their swedish roots the longer they lived in the east
When i went Sweeden and Norway i was so impressed by how polite and outstanding evolved they are.. Perhaps the world loves more they now than in the past 😂
It seems that’s the trend with countries. Like with Nazi Germany, and many other countries in the world , they had their period where they basically just outraged on neighboring countries and create mass destruction and conquer all around them. Then they fall and enter of state of pacifism
Germany and a large part of France used to be Norse-pagans, and they had probably about 5 times as many people compared to the Nordic lands. Pagans of main land Europe were conquered and forcefully converted to Christianity. I bet that the Viking raids pale in comparison to the magnitude of brutalities the main land pagans suffered. And I'm sure the Nordics knew all about it. If you think about how few people actually lived in Scandinavia and still manage to have such successful conquest in France and England. I believe there were tons of people in the Christian lands who felt stronger connections towards their pagan roots rather than a religion they must “believe” under threat... The humiliation and destruction of their ancestor's legacy would have kept resentment toward Christendom going for many generations. Under such conditions, a heathen army would find friends and recruits where ever they would go. The Christian city's were surrounded by hostile formers whom had been waiting long enough to get even.
First hand accounts of the Norse written in Arabic can be very complimentary of the Norse' magnificent personal appearance, attire, and body decorations.
@@aa-zz6328 Ibn Fadlan was an eastern Arab(think Iraq) the Vikings have never raided his cities. He was studying the Viking barbarians 200 years after the raid on Seville(think Spain). Who by the way was a completely different kind of Vikings(Rus) than the ones that raided Seville and were utterly defeated unlike in your TV shows the real world is tough and unforgiving.
@@JoeSmith-sl9bq Do remember that the Sagas were written after the Viking age and when Christianity had taken over Scandinavia so there is likely a bit of exaggeration
@@Yttrium717 Firstly I said nothing about hyperbole, I said exaggeration. Second no it isn't entirely believable as the sagas were speaking on historical and cultural matters centuries after the fact when they were also of a different faith, so it is improbable that it is entirely believable.
As a half Dane myself I’ll say that I’m proud of the Viking past because of the innovations in exploration and naval technology, I’m also proud of the wider Scandinavian warrior culture of which the Viking culture fell within. That being said, I do recognise and accept that the vikings were uncivilised barbarians, the adoption of Christianity and Greco-Roman derived practices gave Scandinavia its seat among the great nations of western civilisation
You know nothing of vikings then. there are accounts of their leaders speaking 5-6 + languages , by family of Pope or Kings royal family of those times i heard here actually , search 6 + months or more back
I love Viking imagery as much as the next guy, but let’s be honest, they were brutal and cruel. Shaped by their environment yes, but particularly bloodthirsty.
New research as of 2020 claims that basically all the Vikings were actually black, so be careful of what you say my dude, don't want to be accused of anything now...
History is written by the winners. And although the Vikings were unconquerable for awhile. Ultimately they lost out to whomever they fought. But in the process changed the world forever. This video was a good one.
They didn't really lose, they were just converted and phased out. When you think about it the Vikings won when they got Normandy and twice when Normandy took England.
@@IudiciumInfernalum it was Ramses lll but yes your correct about him doing it. The best video I've ever watched about the ses people was done by history time. It is a 2 hr+ video that goes into the most detail and gets closer to being able to say who exactly they were and where they came from than anyone else I know
The Angles were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period. They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England, and their name is the root of the name England ("land of Ængle"). According to Tacitus, writing before their move to Britain, Angles lived alongside Langobards and Semnones in historical regions of Schleswig and Holstein, which are today part of southern Denmark
They Byzantine description was really brutal. Wells filled to the top with bodies. Roads blocked with bodies. How they didn't distinguish between man and child. The Vikings get romanticized sometimes but they were the lowest of the low in reality. Even for those times.
those were likely mistakes in records. it was probably done by the Turks/Cumans/Khazers, bascially Asiatic nomads. Vikings rarely slaughter everyone. No record of such thing in Europe or Islam land. It's possible it was a raiding party LED BY VIKINGS, but consisted of lot of Slavs, and Asiatic nomads as mercenaries/allies, and those nomads commited the atrocities. Similar to how Asians such as Uzbeks and Kazahs in Soviet army committed the worst atrocities in Europe in WW2
I seem to remember reading about Charlemagne witnessing a Viking raid, one that came and went so quickly there wasn't time to react. He had of course been hearing about them from other places in his kingdom as well. Someone walked in on him standing and looking out a window, weeping with worry over what would become of his citizens and their descendants with men like that coming and going into ports like a mist.
@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 Big deal. Charlemagne just did what any other Roman Emperor would have done to a population that rebelled. If anything he was far more merciful to a population that had broken their oath than the Romans would have been.
@@qarmatianwarhorse6028 I think you’re imagining someone kind of romantic pagan brotherhood that didn’t exist in the Middle Ages like it did for Christians. After all it was pagan Slavs who helped Charlemagne subjugate the pagan Saxons. Pagans often allied themselves with Christians against other pagans. Pagans felt no kinship for one another. That’s why as soon as they were promised land like Rollo, they were happy to convert and protect Christian lands against their own pagan brethren.
4:49 he can't have said "Moors"! Muslims in Spain didn't know of that term and never used it, they called themselves "Andalusi"/Muslims/ Arab if they are Arab/ Berber if they are Berber / Muladí if they are local Muslims or mixed with Arabs, and so on, but we never heard the word "Moors" that's only what Europeans called them
@Jack Johnson sun stones allowing them to navigate through all weather. Ships built sturdy enough to you know... cross the Atlantic (huge feat). Superior metal worked swords with a high carbon content. Access to trade throughout Europe and the Middle East acquiring luxury goods from as far away as China. And just the general way of life, the religion, the rituals, the raiding. Sounds fun.
I don't know which would shake me more: the arrival of Mongols or Vikings. Probably, no difference. They were ruthless and psychopathic or so it seems, but these accounts are usually not their own.
@@aurinslady7119 yes lots. the church at jarrow is the oldest in the uk, my friend got married there. Theres hexham abbey and Durham cathedral too. The north east of england is where the Synod of whitby was held. Monkwearmouth too. There's *a lot* of Christian history here
@@aurinslady7119 we've also got hadrian's wall here. Which there are public walls along a few Roman settlements. The people are very welcoming, especially to Americans 🤩 Do your homework on the area before you come and make a list of things you'd like to see. There's lots of castles around here too!
