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  • @HistoryTime
    @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +399

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    • @stevenwiederholt7000
      @stevenwiederholt7000 5 лет назад +3

      "If you want to hear more about Vikings don’t forget to subscribe to our new channel dedicated to recreating Primary Sources from history"
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    • @stevenwiederholt7000
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    • @ryanaegis3544
      @ryanaegis3544 5 лет назад +4

      When we are done with the Viking age, and then the Norman Conquest, we should follow the Normans to Italy while interjecting stories about the in fighting in France and Frisia and Scandinavia, perhaps some on the formation of Germany, and then on to the Crusades. You should do a whole playlist covering everything, from the first call to arms and the people's crusade to the fateful Friday the 13th that saw the Templars axed. The politics of the Crusades on all sides (there are at least three Christian sides and three Muslim sides, and that is not even counting all the city states and their territories and varying allegiances), and the stories that sprang from then are so misunderstood. Would be great seeing it all on your maps and pictures.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +6

      ​@@TheAllomar If this is how worked up you get about someone having a cold, I wonder how you get by in life. :)

  • @stevenk-brooks6852
    @stevenk-brooks6852 4 года назад +4326

    I once told a Danish friend that it seemed like a strange contradiction that today Scandinavians are amount the most peaceful and civilized people in the world, yet they they descend from the Vikings who were ferocious warriors. My friend's explanation: "We got it out of our system."

    • @RRRRR15
      @RRRRR15 4 года назад +406

      @@D9Wx cringe as fuck bro

    • @auntedna6376
      @auntedna6376 4 года назад +325

      I don't believe they were any more ruthless than any of the other farm burning, slave taking people's of the time. Not all of them even went viking. They were just really, really good at it when they did, heh. Still a funny response from your buddy.

    • @alext5497
      @alext5497 3 года назад +170

      Tell him to get it back into their systems.

    • @BinkyTheElf1
      @BinkyTheElf1 3 года назад +167

      Steven K-Brooks - Living in such times seems glamorous.. but ask ordinary Mexicans what they think of warring warlords, drug lords, gangs, and the resulting chaos & violence.

    • @bakisha8564
      @bakisha8564 3 года назад +18

      They weren't ruthless it's in their culture and that's possible that they were clean u could get death cebtense by peeing in water

  • @astr0fps
    @astr0fps 3 года назад +3991

    Vikings one of the best shows I've ever watched and I am so sorry that Travis didn't won anything for portraying Ragnar.

    • @carston101
      @carston101 3 года назад +121

      I'm just about to finish season 4 part 1,and I've also ordered a blu ray box set of season 1 to 5. One of the best shows I've ever seen.

    • @Dendoi_
      @Dendoi_ 3 года назад +78

      That actor that tore down a cross with Jesus on it with an axe deserves a reward

    • @topopoptapapap2145
      @topopoptapapap2145 3 года назад +27

      Man yeah!!! He plays well that character...

    • @muhammedsinyang5907
      @muhammedsinyang5907 3 года назад +25

      And he deserves an award for that matter....

    • @Jimjim226
      @Jimjim226 3 года назад +84

      My sister did some makeup for the show

  • @VicLovin602
    @VicLovin602 3 года назад +628

    "My death comes without apology" Ragnar was a badass

    • @Aych9
      @Aych9 2 года назад +4

      Chill guy that’s the tv version

    • @chriswillis8069
      @chriswillis8069 2 года назад +13

      @@Aych9 it's still ragnar 😶

    • @spideyman5171
      @spideyman5171 2 года назад

      @@chriswillis8069 it’s just Hollywood making shit up

    • @herm1nator
      @herm1nator 2 года назад +7

      @@chriswillis8069 but its still fckn made up ffs, the vid is about history

    • @jacobgarvia1065
      @jacobgarvia1065 Год назад +8

      Now he's drinking ale from curved horns in Odin's hall my heart still broken over his death may he rest in peace hail king Ragnar

  • @kingkong6917
    @kingkong6917 3 года назад +738

    Travis . Played the role of ragnar. Was so damm good. You can feel his emotions by looking at his eyes.

    • @kingivar78
      @kingivar78 2 года назад +22

      He was ragnar

    • @LDuke-pc7kq
      @LDuke-pc7kq 2 года назад +12

      Agreed, one of the best performances of all times

    • @dmitrijtschaika2769
      @dmitrijtschaika2769 Год назад

      Idiots .

    • @VespoLiveGaming
      @VespoLiveGaming 9 месяцев назад +7

      Alexander Ludwig's portrayal of Bjorn is very underrated- notice as Bjorn gets older, he gradually looks, acts, and talks more and more like Ragnar. It's most obvious in the cadence of his speech, he matched Travis Fimmel's inflections more and more as the series goes on, along with facial expressions and hand gestures- always with a little bit of Lagertha in there too. It truly makes them believable as a family unit, and not just actors pretending to be a family.

    • @CptStankFanger
      @CptStankFanger 3 месяца назад +2

      He has very expressive eyes

  • @personperson143
    @personperson143 5 лет назад +5080

    He also rode from Rorikstead to Whiterun, but that's a tale for another time.

    • @jknott1509
      @jknott1509 5 лет назад +362

      He also survived a dragon attack on Helgen

    • @AleisterStormcrow
      @AleisterStormcrow 5 лет назад +41

      HAHAHAHA :-D

    • @user-bz8es4qw7n
      @user-bz8es4qw7n 5 лет назад +256

      One time, he took an arrow to he’s knee .

