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Very interesting for a German to watch this... Some old anglosaxon word a very understandable for my. I a nativ Saxon from Westphalia Germany in north west..... Greetings to Angelland from your old home... We appreciate you very much 💓🏴🇩🇪🙏
@@saltycreole2673 thany you... But the whole sentence is, " Albion my love" I have been in England several times and therefore I love people and country....
The Saxons were actually a small population in England. There were many many other tribes in the country at the time. To assume that all of England can call Germany their "Old Home" is the same train of thought that had yall start WW2.
The word "Lady" derives from Old English "hlaef-dige", meaning "kneader of (bread) dough". Kneading dough and baking braed was women's work and seemingly had a high social reputation in Anglo-Saxon society. The "Lord" was the "hlaef-weard", the "warden of the loaves (of bread)". Bread, it seems, played an important role with the Anglo-Saxons.
Their bread was deadly though which is ironic. It's similar to how Ancient Egyptians often died of infections from tooth decay because the sand got in their food and also wore away their enamel.
Beowulf, brave warrior, broke off the fearsome Grendel's massive right arm. Wielding it like a mallet, he beat the fearsome Grendel about the head, yelling "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!"
The priest notes that the village had about 40 residents. Was this a sufficient number of people for self-sufficiency? How far away would the next village be? Would the blacksmith have enough work to sustain himself by blacksmithing alone, given that he had 20 acres that were worked by thralls? Did the thralls live in the freeman's house or were they housed in separate quarters? If there only 40 people in the community, how did someone find a spouse who wasn't a relative? How many villages of 40 people with one warrior would the average thane have? How much land would a warrior own?
"Don't fear those who aim to kill just the body but are unable to touch the soul. The One to fear is He who can destroy you, soul and body, in the fires of hell." Matthew 10:28
They made it sound so peaceful by its narration… and yet… ppl get their hands chopped off and strung up as a reminder, ppl were stoned to death for trying to escape, the glossed over what being a slave might have been like, who were the nuns? So much I want to know more of!!!
I bet they had a lot less crime back then since criminals were actually held accountable for their crimes. You chop a few thieves hands off and it becomes an awfully good deterrent. Now a days you get 15-20 for cold blooded murder. Or get sent to broadmore county club.
@@ssherrierable Be a lot less thieves because they wouldn't have hands to steal with again, but it wouldn't necessarily a "deterrent" for other bad people. Hell basically every human on earth wakes up thinking bad shit (justified or not) can't/won't happen to THEM personally. You don't wake up and walk around thinking "I may be robbed today" any more than a thief wakes up thinking "I may get caught today". Also a LOT of criminals think "well I'm a hell of a lot smarter than that dumbass that got caught yesterday".
I doubt that there was much hand-chopping going on. This was not a society that could afford a beggar underclass, so punishments might have included flogging, branding, and outright death, but NOT something that would render the person unfit for work.
only if you are wealthy and a vikings, for anglo saxon especially men if you bath weekly they will mock you and called you a vikings because bathing and grooming yourself at that period was only a vikings cultural practice. Vikings warrior used to bath, wear perfume and dyed their hair and groom himself before they were going to war or raiding, so the anglo saxon would definitely wont do that. The knowledge of herbs usually reserved only for midwife and nuns and monks. You gotta be careful not to do some weird stuff and random herbalogy because the church will catch you and you might be charge as practicing whicraft and be stone to death.
this film is so beautiful and life changing i'm so invested in these characters and in this incredible story. the themes and the messages it tells the audience are timeless and incredible. the way it uses the camera, setting, lighting, audio and costume to tell a story is extraordinary. why hasn't this won any awards smh, such a high quality film the best one i've ever seen
They probably exist and I would like to see them. They are probably in the languages of those countries and are produced in those countries so may show up less in common searches or via the algorithm on UA-cam. Check out the channel History Time…some good ones on there.