@@RichMitch 😄 when I read my husband your reply re: homework, he laughed and then groaned as he realized if i did that, I'd be planning and if I planned, we'd be traveling. 😄
It’s a pity those murderous Vikings never played Assassin’s creed Valhalla: so many unnecessary desynchronisations...tut-tut... EDIT: ...why is everyone talking about homosexuality and gender? My comment has nothing to do with that. This is really weird. I'm criticizing the game for it's attempt to depict Scandinavian pirates as people who did not kill innocents. I thought that was obvious. Seriously, what is going on here?
They had a warrior culture in a harsh time. You could say any empire was bloodthirsty. We idolize our Viking ancestors because of the legacy *they* left behind, not Anglo propaganda.
"This is true freedom, pure anarchy, no state out its laws to protect its citizens. People need to be careful what they wish for" Though that is wrong in every sense for both sides. It is a better example of it but is not said thing.
@@sirsteam181 ok, then what are laws for, what is military originally for, i know it's been corrupted now. we wouldn't need these things if it wasn't for people looking to do societies harm.
@@y33t23 It's propably entertaining but when it comes to historical accuracy it's just terrible. Its like watching a movie about knights who wear some kind of weird looking armor with dragons and shit attached to the helmets. I would go as far as to argue that they partly made the clothing like that because it resembles the fantasy based picture of vikings large audience has about them. Wool clothed peasants with linen wrapped boots don't look as badass. And the fucking fur coats look ridiculous. I may be childish but if I prefer to have my history based movies at least somewhat visually accurate. It really pisses me of when there is not even an attempt to do things properly. Edit: i make really stupid grammar mistakes.
@@ReasonAboveEverything Yeah, I can imagine that, they are quite stereotypical Vikings. It might not be historically accurate, but if their goal was to entertain, they definetly achieved it.
If the Vikings reached as far as Constantinople and current-day Newfoundland, could they have reached as far as Eastern Asia? What about crossing the Mediterranean into Africa (conflict with Egypt?)
Viking raids on the N. African coast weren't unheard of. Many actually settled in Africa in the 11th century: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Africa
@@timothymatthews6458 oh look over there danny, that's me wife & kids getting murderaped next to my burnt down house! Isn't it nice to be here living in the moment? Odin forbid we ever develop as a species & become more civilized....
@@aa-zz6328 Quote from Merriam Webster "a person from an alien land, culture, or group believed to be inferior, uncivilized, or violent " They only way in which they can be called barbarous is in violence even then however you'd be calling most of Europe barbarous as they too were fond of war . That and culture, mainly because of religion is the only other reason for calling them Barbarians though that means nothing besides they were of different beliefs to the other.
I think some were eye whitness accounts but some collections of eye whitness accounts since they talk about multiple locations. Like the Iberian muslim accounts
@@sophieseeker929 It's propaganda because it's written by the victims? Really? All those accounts sound very realistic and non biased. And the fact that there are several accounts from different civilizations stating the same thing proves it. None of the records sound even in the slightest exaggerated. Apart from some patriotic comments, but other than that they all sound real.
@@BillViolator sorry but after horned helmets I cant take "victim" (most sources are from later periods) accounts as particularly reliable.. knowing what christians did in my country makes me questions anything they say about "pagans" in general
@@poTato_777 You see that's the problem right there. 'Knowing what Christians did in my country'. With all due respect, but what have your ancestors been doing to the Christian kingdoms for 200 years? Especially to to English kingdoms. If you attack someone like that expect him to retaliate. That's all I have to say.
It’s very terrible how they killed babies and young children as well. That is so cruel!! The poor little ones would have been so confused and terrified. They spent their short little lives trusting in the kindness and care of adults around them, and in the belief that adults would ensure that all was ok. So it must have been so confusing for them, when those cruel Vikings came. I like to read about the stories where the Vikings were crushed by their enemies. I read somewhere, how when the A.Saxons defeated Viking raiding parties, they would put their corpses on stakes along the beaches where they had landed to warn other raiding parties. That made me happy to read!
remember that this is told by the Christian side, and as the Vikings did not care for writing we have no way of knowing if this is true, or if it is true there is no way of knowing if it is exaggerated.
@@ConkerVonZap that doesn't mean that the christian accounts are false In these case there are 4 different independent accounts for vikings brutality, that's proof that their reputation was well earned
Necromancy For Kids Well I get your point, but it’s too bad they couldn’t have taken the children with them at least. And even if they didn’t do that and just left the children to their own devices, they still might have had a fighting chance, to find some other village or something. It takes a real evil person though, to rip a baby from a mother, and smash him/her against the rocks. I’m not sure if those were exaggerations, but they were heartbreaking for me.
Exactly, I don't doubt the Christians did the same type of thing. No doubt the English did the same exact things, they weren't that culturally different from the Vikings minus Christianity.
This is like saying the accounts of the Jews, who had first hand experience of watching the Nazis slaughter their families, might make it quite subjective There is no account of a civilization encountering peaceful Vikings, at least not at the beginning stages
@@savioblanc Vikings came as traders to begin with. Likely attacked for their indigenous religious beliefs, ultimately choose that all Christian lands are only good for plundering. Can't say I disagree.
@@Slapnuts9627 The Vikings never came as traders to begin with at all. Local Scandinavian tribes up north were trading with their fellow Europeans for years. The Viking ships on the other hand came as plunderers. The eventually settled down and became traders
@@savioblanc Well yeah, I'm using the term Viking to refer to Medieval North Germanic people because that's the popular thing and I was worried you people wouldn't know what I was talking about.
Probably not seeing the large difference between the two, with Vikings being little different to their southern neighbors in terms of violence and horrid acts.
@Jack Johnson 360,000 is not pulled out his ass, it’s based on one of the only actual body counts done by the international Red Cross and neutral investigations. Ironically 6 million is pulled out of thin air, and has been used 145 times as early as 1891. Communist killings were indeed deliberate, with NKVD documents proving Stalin intended to kill off millions of Ukrainians with famine, to destroy their national resistance. You have a child’s view of history
@@muksimulmaad7413 Yeah there was mention of taking slaves, but I was wondered why they also just killed civilians too and murder babies just for the sake of it? Like just seems like extra effort to chase and cut down civilians when they could use their energy/ time to fight enemy soldiers/guards and also gather loot?