    • @thefullmonte1902
      @thefullmonte1902 5 лет назад +41

      Well, according to Saxo, Odin and his sons came from an area close to the Black Sea, subjugated the locals and established not only a religion but a thousand year old kingdom, perhaps still living in the current Frankish crown Prince HRM Frederik.
      What a man.

    • @eugenio1542
      @eugenio1542 5 лет назад +4

      Nice name. Where do we come from - the "sons' and the "sens" ? (Zululand)

  • @atibamillette2428
    @atibamillette2428 4 года назад +3149

    How the little piggies will grunt ".when they hear how the old boar have suffered. #viking

  • @Necaradan666
    @Necaradan666 4 года назад +587

    Pretty amazing how a man's deeds could get his story told for thousands of years

    • @DEEPMUCH
      @DEEPMUCH 3 года назад +6

      The best of people.

    • @adeshwodan4679
      @adeshwodan4679 2 года назад +4

      What we do in life lived in eternity. . . Adesh Wodan

    • @Relax-ge2uf
      @Relax-ge2uf 2 года назад +7

      In the bible they called them men of renown they were Descendants of the fallen angels

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад +5

      Agree. I like how I grew up hearing mostly a negative view of Viking culture. Good thing I was born into Germanic culture of which the attitude is drastically different. Plus, it’s also hilarious that some highly ignorant internet historians assert that the Vikings didn’t have a sophisticated documented history. So, I’m all like, really? Okie dokey🙂

    • @thomasladdy8270
      @thomasladdy8270 2 года назад +9

      To be fair Ragnar is semi-historic and semi-mythological, all of these stories may be nonsense, few Christians believe Jesus' life is literal so why believe that Ragnar's saga is fact? This information interests me as my surname is Ladbrook which some say derives from one of Ragnar's daughters, of which personally I am not convinced.

  • @cloudvikings7913
    @cloudvikings7913 2 года назад +131

    Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst. And corrupts the best. I never asked for power. "Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up.” - Ragnar Lothbrok - Great lines

    • @Aengus42
      @Aengus42 9 месяцев назад +2

      This is why I say policing should be run like jury service. You should be dragged kicking & screaming into the police. Anyone who seeks power over their fellow man is obviously of completely the wrong psychological make up.
      Wanting to be a policeman should preclude you from doing so.

    • @syrehn69
      @syrehn69 7 месяцев назад

      i agree . I personally want freedom over power any Day.

  • @mrsirgentleman420
    @mrsirgentleman420 5 лет назад +2044

    I shall not enter Odins hall with fear!

  • @Stuartette
    @Stuartette 4 года назад +812

    “And I welcome the Valkyries to summon me home-“

    • @a.valkyrja286
      @a.valkyrja286 4 года назад +2

      My daughter is aptly named Kyrja. A lone Valkyrie is called a Valkyrja. You are safe,

    • @jameswill9323
      @jameswill9323 3 года назад

      😉

    • @Eww.shotsIG
      @Eww.shotsIG 3 года назад +8

      Damn I read that in his voice and got fkin chills.

    • @richardbanicha6743
      @richardbanicha6743 3 года назад

      May we meet again...

    • @itiddles4419
      @itiddles4419 3 года назад +7

      Dean preston shut the fuck up you creepy fucker

  • @peaceindarkness.darknessis3494
    @peaceindarkness.darknessis3494 4 года назад +669

    Everything I do, I do for you, Ragnar
    -floki

    • @jaligam1
      @jaligam1 3 года назад +4

      I thought writers copied it from "Everything I do, I do it for you" song

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 года назад +1

      viking don't write down their history...

    • @joeldias9338
      @joeldias9338 3 года назад

      💯

    • @Djuuugarn
      @Djuuugarn 3 года назад +4

      If you care; in real life he wasnt called Floki, it was actually Floke. Anglonizing is at fault.

    • @liggerstuxin1
      @liggerstuxin1 3 года назад +14

      I just wish he didn’t kill Athelstan... that hurt Ragnar’s soul. 😞

  • @caseyclover1647
    @caseyclover1647 3 года назад +321

    Seeing how ragnars sons avenged his death in vikings was one of the most satisfying moments in any series history. I got goosebumps when just moments before the war the camera focuses on the brothers and björn making that angry badass face like he can't wait for blood to be spilled

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад +1

      When the Germans insisted that you’re one of their kids, because they already know your grandpa gave zero f*cks😎

    • @nikbarber6452
      @nikbarber6452 2 года назад +7

      Epic moment of the saga but Bjorn leading his army against the russ after being stabbed by ivar tops that

    • @jturtle5318
      @jturtle5318 2 года назад +1

      Ironically, I'm descended from Bjorn, Sigurd and King Aella. Also both Rollo and the Carolingian kings of Frankia whom he plagued, but not through his wife Gisela.

    • @jturtle5318
      @jturtle5318 2 года назад +3

      @@nikbarber6452 I really enjoyed the atmosphere and energy of the series, but it annoyed me that they conflated Ragnar and Rollo as brothers, when they were a century apart.

    • @caseyclover1647
      @caseyclover1647 2 года назад +1

      @@jturtle5318 damn! That's awesome tbh. It's mind-blowing how a single death in history of someone who had many kids would have resulted in a completely different humans today.
      If Bjorn died during childbirth millions of people won't exist today.

  • @JaimieJo
    @JaimieJo 5 лет назад +2769

    Loved the video! I've been reading the Viking Sagas since Vikings came out on the History Channel. Travis Fimmel should have won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Ragnar!