Well these are accounts from the ones being raided so they might exaggerate things. But in wars brutalities like this tend to happen because there are always monsters among us. And I doubt any civilian killers faced concequences back then. Even today it happens every day somewhere in the world
Why did U.S. soldiers massacre the villagers at Mỹ Lai? Why did the Japanese slaughter thousands in Nanjing? Conflict breeds irrationality on the field and this irrationality can come out in horrible acts of violence. That or they simply took all the slaves they could and slaughtered the rest be it due to lack of space or supply.
Well most of the Vikings were Pagans. They didn’t need to align themselves with either faith. It’s important to note that the Norsemen were also traders. The Norsemen traded furs in addition to the slaves acquired from the raids. The Norsemen also applied their services as Mercenaries (the Varangian guard of the Eastern Roman Empire is the best known example of this).
You probably have watched to much of the TV show Vikings. In reality the Vikings were only successful when they attacked weak and unsuspecting foe. They avoided fighting on the open field and they avoided pitched battles. They only were successful because of how fast their ships could navigate the sea. Other than that they lost most fights against Christians and Muslims. Because unlike the pagan Vikings, the Muslim and Christian kingdoms of the time were richer, much more powerful and much more technologicaly advanced than the Vikings. Read a book instead of watching disgraceful TV shows that twist and change history.
@@BillViolator "In reality the Vikings were only successful when they attacked weak and unsuspecting foe. They avoided fighting on the open field and they avoided pitched battles. They only were successful because of how fast their ships could navigate the sea. Other than that they lost most fights against Christians and Muslims. Because unlike the pagan Vikings, the Muslim and Christian kingdoms of the time were richer, much more powerful and much more technologicaly advanced than the Vikings" I disagree with the technology part but besides that you are correct though with caveats of course, though it is important to note that the Norse were not as centralized as them either. Also they were successful also because of surprise attacks.
@@sirsteam181 the technology part was more accurate compared to the muslims or the Christians specially the eastern roman empire of that time the Vikings was nothing more than pirates there was no cities like Baghdad constantinople, Alexandria , Damascus , cordoba , roma ... in the Vikings land
I'm British and had a DNA test recently with some scandinavian. Weird to think that my ancestors may have been taking part in this or were at least alive at the same time
@@LeeRaldar Yeah trolling, i bet they also said "It's just a prank bro" after they enslaved your children, murdered your neighbours and ravaged your wife.
@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 You should not make assumptions Karl, according to records non of my family were enslaved or murdered* as they came to England in 1096 with the Normans and were given land. This is now a village North of Manchester with the same surname. The Normans ( or Northmen) as we know were of Norse heritage. *There was one rascal in the 17th century who was apparently hung for stealing sheep lol.
Many people think of vikings and mongols as in the same category but are often ignorant of that of the Samurai and japanese who were in essence exactly the same. A strong warrior culture where the only, or highest, virtue is loyalty and martial prowess- Which lead them to raid and murder helpless civilians in other nations.
People like to look down on a certain category of people, but the truth is that all those who where in charge and strong of arms oppressed others. Raiders from the Norse, Samurai from the Japanese, Knights from Europe, it's all the same. Violent people who exploit others.
Vikings mostly likely did not murder civilians often, especially not women and children. The acts recorded in East Roman Empire were mostly likely done by Viking's Cuman/Turkic/Slavic allies/mercenaries brought in the raiding party led by Vikings. Asiatic nomads probably did the worst. Just like how in Vietnam war, Koreans did the worst atrocities, or in WW2, within the Soviet army, the Uzbeks/Kazahs (Asians) did the worst atrocities
The Arab didn't slaughter women and childern too because they wanted to take the women as wifes and the children will be the next generation of Muslims..like the general who conquered Spain for the Arab Musa ibn Niser his father was a greek who converted when he was child when the Muslims conquered Syria. The same practice was used by the Ottoman Turks hence the Jinassary.
As it is said "victims accounts" Obvious not gonna be peace and love. This is medieval times. Charlmagnes crusade on the Saxons was no peace and love either. A viking army showed on the border when charlmagne was going to press on into Denmark. Charlmagne desecrated pegan holy sites in Saxony. This was before the raid on Lindisfarne. If Vikings was ISIS as people say, then so was christian crusaders.
@@timothymatthews6458 why not because every nationality has done the exact same using same tactics at war? Vikings were nothing more than we can expect from medieval warfare.
It had nothing to do with "retaliation against Christian persecution"... Your view of history is FALSE. There were no CHRISTIANS in Scandanavia yet...plus the Vikings ended up fighting for CONSTANTINOPLE for over 300 years. Many of those Vikings willingly converted to Christianity. The "Varangian Gaurd" defended CONSTANTINOPLE and Eastern Orthodox Christendom from the MUSLIMS for centuries and they proud to do so. Your comment shows typical ignorance when talking about the Vikings. The Zionists have brainwashed you to think Christianity is the ENEMY...it's NOT. Jewish Kabbalah and Paganism are the same thing. Wake up.
I am the descendant of fierce warriors who feared little. Back then the world and its people were about expansion, everyone was murdering and raiding taking over everything. Norsemen were a strong army, and back then only the strong survived. R.I.P to all who lost their lives. P.s. yes most of my life i have been through violence, from gangs, to jail, shootings and abuse, so I understand violence.
The thing you have to understand about the surviving accounts of what we call “ the Vikings” come from agents of the Catholic Church, and the court of Charlamagne. Not exactly going to be a written history that’s neutral lol
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. . . formerly lost? You're reading from it, so now it's no longer lost.
Imagine being an frail old monk on Lindisfarne in 793. You've been writing at your desk for most of the day, you're tired, your bones ache and you're ready for your bed. As you finish the last of your work you look up from your desk with a start as you hear cries of panic and screams of pain from outside. As you peer through the window pan the night sky is blazing a burning red and smoke is bellowing up from fires started on the shoreline. Great longships are beached on the shingle, hissing serpents and howling wolves decorate their prows. Men clad in mail and carrying axes are marching up the grass towards the monastery doors. There's no escape....
There was nothing to burn on the shorelines. The Vikings didn't even need to do much to take the monastery, it was just a secluded hold created for monks to record the Gospels over and over.