    • @britusman
      @britusman 5 лет назад +52

      totally agree.

    • @southerncross5360
      @southerncross5360 5 лет назад +40

      Jaimie Johnson Agreed!! I’ve taken an interest since watching the show. Glad it’s opened my eyes to interesting facts and fables, I did the ancestry t23 and me, and have ancestors from these areas. Enjoy history and these videos are so much more accurate than the what the history channel shows...

    • @haworthluke
      @haworthluke 4 года назад +8

      He should indeed

    • @Jizzlewobbwtfcus
      @Jizzlewobbwtfcus 4 года назад +25

      I haven't seen 'Vikings' but Travis is DEFINATELY a HUGELY underrated actor.

    • @maayan9400
      @maayan9400 4 года назад +10

      Cornelious Stradivarius plz see Vikings

  • @redzgirl2476
    @redzgirl2476 2 года назад +76

    Ragnar and his sons got the glory they so wanted and fought for. We're still talking about them. Legendary...

  • @davidblankenship8056
    @davidblankenship8056 4 года назад +1246

    "Don't waste your time looking back. You're not going that way."
    Edit: Okay, so after like 2 years and a comment that attempted to explain, I am explaining why I posted this- and yeah, it's pretty dumb. Ragnar Lothbrok said the line to Bjorn in the show "Vikings", when he looked back at his hometown as they were sailing away, I think to go fight someone? I don't remember too well since it's been a couple years. The context is important. To those saying it's short-sighted, you misunderstand the purpose of the line.
    I believe the meaning to be that if you're spending all your time looking back at the past, the places you used to be, etc., you'll miss what's ahead of you. Obviously it doesn't mean to not look back; you're missing the second part of the quote. You aren't going that way. You're going forwards, not backwards, so while it's important to look back every now and then to remember and learn, your focus should be ahead. Never forget where you've been, but don't sit and stare at it, carry it with you to the voyage ahead.
    TLDR; You misunderstood the quote

    • @iainhughes6637
      @iainhughes6637 4 года назад +64

      David Blankenship he who forgets the past is destined to make the same mistakes again

    • @kylemullen1139
      @kylemullen1139 4 года назад +31

      How can you navigate without knowing where you’ve been. You’ll just go in circles.

    • @jonathanreyes2781
      @jonathanreyes2781 4 года назад +21

      History repeats itself. If you want to know the future look at past.

    • @dennisgalvin2521
      @dennisgalvin2521 4 года назад +10

      @@jonathanreyes2781 I heard it illustrated once that the past is like a rear view mirror you glance back but obviously staring at it for too long would be detrimental.

    • @shesfine9426
      @shesfine9426 4 года назад +7

      looking back helps to know where you come from and where you presently are...
      It may help to find the right direction to follow...
      If you rush forward, it's risky and often misleading....

  • @CRASS2047
    @CRASS2047 4 года назад +166

    They didn’t pick Easter Sunday to invade to humiliate, they picked it because most leaders and soldiers would be in church

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 года назад +2

      And burning the church...

    • @Kumalala_Homophobic
      @Kumalala_Homophobic 3 года назад +5

      And would be drunk that day so it's easier

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад

      Fan boys: There’s no recorded evidence that Vikings had horned helmets🧐
      Loki: Yup😎

  • @prithaghosh9492
    @prithaghosh9492 8 месяцев назад +4

    I am still in process watching vikings... and it's incredibly amazing

  • @jantzenlopez7402
    @jantzenlopez7402 4 года назад +923

    Credits to Floki the boat builder 😂 #VIKINGS

    • @someone-en1gg
      @someone-en1gg 4 года назад +31

      He was the first one to sail outside Scandinavia. floki the great. There were no relations between floki and ragnar as shown in vikings.

    • @MDCCLXXVI1990
      @MDCCLXXVI1990 3 года назад +13

      @@someone-en1gg Nothing in Vikings makes sense so...

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser 3 года назад +14

      @@someone-en1gg The first one to sail outside scandinavia.... What are you talking about? Lots of people sailed outside of scandinavia before the viking times. The viking series is just fantasy madeup with some myths.

    • @someone-en1gg
      @someone-en1gg 3 года назад +1

      @@TheBarser so who were they?

    • @TheBarser
      @TheBarser 3 года назад +2

      @@someone-en1gg Well the jutes and angles invaded the british islands a few 100 of years before that for a start. There was trade going on by ship from all over scnadinavia long before the viking age.

  • @paparoach007
    @paparoach007 2 года назад +105

    Ragnar: "I will walk the halls of Valhalla with Odin at my side and my death comes without apology!" Such powerful acting and story telling, I find it absurd Travis Flimmel and several other actors and actresses didn't get an Emmy or Golden Globe for their role in the Vikings. I found out after finishing the last series that Ragnar was based on an actual Viking and I had to find out myself if this was true or not, so glad I learned some history today.

    • @iggyblitz8739
      @iggyblitz8739 Год назад +2

      Ok, but who gives a shit about golden globes anyway, Hollywood BS awards.

    • @DebiSunset
      @DebiSunset 20 дней назад

      Inspired by a story to learn a bit of history... I to was inspired.

  • @dubsilent2792
    @dubsilent2792 2 года назад +26

    It’s really sad that ppl try to hide this mans history for their own good, this man is a legend. There is plenty of stories that proves his life in many countries, especially Britain. Give this man his roses, he was a legend.