@@westenicho Well you get the idea...
great description. Makes me thankful for my AR
To a christian there is no geater honor than being a martyr, it is the closest to Christ one can get.
@@westenicho Families lived close by, they worked on the fields and take care of the animals. There were carpenters, blacksmiths, builders. Monks also worked as physicians and give shelter to refugees in time of war.
*It's crazy how easily we forget human suffering once its old enough.*
Some of us forget, but others devote their lives to justice b/c they haven't forgotten how brutal we become. And people determined to be filthy rich certainly hope to create a barrier between themselves and the great misery that entraps millions.
My exact thoughts.
@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 You're right on this one.God bless.
*why did you bold that*
What do you mean, didn't you see they made a mobile game? A fitting tribute. But seriously what a weird sponsor
Really brings home the terrifying realism of these violent times when described by contemporaries even if possibly a little exaggerated.
Really apt narration also adds to the experience.
The Byzantines: "You should fight for us"
Vikings: "Oh yeah...why?"
The Byzantines: "We got GOLD"
Vikings: "Deal" Enter *The Varangian Gaurd*
A lot of Anglo-Saxons served in the Varangian Guard too, albeit mostly after the Norman conquest
It was not only gold, it was clothing them in fancy pants and a good name to carry home along with the gold, to become a great man in the homeland, supplying them with all the alcohol they needed, making them permanent alchoholics
They Rus weren't exactly Vikings, they were more.. prototype Russians?
@@Tom_Cruise_Missile well rus means "men who row". They are swedish vikings who settled in todays russia and ukraine. This is why it's called "russia" or "rus-land", in some languages, to this day. They enslaved the local population, which consisted of many different tribes. Even now we call them slavs, also an old norse word for slave. The rus are vikings but they became more and more distant to their swedish roots the longer they lived in the east
@@Tom_Cruise_Missile he means Swedish Vikings
I love how the differemt cultures' writing style shimmers through in these accounts
Love the narration and I'm actually learning more about parts of world history that isn't taught in schools. 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
When i went Sweeden and Norway i was so impressed by how polite and outstanding evolved they are.. Perhaps the world loves more they now than in the past 😂
It seems that’s the trend with countries. Like with Nazi Germany, and many other countries in the world , they had their period where they basically just outraged on neighboring countries and create mass destruction and conquer all around them. Then they fall and enter of state of pacifism
@Jack Johnson He's probably just not experienced in english and doesn't know quite the correct word to use
Germany and a large part of France used to be Norse-pagans, and they had probably about 5 times as many people compared to the Nordic lands.
Pagans of main land Europe were conquered and forcefully converted to Christianity.
I bet that the Viking raids pale in comparison to the magnitude of brutalities the main land pagans suffered. And I'm sure the Nordics knew all about it.
If you think about how few people actually lived in Scandinavia and still manage to have such successful conquest in France and England.
I believe there were tons of people in the Christian lands who felt stronger connections towards their pagan roots rather than a religion they must “believe” under threat...
The humiliation and destruction of their ancestor's legacy would have kept resentment toward Christendom going for many generations.
Under such conditions, a heathen army would find friends and recruits where ever they would go.
The Christian city's were surrounded by hostile formers whom had been waiting long enough to get even.
@@2canines So, are you a /pol/ pagan or a tumblr pagan?
Would be cool if you made a video with Beethoven's letter for his 250th birthday this year.
His wHaT?!
Or van goph
First hand accounts of the Norse written in Arabic can be very complimentary of the Norse' magnificent personal appearance, attire, and body decorations.
Yeah, those from son of Fadlan you mean? He was admiring their looks but not if they were raiding his city.
@@aa-zz6328 Ibn Fadlan was an eastern Arab(think Iraq) the Vikings have never raided his cities. He was studying the Viking barbarians 200 years after the raid on Seville(think Spain). Who by the way was a completely different kind of Vikings(Rus) than the ones that raided Seville and were utterly defeated unlike in your TV shows the real world is tough and unforgiving.
@@user-hh2is9kg9j Swede in Finnish is Ruotsalainen.
The Vikings called this fake news lol
Probably not, even in their own sagas the Norse were cruel
@@JoeSmith-sl9bq Do remember that the Sagas were written after the Viking age and when Christianity had taken over Scandinavia so there is likely a bit of exaggeration
@@sirsteam181 no evidence that this was hyperbole; it’s all entirely believable
@@Yttrium717 Firstly I said nothing about hyperbole, I said exaggeration. Second no it isn't entirely believable as the sagas were speaking on historical and cultural matters centuries after the fact when they were also of a different faith, so it is improbable that it is entirely believable.
Indeed, don't listen to these lies. Here's the real news verified by DaneTube's own fact checkers: i.redd.it/36m4vyimpc311.jpg
As a half Dane myself I’ll say that I’m proud of the Viking past because of the innovations in exploration and naval technology, I’m also proud of the wider Scandinavian warrior culture of which the Viking culture fell within. That being said, I do recognise and accept that the vikings were uncivilised barbarians, the adoption of Christianity and Greco-Roman derived practices gave Scandinavia its seat among the great nations of western civilisation
You know nothing of vikings then.
there are accounts of their leaders speaking 5-6 + languages , by family of Pope or Kings royal family of those times i heard here actually , search 6 + months or more back
I love Viking imagery as much as the next guy, but let’s be honest, they were brutal and cruel. Shaped by their environment yes, but particularly bloodthirsty.
If your religion requires blood, how else are you supposed to live?
@Towarzysz Wiedźmin that’s why they’re vikings
New research as of 2020 claims that basically all the Vikings were actually black, so be careful of what you say my dude, don't want to be accused of anything now...
@Towarzysz Wiedźmin If you can't figure it out then no need explaining.
@@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs lmao nah get that bullshit out of here
No other words than.... brutal
The vikings was like The moguls fast ships whit the ability to cross oceans and shallow waters. Moguls with horses and bows
You guys should check out Abbo of St Germaine’s Viking Attacks of Paris, its a more romanticized and dramatic account of that same attack in 885
I’m cracking up at The idea of Vikings in Sedona, Arizona.
Talk about a culture clash.
Yes, my first thought, Sedona ... Arizona???
Did you see sedona in the last godzilla movie? Looked like the Texas oil flats.