    • @douglaswegener6463
      @douglaswegener6463 2 месяца назад

      Plus rolo started Normandy good people who needed better land to enjoy prosperity 🙏 so they started to viking and the assimilated and became a huge part and influenced of the western society. Also Russian as well German Scotland they didn't disappear they became

  • @klauscarr7086
    @klauscarr7086 5 лет назад +715

    I suspect that if REAL authentic ancient history was ever truly miraculously unveiled we would be amazed on how wrong we have been on so many dates, people and events. Makes me wish for "time travel" just as voyeurs to real events and people.

    • @lokisfourth
      @lokisfourth 4 года назад +27

      klaus carr I think about this all the time! 🤔💭

    • @wax4132
      @wax4132 4 года назад +49

      I always wonder how accurate these legends and stories are.

    • @palbaselim
      @palbaselim 4 года назад +37

      It would be a grounded experience i think.reality rarely lives up to the legend.

    • @merazgamouhamed4844
      @merazgamouhamed4844 4 года назад +12

      omg, so true. The lies so many that you can't tell the truth easily. Imagine that almost everything we have been taught is wrong

    • @MarkJones-ji8fd
      @MarkJones-ji8fd 3 года назад +22

      @@merazgamouhamed4844 I know it's terrible but at least we know that vikings were African Muslims

  • @nimacastro7664
    @nimacastro7664 Год назад +17

    Watched the Vikings show. Just loved it. With my Persian background, I felt every second of the show down into my blood.
    So much of sad moment. My wife cried a lot when LAGATA died.
    Love people of Scandinavia.

  • @calicomist9213
    @calicomist9213 20 дней назад +2

    Ragnar Lothbrok is my 35th great grandfather. Love learning about him. Thanks for posting!

    • @carolparker5501
      @carolparker5501 4 дня назад

      What an amazing thing to be able to say. Bless

  • @teisanlap
    @teisanlap Год назад +7

    There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph. Beautiful words, complete faith.

  • @tsommers3284
    @tsommers3284 5 лет назад +240

    Crazy! I never heard of this man until watching.....you guessed it "Vikings"!!

    • @vanefreja86
      @vanefreja86 4 года назад +12

      Learned about him in school- in a crossover between lessons in History and Danish :) so interesting to see that the legend has become more widely known 😉😊

  • @sthlmsdivisionen3409
    @sthlmsdivisionen3409 Год назад +46

    As a Swede I am proud of Ragnar. He was a son of king Sigurd ring. Born in gamla Uppsala outside of Stockholm, Sweden

    • @kristofferbjrnknudsen9220
      @kristofferbjrnknudsen9220 8 месяцев назад +1

      Regnar is Danish not Swedish. Swedes need to give back Skåne, Blekinge, and Halland to Denmark.

    • @sthlmsdivisionen3409
      @sthlmsdivisionen3409 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@kristofferbjrnknudsen9220 Jepp. And Denmark, Norway Finland and etc back to Sweden Ragnar was born in Sweden /Uppsala ä. Sorry little brother

    • @kk4419
      @kk4419 6 месяцев назад

      @@kristofferbjrnknudsen9220 wrong go back to school kid

    • @secret4354
      @secret4354 4 месяца назад +2

      Rangar is half Swedish half Danish and born and buried in Uppsala, Sweden.@@kristofferbjrnknudsen9220

    • @Rhyfelwr_Cymreig
      @Rhyfelwr_Cymreig 3 месяца назад +1

      @@sthlmsdivisionen3409 Ragnar was Danish, everybody knows that.

  • @AJ-kp7nk
    @AJ-kp7nk 2 года назад +17

    As a huge history buff, I consider this entire collection to be an invaluable resource and very enjoyable to watch. I also have good reason to believe that Ragnar Lothbrok was my paternal 30th great grandfather.

    • @unpopularopinion2827
      @unpopularopinion2827 2 года назад +1

      I assume you are lothbrok then?

    • @behindstoney6520
      @behindstoney6520 2 года назад +2

      @@unpopularopinion2827 what is your good reason to believe that

    • @maryannmwaura9953
      @maryannmwaura9953 Год назад +1

      Prove it

    • @asmith1711
      @asmith1711 6 месяцев назад +2

      Bring back the blood eagle for communists

    • @Broooski
      @Broooski 4 месяца назад

      He is uthred ragnarson 😂

  • @user-gl6su3xi6s
    @user-gl6su3xi6s 5 лет назад +580

    _Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red_
    _Who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead_

    • @davehallett3128
      @davehallett3128 5 лет назад +5

      Oh there once was a viking named eric. Who had the world s tiniest. I forget the rest. It s my ode to eric

    • @gamingthisera6339
      @gamingthisera6339 5 лет назад +3

      The only thing that I remember was "rolling head"

    • @sonofodin8897
      @sonofodin8897 5 лет назад +5

      I swear, that bitch in my home is glitched out. When I tell her to leave, she stops halfway through telling me where I can find her again and immediately starts playing more music...its getting tiresome LOL

    • @jrodagormykid9063
      @jrodagormykid9063 4 года назад

      Making me want to start a new game on Skyrim. Since i focus on the Thieves Guild due to their perks and easy tasks i usually play as a shady Lizard or Cat character, lol, Argonians and umm... I forget the cat race. But everyone hates them 😅

    • @SaltySirenFloriduh
      @SaltySirenFloriduh 4 года назад +3

      420 jrzl 906 Khajiit. I actually named my cat after them 😂

  • @xanpeepo
    @xanpeepo 3 года назад +289

    imagine being remembered throughout the ages as Charles the bald lmao

    • @DEEPMUCH
      @DEEPMUCH 3 года назад

      lol ikr:P

    • @amkoullel900
      @amkoullel900 3 года назад +19

      At least he is remembered

    • @lucafrias5071
      @lucafrias5071 3 года назад

      Big F 😂

    • @sandym.danzalan5805
      @sandym.danzalan5805 3 года назад

      My teacher ain't bald 😓

    • @deany9028
      @deany9028 3 года назад +14

      He actually wasn't even bald it was a ironic joke from friends because he was so hairy and it just stuck because they all thought it was funny, himself included

  • @markwavik3993
    @markwavik3993 2 года назад +19

    Travis deserved an award. He portrayed Ragnar very well...

  • @thomas.c.
    @thomas.c. 3 года назад +60

    not a surprise that King Ecgberht himself would narrate the story of his legendary frenemy, Ragnar, on youtube

  • @atomicgringo6710
    @atomicgringo6710 3 года назад +21

    "Oh how the piggies will squeel when they hear the boar has suffered"

    • @zxidi
      @zxidi 3 года назад +3

      “oh how the pigs will grunt when they hear how the old boar suffered”

  • @gavindoherty8883
    @gavindoherty8883 2 года назад +33

    love this kind of stuff! , I wonder if they could ever have imagined that people would still know there names and talk about them over 1000 years later its amazing!!

  • @maxy4965
    @maxy4965 3 года назад +37

    Wow, wouldn't have thought that so much from Ragnars death speech in Vikings actually comes directly from the tellings... And the army that was lead by his sons actually was called the "Great Heathens Army"

  • @yaqoobalishah9227
    @yaqoobalishah9227 2 года назад +106

    I don't believe in Oscar award, I believe in Ragnar Lothbrok performance ❤

  • @Teronas
    @Teronas 5 лет назад +53

    This is a great documentary. Unbiased, great use of facts and with a critical look at the sources. You have earned a subscriber.

  • @aprilosem
    @aprilosem 5 лет назад +146

    THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for making this video. I am a Vikings addict and I know I can count on you for my fix, LOL. Really I'm just a old lady who loves vikings. I do appreciate all that you do : )

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +8

      Glad you like it! Much more on the way

    • @aprilosem
      @aprilosem 5 лет назад +5

      @@HistoryTime That makes me very happy. : ). If only you knew how much I appreciate the videos.

    • @goodnews5628
      @goodnews5628 4 года назад +3

      Because you are a real Viking. Greetings from Serbia

    • @sharonkeith601
      @sharonkeith601 4 года назад +2

      April Kolakovich -Osen / Do you ever read the Viking Sagas in www.gutenberg.com?

    • @DSTyN288
      @DSTyN288 3 года назад +1

      Its wild when you think of Viking as a people. The lineages during the rise of Christianity and the time of the glorified viking warrior like we remember today, we weren't a people of Scandinavia alone. Our bloodlines were mixed with cultures from all over Europe. If your civilization was raided by Vikings, guaranteed children were bore. I'm sure many of the warrior clans were the same, such as the Polynesians and Romans.

  • @krish8239
    @krish8239 2 года назад +37

    I love seeing this, I remember learning all these stories as a kid in scool! Im from Iceland and they teach us about Ragnar Loðbrók and Leif Eiríksson and all the orhers as history we have all these stories documented very well.

    • @freddiekay
      @freddiekay Год назад +1

      Mentioning Ragnar and Leif in the same sentence doesn’t really make sense though. It’s like saying “Yes, in school we learned about Abraham Lincoln and also the Easter Bunny. We have documented these two historical figures well”

    • @Esther-lc1jg
      @Esther-lc1jg Год назад +1

      You’re very lucky .born in Iceland.

  • @Steve-gg3fn
    @Steve-gg3fn 3 года назад +20

    How cool was it to listen to these tales of the awesome and powerful Vikings. This was great to watch as it gives me some insight on how the TV show was produced on past history and legend. Just finished binge-watching all 6 seasons of the Vikings TV show the last month and it was awesome. 👍

  • @maliivan1993
    @maliivan1993 5 лет назад +87

    There are a lot of great history channels here on YT but I really have to stress that yours is one of my all time favourites. IMO your quality is right up there with Historia Civilis as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for another great vid.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +9

      Thanks so much! That is high praise indeed.

    • @Omegador
      @Omegador 5 лет назад +2

      Agreed! Love the long, highly detailed videos.

    • @Rene-kg7pf
      @Rene-kg7pf 3 года назад

      Even though not at all based on science at all... and ask urself how he can make it detailed when real scientists can not

  • @seangallagher1947
    @seangallagher1947 4 года назад +4

    Officially my favorite channel on all of RUclips. Hands down.

  • @boldytiger
    @boldytiger Год назад +6

    When i see pictures of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland i get chills. Amazing respectable countries to live in forever, hopefully one day ❤️

  • @MackyMan73
    @MackyMan73 3 года назад +16

    Just finished The Vikings on History channel. So sad to see the series is ended. But I was intrigued of the history of Danish and Scandinavia. It’s brought me here! I’m gonna learn it all lol.

  • @saundra7777
    @saundra7777 5 лет назад +12

    I really liked this video and I loved the background music. Very well put together I subscribed to this channel so I can learn more about our history😊 thank you💕 😊

  • @harris4874
    @harris4874 5 лет назад +135

    "Who wants to be King!!!"