I think it's now called sedonia in spain
History is written by the winners. And although the Vikings were unconquerable for awhile. Ultimately they lost out to whomever they fought. But in the process changed the world forever. This video was a good one.
They didn't really lose, they were just converted and phased out. When you think about it the Vikings won when they got Normandy and twice when Normandy took England.
@@Slapnuts9627---Perhaps.
Can I ask if you can do a video on the sea people’s?
I think he already did Ramses II account of the Sea Peoples.
@@IudiciumInfernalum it was Ramses lll but yes your correct about him doing it. The best video I've ever watched about the ses people was done by history time. It is a 2 hr+ video that goes into the most detail and gets closer to being able to say who exactly they were and where they came from than anyone else I know
*peoples
so boring why
They need to have primary sources. They can't just make videos on whatever because people ask for it.
The Angles were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period. They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England, and their name is the root of the name England ("land of Ængle"). According to Tacitus, writing before their move to Britain, Angles lived alongside Langobards and Semnones in historical regions of Schleswig and Holstein, which are today part of southern Denmark
Schleswig-Holstein is the most northern part of GERMANY!
They Byzantine description was really brutal. Wells filled to the top with bodies. Roads blocked with bodies. How they didn't distinguish between man and child. The Vikings get romanticized sometimes but they were the lowest of the low in reality. Even for those times.
those were likely mistakes in records. it was probably done by the Turks/Cumans/Khazers, bascially Asiatic nomads. Vikings rarely slaughter everyone. No record of such thing in Europe or Islam land. It's possible it was a raiding party LED BY VIKINGS, but consisted of lot of Slavs, and Asiatic nomads as mercenaries/allies, and those nomads commited the atrocities. Similar to how Asians such as Uzbeks and Kazahs in Soviet army committed the worst atrocities in Europe in WW2
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I seem to remember reading about Charlemagne witnessing a Viking raid, one that came and went so quickly there wasn't time to react. He had of course been hearing about them from other places in his kingdom as well. Someone walked in on him standing and looking out a window, weeping with worry over what would become of his citizens and their descendants with men like that coming and going into ports like a mist.
Charlemagne should be the last one to weep about the Norse raids. His massacre at Verden was what brought the genie out of the bottle.
@@qarmatianwarhorse6028
Big deal. Charlemagne just did what any other Roman Emperor would have done to a population that rebelled. If anything he was far more merciful to a population that had broken their oath than the Romans would have been.
@@joellaz9836 Good on the Danes who ravaged his territory right back then. Might makes right!
@@qarmatianwarhorse6028
I think you’re imagining someone kind of romantic pagan brotherhood that didn’t exist in the Middle Ages like it did for Christians. After all it was pagan Slavs who helped Charlemagne subjugate the pagan Saxons. Pagans often allied themselves with Christians against other pagans. Pagans felt no kinship for one another. That’s why as soon as they were promised land like Rollo, they were happy to convert and protect Christian lands against their own pagan brethren.
@@qarmatianwarhorse6028
"Might makes right" expect when Christians absolutely obliterate LARPagans
This affords us the opportunity to not forget the unimaginable sufferings of our ancestors.
What a time to be alive
4:49 he can't have said "Moors"! Muslims in Spain didn't know of that term and never used it, they called themselves "Andalusi"/Muslims/ Arab if they are Arab/ Berber if they are Berber / Muladí if they are local Muslims or mixed with Arabs, and so on, but we never heard the word "Moors" that's only what Europeans called them
It's exactly now that insurance companies stop answering their phones for new customer enquiries. 🤣
I just finished Vinland Saga. What a coincidence
That anime is a masterpiece
@Ghost Ghost it was amazing stop lying
Ikr, I love that show
@Ghost Ghost I love myself and I love you
I just also happen to love Vinland saga, the manga is so fucking gooooooood
The Vikings have reached their peak in popular culture. The pendulum will soon eventually swing back.
And thats why we can't have nice things.
Idk man the Vikings had some really cool stuff
@Jack Johnson sun stones allowing them to navigate through all weather. Ships built sturdy enough to you know... cross the Atlantic (huge feat). Superior metal worked swords with a high carbon content. Access to trade throughout Europe and the Middle East acquiring luxury goods from as far away as China. And just the general way of life, the religion, the rituals, the raiding. Sounds fun.
@@Niiiiith It's not fun if you live that everyday, you'd rather live on a farm with your family safe and happy.
@@pyromorph6540 orrrr you go with your friends to random small farms and take their stuff so you can live in greater luxury obviously
Only Man is capable of being such a "Beast"...
I don't know which would shake me more: the arrival of Mongols or Vikings. Probably, no difference. They were ruthless and psychopathic or so it seems, but these accounts are usually not their own.
Vikings seemed to be a very rude bunch.
Yes, unlike their effeminate descendants who are being ultimate cucks.
@@염세주의자-s4r that's funny coming from a korean
@@fakkumailaifu9761 Even I hate k( gay) pop.
@@fakkumailaifu9761 You're only saying that because he's not on a rooftop.
@@염세주의자-s4r Shut up, colonial. Shouldn't you be busy serving American interests?
I live near lindisfarne
Are there ruins from that time period?
@@aurinslady7119 yes lots. the church at jarrow is the oldest in the uk, my friend got married there. Theres hexham abbey and Durham cathedral too. The north east of england is where the Synod of whitby was held. Monkwearmouth too. There's *a lot* of Christian history here
I have always wanted to visit and see ruins from history. I live in the middle of the US and there's very little here on that type of scale.
@@aurinslady7119 we've also got hadrian's wall here. Which there are public walls along a few Roman settlements. The people are very welcoming, especially to Americans 🤩
Do your homework on the area before you come and make a list of things you'd like to see. There's lots of castles around here too!
@@RichMitch 😄 when I read my husband your reply re: homework, he laughed and then groaned as he realized if i did that, I'd be planning and if I planned, we'd be traveling. 😄
2:31 Majus basically means pagans
Thanks
It means Zoroastrians
@@Adam_Alarabi Yes originally, but in Islamic accounts it was also used to describe other pagans.
If could could look into some more African historically texts from the African perspective. I would appreciate it greatly
that could be very hard due to a lack of writing from them
@@morrighanwermarn-arnburg7333 R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-racist.
@@timothymatthews6458 haha
@@timothymatthews6458 bruh how is that racist?? Isn't it true that the African tribes had more oral traditions than written ones??
@@danielklein6166 I was being sarcastic. I see that your last name is "Klein." Are you of Jewish descent?
Do you have sources for these and links?
I think they're in the description
It’s a pity those murderous Vikings never played Assassin’s creed Valhalla: so many unnecessary desynchronisations...tut-tut...
EDIT: ...why is everyone talking about homosexuality and gender? My comment has nothing to do with that. This is really weird. I'm criticizing the game for it's attempt to depict Scandinavian pirates as people who did not kill innocents. I thought that was obvious. Seriously, what is going on here?
AC Valhalla Vikings: Gender equal free love society with strong lesbian Jarls leading the people.
@@cachorrovinagre2979 The Vikings were comparatively progressive in things like gender equality and acceptance of homosexuality
Actually, homosexuality was illegal in Viking society. Google it.
@@timothymatthews6458 No, it wasn't, literally googled it before to make sure. Only with the christianization did that become a thing.
@@jansettler4828 Weird.
They were killed in diverse ways...
The Woke Vikings - a.k.a. The Wokings
We tend to think Viking are cool because they lived so long ago. But they were essentially as cruel as the cartels, or ISIS.
They had a warrior culture in a harsh time. You could say any empire was bloodthirsty.
We idolize our Viking ancestors because of the legacy *they* left behind, not Anglo propaganda.
@@VikingMuayThai who’s idolizing the Vikings tho? Wannabe pirates?
@@MortVaanderwaal warriors, something you wouldn’t know about kiddo.
@Adam Battersby Vikings were also merchants...
Btw anyone who gets mad about shit that happened 1000 years ago is dumb.
This is true freedom, pure anarchy, no state out its laws to protect its citizens. People need to be careful what they wish for
"This is true freedom, pure anarchy, no state out its laws to protect its citizens. People need to be careful what they wish for"
Though that is wrong in every sense for both sides. It is a better example of it but is not said thing.
@@sirsteam181 ok, then what are laws for, what is military originally for, i know it's been corrupted now. we wouldn't need these things if it wasn't for people looking to do societies harm.
@@jakethejeweler3092 True we wouldn't need them if societies didn't seek to harm one another, but that is irrelevant to what we were discussing.
@@sirsteam181 fair enough, have a good one man and Merry Christmas
@@jakethejeweler3092 Have good one, Merry Christmas
Vikings in the 9th century: "YOUR COUNTRY IS MINE!!!"
Their descendants today: "My country is yours."
hateful
@@Psychol-Snooper Whiter than you, Ahmed!!!
@@염세주의자-s4r Well you are a Russian, so unlikely.
@@Psychol-Snooper You think Russians are no white? OK, pay me money support, N I G G A
Bro I'm actually Northwestern European I'd hardly call you guys "White"
Not very sporting of the North Men eh?
I was just watching Vikings a minute ago, I got these pictures in ny head
Vikings tv show is an
abomination.
@@ReasonAboveEverything What's so bad about it?
@@y33t23 It's propably entertaining but when it comes to historical accuracy it's just terrible. Its like watching a movie about knights who wear some kind of weird looking armor with dragons and shit attached to the helmets. I would go as far as to argue that they partly made the clothing like that because it resembles the fantasy based picture of vikings large audience has about them. Wool clothed peasants with linen wrapped boots don't look as badass. And the fucking fur coats look ridiculous. I may be childish but if I prefer to have my history based movies at least somewhat visually accurate. It really pisses me of when there is not even an attempt to do things properly.
Edit: i make really stupid grammar mistakes.
@@ReasonAboveEverything Yeah, I can imagine that, they are quite stereotypical Vikings. It might not be historically accurate, but if their goal was to entertain, they definetly achieved it.
good stuff as always, though the audio seems off, voice gets a bit unclear here and there.
Might just be my imagination, anyone else notice this?
I misread it, and thought it was the most savage accounts of vampire attacks. From thereon the video was very confusing.
Excellent accompaniment to Hellblade.
If the Vikings reached as far as Constantinople and current-day Newfoundland, could they have reached as far as Eastern Asia? What about crossing the Mediterranean into Africa (conflict with Egypt?)
Viking raids on the N. African coast weren't unheard of. Many actually settled in Africa in the 11th century:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Africa
@@ArtyCraftZ These are just lies
There must've been a dude whos nickname was Skullsplitter
...like the Wu-Tang Killah Bees.
Hell those were the times. I would give any thing to be dumped off back in that time
Just living a life of pure vice, plundering and being terrible all around. I'd drink to that!
"Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment."
@@timothymatthews6458 oh look over there danny, that's me wife & kids getting murderaped next to my burnt down house! Isn't it nice to be here living in the moment? Odin forbid we ever develop as a species & become more civilized....
They just kind of killed everything.
Imagine being raided by Barbarians.
What's a barbarian
"Non-Romans" said Rome while being raided by Non-Romans
@@sirsteam181 nice Bill Wurtz reference but no the Vikings were Barbarians in every sense of the word.
barbarians that have better sailing technology than you
@@LucidFL they had average sailing technology.
@@aa-zz6328 Quote from Merriam Webster "a person from an alien land, culture, or group believed to be inferior, uncivilized, or violent "
They only way in which they can be called barbarous is in violence even then however you'd be calling most of Europe barbarous as they too were fond of war . That and culture, mainly because of religion is the only other reason for calling them Barbarians though that means nothing besides they were of different beliefs to the other.
Norwegians NEED to return to these times
This slander of the vikings is outrageous
Such racist portrayal of the northmen.... #stophatetowardsvikings 😥
At 2:20, fur-baby Coco!
The moors did not mess around with these Vikings. Just like the other states within the era against the north threats.
The "Vinland Saga" anime is a reliable way to see what these raids look like.
They're like Mongols on a smaller scale
are these 1st hand sources or records from later periods?
poTato all onesided propaganda by the entity still controlling all narratives today
I think some were eye whitness accounts but some collections of eye whitness accounts since they talk about multiple locations. Like the Iberian muslim accounts
@@sophieseeker929 It's propaganda because it's written by the victims? Really? All those accounts sound very realistic and non biased. And the fact that there are several accounts from different civilizations stating the same thing proves it. None of the records sound even in the slightest exaggerated. Apart from some patriotic comments, but other than that they all sound real.