  • @mikeyschutt4505
    @mikeyschutt4505 3 года назад +6

    What a great history video , very informative and gives space for you to get into the perspective of the Vikings. Awesome

  • @samratsingh1907
    @samratsingh1907 3 года назад +11

    Power and fame, attract the worst of men, and corrupt the best of men........
    -Ragnar Lothbrok

  • @JimmyRoche420
    @JimmyRoche420 Год назад +4

    Only watched this because I am a big fan of Travis Fimmel. Rollo might be the most known through history. But Ragnar is known all because one man made him so bloody cool. Long live King Ragnar

  • @PureVikingPowers
    @PureVikingPowers 2 года назад +5

    Ragnar Lodbrok, Lothbrok, Lóðbrok was a viking born in Uppland, Sweden to the Swedish king Sigurd Ring that ruled over Denmark as well he was father to Björn Ironside. It's always so annoying when people only watching Netflix thinks he was Danish or Norwegian.

    • @veronicajensen7690
      @veronicajensen7690 Месяц назад

      we don't know who Ragnar really was he is thought to be a Danish King nobody know where he was born he may have been the son of Sigurd Ring who was Swedish that is correct , and maybe that is why his son was called Halvdan ? half a Dane

  • @Sarke2
    @Sarke2 3 года назад +2

    Really nice documentary, really enjoyed every second of it, thank you on your work :)

  • @thepodmod96
    @thepodmod96 2 года назад +2

    I actually love this man, the info is ace and to point. The tone is oerfect to both be a story to listen and one to sleep to. Keep it up. I feel the story you tell 🖤👌

  • @elsakristina2689
    @elsakristina2689 2 года назад +26

    I still remember when I saw the "Vikings" clip of Ragnar's death the day after the episode first aired. As soon as I saw King Aella in the thumbnail, I knew this was it. We all knew this day would come, but it was still such a shock because until then the entire show revolved around Ragnar. The whole thing gives me a feeling that Vikings and modern day Norse paganism practitioners might see it from an emotional and spiritual standpoint similarly to how Christians feel when they watch Crucifixion reenactments like "The Passion of the Christ" because this is their hero who is being brutally tortured and killed and yet he accepts and embraces his fate.

  • @allyp1088
    @allyp1088 3 года назад +8

    Just watching this awesome series now on Amazon how has it took me so long to watch this don’t want it to end it’s amazing

  • @elijah2658
    @elijah2658 3 года назад +7

    Man idk why, but history just amazes me. Either it’s ufo, Wild West days, vikings... etc. idk why I have a longing for the past lol

  • @standardyeepz
    @standardyeepz 4 года назад +4

    What a relaxing video. You’re voice is perfect for this type of stuff. Def subscribing. Love listing to history vids before bed. ✌🏻

  • @sebrodot119
    @sebrodot119 3 года назад +5

    "And here we remain upon our quarrels , but unforgotten in the moments that made us so. Fore we lay amongst the gods which we have dwelved upon." S.G.Roddot

  • @l.aw.t9727
    @l.aw.t9727 4 года назад +175

    I'm a huge game of thrones fan, well I was until they got tiered and screwed it up big time.
    But vikings in in a whole different league of its own I was hooked from eps 1 s1 the whole show puts game of thrones to shame and I don't know why it's not up there as big and as talked about as game of thrones.
    Vikings is hands down the best TV series I've ever seen and I've seen alot,
    The acting is effortlessly done and I hang on every word I just hope the writers end it well in part b s6 it would be a tragically sad story if it ended like game of thrones no effort just neglected
    Please hope that it ends well.

    • @Ilyas702
      @Ilyas702 4 года назад +3

      Yup, binge-watched the first season last night... Normally I don't watch tv that often, but this got me good.

    • @klaus2913
      @klaus2913 4 года назад +4

      Indeed, it is a great serie, yet I would rate Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Sopranos easily above it. Those series contain way more depth imo.

    • @ccc34678
      @ccc34678 4 года назад +14

      Nah. After ragnar lothbrok, no one could really carry the show. They stopped being historically accurate. Just seemed like the writers were making shit up just to keep the show going. And da fuq is up with lagertha? Why doesnt she age? At all!

    • @leonard9624
      @leonard9624 4 года назад +2

      @JayoJay its because it was based off on a series of books and the author has not finished it yet. They ran out of source material and made up things

    • @Hans353
      @Hans353 4 года назад +3

      @@leonard9624 I'm sure every GoT fans knows that. Show would have been better if Martin stopped being lazy and finished those books. GoT was hands down the best show if you only counted the first 4 seasons, maybe 5. Then it went to complete crap. Sucks that's GoT will be remembered as probably the worst Season Finale ever.

  • @rockylosco5596
    @rockylosco5596 4 года назад +9

    When I was in middle school I would go to the library and check out the book called Eric the Viking and I would read it and then check it out again and read it again,loved that book.😢😭

  • @gavinbarker1822
    @gavinbarker1822 3 года назад +2

    Power is always dangerous,it attracts the worse an corrupts the best (king ragner )

  • @maxxyize
    @maxxyize 5 лет назад +17

    he also was a dragonborn, capable of many shouts

  • @TheCringeofTheCentury
    @TheCringeofTheCentury 4 года назад +123

    Legend has it he committed crimes against Skyrim and her people.

  • @prophez23
    @prophez23 4 года назад +120

    Skål to the Heathens that's watched this!

    • @1.1797
      @1.1797 4 года назад +2

      Skål!!