@@BillViolator sorry but after horned helmets I cant take "victim" (most sources are from later periods) accounts as particularly reliable.. knowing what christians did in my country makes me questions anything they say about "pagans" in general
@@poTato_777 You see that's the problem right there. 'Knowing what Christians did in my country'. With all due respect, but what have your ancestors been doing to the Christian kingdoms for 200 years? Especially to to English kingdoms. If you attack someone like that expect him to retaliate. That's all I have to say.
It’s very terrible how they killed babies and young children as well. That is so cruel!!
The poor little ones would have been so confused and terrified. They spent their short little lives trusting in the kindness and care of adults around them, and in the belief that adults would ensure that all was ok.
So it must have been so confusing for them, when those cruel Vikings came.
I like to read about the stories where the Vikings were crushed by their enemies.
I read somewhere, how when the A.Saxons defeated Viking raiding parties, they would put their corpses on stakes along the beaches where they had landed to warn other raiding parties. That made me happy to read!
remember that this is told by the Christian side, and as the Vikings did not care for writing we have no way of knowing if this is true, or if it is true there is no way of knowing if it is exaggerated.
Yes, because the Christians were so kind to the Pagans...
@@ConkerVonZap that doesn't mean that the christian accounts are false
In these case there are 4 different independent accounts for vikings brutality, that's proof that their reputation was well earned
I can't advocate it, though if they destroyed the entire town, there wouldn't realistically be anyone to take care of the children anyway.
Necromancy For Kids Well I get your point, but it’s too bad they couldn’t have taken the children with them at least.
And even if they didn’t do that and just left the children to their own devices, they still might have had a fighting chance, to find some other village or something.
It takes a real evil person though, to rip a baby from a mother, and smash him/her against the rocks.
I’m not sure if those were exaggerations, but they were heartbreaking for me.
King Odo was just following traditional French military strategy
What? Conquering much of Western Europe?
We cannot forget that most who wrote about the Vikings were on the receiving end of their violence. This makes the accounts quite subjective.
Exactly, I don't doubt the Christians did the same type of thing.
No doubt the English did the same exact things, they weren't that culturally different from the Vikings minus Christianity.
This is like saying the accounts of the Jews, who had first hand experience of watching the Nazis slaughter their families, might make it quite subjective
There is no account of a civilization encountering peaceful Vikings, at least not at the beginning stages
@@savioblanc Vikings came as traders to begin with. Likely attacked for their indigenous religious beliefs, ultimately choose that all Christian lands are only good for plundering. Can't say I disagree.
@@Slapnuts9627 The Vikings never came as traders to begin with at all.
Local Scandinavian tribes up north were trading with their fellow Europeans for years.
The Viking ships on the other hand came as plunderers.
The eventually settled down and became traders
@@savioblanc Well yeah, I'm using the term Viking to refer to Medieval North Germanic people because that's the popular thing and I was worried you people wouldn't know what I was talking about.
Ragnarr..
Weird how this video has so little views despite the interesting subject matter. Maybe its the odd thumbnail?
"Jarls" is not pronounced with a hard J sound, but with a Y sound
everyone viking until they met the kamikaze
Empires seem to attract violence
Not Empire's in and of themself but the prosperity and wealth than they can generate.
Since we find the Vikings currently so cool, I wonder if people from the far future will ever think the same of groups like the nazi's.
We already do. 360,000 dead is nothing compared to the tens of millions killed by communists.
Probably not seeing the large difference between the two, with Vikings being little different to their southern neighbors in terms of violence and horrid acts.
@Jack Johnson
360,000 is not pulled out his ass, it’s based on one of the only actual body counts done by the international Red Cross and neutral investigations.
Ironically 6 million is pulled out of thin air, and has been used 145 times as early as 1891.
Communist killings were indeed deliberate, with NKVD documents proving Stalin intended to kill off millions of Ukrainians with famine, to destroy their national resistance. You have a child’s view of history
Why did these viking raiders murder civilians instead of capturing them? Was it just to spread a menacing reputation?
they did capture slaves tho
They had slave trade with the muslims in the later times
@@muksimulmaad7413 Yeah there was mention of taking slaves, but I was wondered why they also just killed civilians too and murder babies just for the sake of it?
Like just seems like extra effort to chase and cut down civilians when they could use their energy/ time to fight enemy soldiers/guards and also gather loot?
@@GunterThePenguinHatesHugs propaganda written by those who did benefit from a blame game
Well these are accounts from the ones being raided so they might exaggerate things. But in wars brutalities like this tend to happen because there are always monsters among us. And I doubt any civilian killers faced concequences back then. Even today it happens every day somewhere in the world
Why did U.S. soldiers massacre the villagers at Mỹ Lai? Why did the Japanese slaughter thousands in Nanjing? Conflict breeds irrationality on the field and this irrationality can come out in horrible acts of violence. That or they simply took all the slaves they could and slaughtered the rest be it due to lack of space or supply.
The Norsemen cut Christian and Muslim like butter equally.
Well most of the Vikings were Pagans. They didn’t need to align themselves with either faith. It’s important to note that the Norsemen were also traders. The Norsemen traded furs in addition to the slaves acquired from the raids. The Norsemen also applied their services as Mercenaries (the Varangian guard of the Eastern Roman Empire is the best known example of this).
You probably have watched to much of the TV show Vikings. In reality the Vikings were only successful when they attacked weak and unsuspecting foe. They avoided fighting on the open field and they avoided pitched battles. They only were successful because of how fast their ships could navigate the sea. Other than that they lost most fights against Christians and Muslims. Because unlike the pagan Vikings, the Muslim and Christian kingdoms of the time were richer, much more powerful and much more technologicaly advanced than the Vikings. Read a book instead of watching disgraceful TV shows that twist and change history.
@@BillViolator "In reality the Vikings were only successful when they attacked weak and unsuspecting foe. They avoided fighting on the open field and they avoided pitched battles. They only were successful because of how fast their ships could navigate the sea. Other than that they lost most fights against Christians and Muslims. Because unlike the pagan Vikings, the Muslim and Christian kingdoms of the time were richer, much more powerful and much more technologicaly advanced than the Vikings"
I disagree with the technology part but besides that you are correct though with caveats of course, though it is important to note that the Norse were not as centralized as them either. Also they were successful also because of surprise attacks.
Nah man. They were kinda pussies
@@sirsteam181 the technology part was more accurate compared to the muslims or the Christians specially the eastern roman empire of that time the Vikings was nothing more than pirates there was no cities like Baghdad constantinople, Alexandria , Damascus , cordoba , roma ... in the Vikings land
No Valkire to take us to Valhalla.
The demons why you killed the child will go to hell
If even half of these accounts are accurate; the term "Viking" is nothing to venerate.
I'm British and had a DNA test recently with some scandinavian. Weird to think that my ancestors may have been taking part in this or were at least alive at the same time
I hear "Black Hebrew Israelites" say the Vikings were black. I asked them why they would want to claim those thugs.
They can relate to them.
Probably somehow makes sense in their insane minds.
PewDiePie's Ancestors..
What annoys me the most are the apologists of these degnerates that exist everywhere today.
Seems i found the butthurt wiking fanboy. What's next? It's all just christian propaganda and others did it too?
It is impressive that Norse raiders are still trolling people after over 1000 years.
@@LeeRaldar Yeah trolling, i bet they also said "It's just a prank bro" after they enslaved your children, murdered your neighbours and ravaged your wife.
It's funny how i had to change the word rape to ravage because otherwise the comment got auto deleted.
Such a lovely system.
@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 You should not make assumptions Karl, according to records non of my family were enslaved or murdered* as they came to England in 1096 with the Normans and were given land. This is now a village North of Manchester with the same surname.
The Normans ( or Northmen) as we know were of Norse heritage.
*There was one rascal in the 17th century who was apparently hung for stealing sheep lol.
On the behalf of my ancestors, sorry about that
"May Allah Curse Them"
For the alfarther
Many people think of vikings and mongols as in the same category but are often ignorant of that of the Samurai and japanese who were in essence exactly the same.
A strong warrior culture where the only, or highest, virtue is loyalty and martial prowess- Which lead them to raid and murder helpless civilians in other nations.
People like to look down on a certain category of people, but the truth is that all those who where in charge and strong of arms oppressed others. Raiders from the Norse, Samurai from the Japanese, Knights from Europe, it's all the same. Violent people who exploit others.
This video makes me want to burn down a monetary while blaring Viking metal
Robbaz king of Sweden likes this vid.
"IT'S TIME FOR THE HARVEST.... OF YOUR SOULS!!!!" 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
Vikings mostly likely did not murder civilians often, especially not women and children. The acts recorded in East Roman Empire were mostly likely done by Viking's Cuman/Turkic/Slavic allies/mercenaries brought in the raiding party led by Vikings. Asiatic nomads probably did the worst. Just like how in Vietnam war, Koreans did the worst atrocities, or in WW2, within the Soviet army, the Uzbeks/Kazahs (Asians) did the worst atrocities
The Arab didn't slaughter women and childern too because they wanted to take the women as wifes and the children will be the next generation of Muslims..like the general who conquered Spain for the Arab Musa ibn Niser his father was a greek who converted when he was child when the Muslims conquered Syria. The same practice was used by the Ottoman Turks hence the Jinassary.
Wotan mitt uns!!!
Skål! 🍻
You were raiding everyone, now everyone raids you xD
@@daimonioshellene kind of like how Greece started democracy and now they’re a socialist hell hole XD
@@daimonioshellene laugh now, weep later.
@@VikingMuayThai well, we are both right :D
@@daimonioshellene heil Evropa lol
Ahhh my people
Whats in your wallet? 😂
payed actors.
*paid
@@RichMitch thanks
@@WarDogMadness 🙏
@@WarDogMadness correct a fool and he will get angry, correct a wise man and he will thank you!
@@haroldgodwinson7241 your name is familiar
While I love the video, I do think this title looks an awefull lot like clickbait. It isn't fully misleading, i can't say I like it either.
As it is said "victims accounts"
Obvious not gonna be peace and love.
This is medieval times. Charlmagnes crusade on the Saxons was no peace and love either. A viking army showed on the border when charlmagne was going to press on into Denmark. Charlmagne desecrated pegan holy sites in Saxony. This was before the raid on Lindisfarne.
If Vikings was ISIS as people say, then so was christian crusaders.
Says the person named "Børn."
@@timothymatthews6458 why not because every nationality has done the exact same using same tactics at war? Vikings were nothing more than we can expect from medieval warfare.
@@personofnoimportance5590 No, they were criminal pirates, except for Ragnar and his sons
Retaliation against Christian persecution or just a continuance of old seafaring traditions?
probably both
It had nothing to do with "retaliation against Christian persecution"... Your view of history is FALSE. There were no CHRISTIANS in Scandanavia yet...plus the Vikings ended up fighting for CONSTANTINOPLE for over 300 years. Many of those Vikings willingly converted to Christianity. The "Varangian Gaurd" defended CONSTANTINOPLE and Eastern Orthodox Christendom from the MUSLIMS for centuries and they proud to do so. Your comment shows typical ignorance when talking about the Vikings. The Zionists have brainwashed you to think Christianity is the ENEMY...it's NOT. Jewish Kabbalah and Paganism are the same thing. Wake up.
They worshipped Thor and Odin Norse mythology not crishtianity
@@c.k.2405 u are delusional mate..
All those damn monks and nuns persecuting the poor defenseless vikings... Oh wait, nah that never fucking happened
Jus going around killing smh
Hail to the almighty Thor the son of Odin
What would your priest say
@@ArtyCraftZ My friend, Thor left his grandfathers to be cheese makers in Andalusia when the Muslims defeated them
sup
The virgin Christians and muslims vs the chad Norsemen.
And they won
I am the descendant of fierce warriors who feared little. Back then the world and its people were about expansion, everyone was murdering and raiding taking over everything. Norsemen were a strong army, and back then only the strong survived. R.I.P to all who lost their lives.
P.s. yes most of my life i have been through violence, from gangs, to jail, shootings and abuse, so I understand violence.
Shutup kid
Cringe
And Christians were stronger in the end. Cope, seethe & dilate.
Viking was a job like piracy. How do you know you're a descendant of vikings?
@@hollowkid97 'Viking' is used a short-hand for Medieval Scandinavians and has been since the Middle Ages, stop trying to look smart
Third
The thing you have to understand about the surviving accounts of what we call “ the Vikings” come from agents of the Catholic Church, and the court of Charlamagne. Not exactly going to be a written history that’s neutral lol
Arabs lol
#cancelvikings
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