    • @andrew199315
      @andrew199315 4 года назад +2

      Skål!

    • @StevieJay404
      @StevieJay404 4 года назад +3

      Paganism is my secret religion.

    • @waple1140
      @waple1140 4 года назад +2

      SKOL! As we say here in Minnesota

    • @lexluthor6497
      @lexluthor6497 3 года назад +2

      Skål i väntan på ragnarök.

  • @bobmalibaliyahmarley1551
    @bobmalibaliyahmarley1551 3 года назад +11

    I believe scholars doesn't really know if the history of Ragnar and all his achievements and deeds was just one person, or a collection of stories and deeds from various people, either mistaken as Ragnar, portraying themselves as Ragnar, or if the stories simply ''inserted'' Ragnar for dramatic effects due to the legendary, almost mythical connection his name had at that time.

  • @jonathanowen9917
    @jonathanowen9917 2 года назад +5

    A tale well told. Great video on Ragnar Lothbrok!

  • @emperorcip9756
    @emperorcip9756 5 лет назад +684

    Can the real Ragnar Lothbrok please stand up? :)

  • @lyndaoneill6483
    @lyndaoneill6483 3 года назад +10

    Beautifully presented video, well done and very interesting. I have always been fascinated by viking legends.

  • @AdaKitten
    @AdaKitten 3 года назад +2

    Fascinating :) Thank you for making this! Watched this for a school project.

  • @MassiveSniffED
    @MassiveSniffED 5 лет назад +3

    Loved it 😍 thank you for sharing 😊👍

  • @vegavega5344
    @vegavega5344 5 лет назад +32

    Good video, just to add some additional information:
    If you have watched the TV show Vikings, you may have noticed that the director have taken alot of liberties based on historical events, to make it into a watchable TV serie, as a few examples:
    Ragnar Lothbrok may, or may not have been a single person, but various individuals throughout viking history who did various deeds, and the stories ultimately came together forming the legend of Ragnar Lothbrok-- while the individual most likely existed, many of Ragnar's accomplishments or actions might actually have been several individuals throughout viking history, it is also not 100% clear if Ragnar came from what is today Norway, Sweden or Denmark. In the TV series, Rolo/Rolv/Rolf/Gange Rolf is depicted as his brother, but this holds no truth in actual history, while Rolo became duke of Normandie, he and Ragnar lived in two completely different time periods and therefore never met one another.

    • @glennmartin6688
      @glennmartin6688 9 месяцев назад

      Lol a great TV show all 6 seasons. .Thanks for what you think may or not be true but who cares. Read true history well the history books speak of one ragnar

  • @jaketimble9393
    @jaketimble9393 2 года назад +2

    Viking was an amazing show. I as a man was never more moved by brotherhood and loyalty . And honor. It did show betrayel. But it was always handled.

  • @thomascanant9142
    @thomascanant9142 Год назад +1

    I'm so happy to have found a documentary about my direct ancestors.

  • @mudmogwai
    @mudmogwai 5 лет назад +3

    Great video. Love it. Keep up the great work . Now subscribed and hope for more.

  • @historyrhymes1701
    @historyrhymes1701 5 лет назад +107

    Oh hail King Ragnar!!!!

  • @ulrikebrunn5100
    @ulrikebrunn5100 3 года назад +4

    Well done! If only my history lessons at school would have been so interesting.

  • @kpaxchocho3327
    @kpaxchocho3327 11 месяцев назад +2

    Vikings is one of best series i have ever watched

  • @tramrant
    @tramrant 5 лет назад +116

    Ragnar got nerfed from Legendary at 5:12 to semi-legendary at 8:36)

    • @Bellabong
      @Bellabong 4 года назад +7

      Actually a buff since Legendary in this case refers to being not real

    • @daviddewar6008
      @daviddewar6008 4 года назад +10

      @@Bellabong smart cookie

    • @irishgrl
      @irishgrl 3 года назад +2

      @@Bellabong
      Legendary also means Larger than Life so.... 🤷‍♀️

    • @rpo3ge
      @rpo3ge 3 года назад

      bad kda ratio

  • @jerikingsbury211
    @jerikingsbury211 5 лет назад +8

    Outstanding video. Very informative.

  • @sanojshrestha414
    @sanojshrestha414 4 года назад +3

    Superb series in my life time !! Hope for more series like this , the age of ancestor

  • @deanbrady3923
    @deanbrady3923 3 года назад +29

    Legend has it Ragnar destroyed “the one ring that rules them all”. But that’s a story for another time!

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад +1

      I guess that explains some of the inaccuracies concerning their “historical” settlement in Ireland😆

    • @deanbrady3923
      @deanbrady3923 2 года назад +1

      @@the2ndcoming135 😂😂

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад

      @@deanbrady3923 😉

    • @sventveskg9388
      @sventveskg9388 2 года назад

      The ring is being restored found in the Old norse thrue Odins eye⚔️⚔️⚔️🇩🇰🇳🇴🇸🇪🇦🇽🇮🇸🇫🇴🇫🇮 the danes Will ones again rise skållll from juttland Denmark let there be warrrrrrrrr

    • @sventveskg9388
      @sventveskg9388 2 года назад

      @@deanbrady3923 words from a son of his sister and brother

  • @dentonstalesofthevikingage8945
    @dentonstalesofthevikingage8945 5 лет назад +3

    Excellent video, I enjoyed it very much. Keep up the good work.

  • @BOOOOOOOONE
    @BOOOOOOOONE 5 лет назад +6

    Your content is second to none, my man.

  • @TheJapanChannelDcom
    @TheJapanChannelDcom 4 года назад +323

    "Charles the Bald"... Stop calling me that!! :-D

    • @campkira
      @campkira 3 года назад

      because you r...

    • @nilesbutler8638
      @nilesbutler8638 3 года назад +8

      History has not been kind to the early carolingian kings.
      Charles the bald, Louis the stutterer, Charles II the fat, Charles III the simpleton, Louis V the lazy....
      I very much doubt any of them was called those names to his face.

    • @c.norbertneumann4986
      @c.norbertneumann4986 3 года назад

      @@nilesbutler8638 By which nickname will people remember Charles, the current prince of Wales?

    • @nilesbutler8638
      @nilesbutler8638 3 года назад

      @@c.norbertneumann4986 I´d guess he will be forgotten quickly by everybody save some few british monarchists.

    • @jordancarlson4933
      @jordancarlson4933 3 года назад +3

      "Its Charles the Bold, come on guys stop"

  • @farmtechd126
    @farmtechd126 Год назад +4

    What a history man I actually cried several time while watching Vikings that man Ragnar is still living how can a legendary man die is it possible !?

    • @iggyblitz8739
      @iggyblitz8739 Год назад +2

      Let's not forget they marauding pirates that invaded defenceless people for their profit, I wouldn't glamorise them that much.

    • @farmtechd126
      @farmtechd126 Год назад

      @@iggyblitz8739 yeah but they were fearess fighters fighting for there life in any case let's enjoy history

    • @iggyblitz8739
      @iggyblitz8739 Год назад +1

      @@farmtechd126 Fascinating history no doubt.

    • @MadAnthonyI
      @MadAnthonyI 4 месяца назад

      It is said that Ragnar reforged the Galdur Amulet.

  • @virvisquevir3320
    @virvisquevir3320 5 лет назад +144

    We were shaped and steeled, hardened and sharpened, by the hammer and anvil of the "unforgiving North".

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +9

      Yep.

    • @WoWFtw8
      @WoWFtw8 5 лет назад +15

      the "cucks" are people influenced by PC(political correctness) culture..
      the rest of us just have very, very good patience.
      and that patience is running out

    • @vk8812
      @vk8812 5 лет назад +2

      @@SilverforceX It is not true. You shouldn't believe the media. You are just to ignorant.

    • @johnnywalker9287
      @johnnywalker9287 4 года назад

      What happened

    • @swevixeh
      @swevixeh 4 года назад +2

      @@SilverforceX so is the entire west tbh. Greco-Roman civilisation finally got to us.

  • @maddhatter0
    @maddhatter0 5 лет назад +3

    great video...I love the longer ones, gives me more to listen to at work.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  5 лет назад +1

      Glad you like them! Much more on the way

  • @healinglight333
    @healinglight333 3 года назад +1

    Interesting video! It is indeed difficult to know what is myth and what is legend, almost impossible at times. Great music though! I got chills all over just by listening to it. Thank you for your effort!

  • @kirkjones9639
    @kirkjones9639 3 года назад

    Damn all but yer videos are good enough, that I have to watch them over again every six months. So well researched and done.

  • @yugen
    @yugen 4 года назад +6

    Love the cadence of your speech. Makes it very easy to digest. Thank you!

  • @PlaywithLeew
    @PlaywithLeew 2 года назад +14

    Ragnar is a legend I will still hounor him as he was a true viking and family man.

  • @hlayisanivalentine3508
    @hlayisanivalentine3508 3 года назад +6

    ''If siya won't welcome me , I welcome the valkyries to summon me home ''Ragna lothbroke🔥🔥✌

  • @smithnmeni463
    @smithnmeni463 2 года назад +4

    Too great Ragnar Lothbrok I love this and want more of their legendary

  • @zachdietrich4648
    @zachdietrich4648 4 года назад +5

    just need to mention that boiled cowhide armor--cuir buie--is extremely effective, and if one guy was doing it when no one else did, he would have a huge melee advantage. it's sturdy stuff. in many ways comparable to chain mail with gambeson. so, "magic hairy pants" isn't as mythical as it sounds. great videos. thanks for your work.

  • @JuiceStainded
    @JuiceStainded 5 лет назад +4

    Awesome, one of my favorite historical figures!

  • @naturenatural5451
    @naturenatural5451 2 года назад +4

    In England there are still some street's which were named by these Vikings ..
    They look so Scandinavian ..
    Absolutely worth watching

    • @robinmcewan8473
      @robinmcewan8473 3 месяца назад

      Please, a plural does not have an an apostrophe: streets.

  • @SammyB-Habebe
    @SammyB-Habebe 4 года назад +2

    Great maps and amazing documentary! Well done

  • @gracjanlekston134
    @gracjanlekston134 5 лет назад +6

    It's interesting how Vikings the TV show rearranged many of those events; like Ragnar destroying the smaller army in Mercia instead of Francia. But I love the show anyway; it might have little historical accuracy but makes up for it with excellent story telling.

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss1678 5 лет назад +3

    Man, that's cool !
    So glad you do the research, so we might all enjoy it !👍

  • @swiftplus7398
    @swiftplus7398 4 года назад +33

    5:43 *You can hear Ragnar (from the TV show Vikings) yell “STAND!” from a battle scene.*

  • @rengallon6011
    @rengallon6011 3 года назад +11

    Imagine what things they all saw and did, imagine being in their head and seeing it with your own eyes and really going through all of that