@@smallbeginning2 Yes, but as they make programmes in their own languages and nobody can be bothered to look beyond English they tend to get lost. Also they are not to the standard of the Beeb, so they are not that interesting But I would ask you why you only want to learn one part of a jigsaw? Seems a bit odd to me. The World does not begin and end around the mouldy littler rock, histories intertwine and only become fully understand if you have the full picture. Wanting just UK history is like grasping onto a Single piece of a jigsaw and crying when your playmates need it to make the Big Picture.
OOF I'd rather be a Viking that's for sure! OR even better, a founding member of the brand new Grecian city-state that would become Sparta which started around the year 1000! Back then it would have been just the Dorian tribe but bathing in olive oil and eating fresh fruit sure would beat enamel destroying bread, leaks, and no baths. :( Christianity also just tends to make life suck ten times more than it has to tbh, that priest was such an annoying busybody, I'd rather be a Pagan!
As an American, I'm a mixture of (mostly) Anglo-Saxon, with smaller proportions of Scottish Celt, French, Norwegian/Swedish, Dutch, and "true" German. I'm amazed I exist because my various groups of ancestors spent a lot of time fighting and killing each other.
Word!! Haha I'm much the same, taking out Norwegian, Dutch, etc. But I have the rest. It's even more amazing to me because shortly after my surname ancestor came to America from present day Germany. The American Civil War was just starting. If not for there religion my family line could have been wiped out.
@UCwnIlaC_hLltykbDyXxBhKQ At face value no. I mean we are all commenting on a history video after all. I don't think that you should try to edit history just because someone doesn't like it or is uncomfortable with it. This is coming from an American with German and British ancestry. That is plenty of history to be uncomfortable with. HOWEVER since I didn't read the post and don't know what the specific history is that you are referring to. I can't say for certain if you are in the right or wrong. Sorry🤷♀️ Edit: I just read it and while I personally don't know the exact facts. I will say this, I didn't think you did anything wrong to get banned. Seemed like a good debate between to amateur historian. I don't know though.
Actually, most Medeival Europeans, contrary to stereotypes propagated by outdated, poor scholarship, were surprisingly hygienic. Face and hand washing were performed throughout the day, especially at meal times, public bath houses were common in most towns, bathing once a week or more was customary, bathing in rivers was practiced, in the countryside, towns had strict regulations and planning for waste disposal and of course, human nature is revolted by filth and bad odors. Popular myth paints Medeival Europe as a land of filthy, smelly peasants, contrasted with other regions populated by cleanly folk. Not true.
Yeah the no bathing was complete BS, people do not enjoy being dirty and do not like being around stinky people. They took great care in keeping themselves clean.
@@Grenadier311 Fruits of enlightment propaganda, the amount of myths they created about the medieval age just to caluniate catholics is absurd, and many are still popular to this day
It was misery personified. Hungry all the time. People dying all around you. You're lucky if your wife survives giving birth to your child and disease is so horrendous they make you throw up just by the smell!!
No, just some people think that. If you know anything about history, you know people have been predicting the end times for thousands of years (as well as complaining about the younger generation.)
I have to convince certain family members of that every now and again. Just the other day, I was informed that a televangelist is preaching that we need to withdraw our support for Ukraine because - gasp! - the devil is going to make Putin send his nuclear weapons if Ukraine wins. No political agenda there, folks! Nope, not at all.
this just despressed the fuck out of me lol. no painkillers for childbirth, bread that wore the enamel off your teeth, slavery, giant tape worms in the communal poop bucket lol, etc etc. ya know 2022 isn’t perfect but… I will take it lol
It comes down to this. You have no means to eat. You are told, "Go do this and you may eat. Or, don't go and stay here and starve." After air and water the next thing is food
Five minutes in and I’m not sure I can continue-- hair styles are not period??? That woman’s uncovered 2000s haircut? And they’re all a little older than they should be?
People sometimes romanticize this period of history but if you look at the day to day living conditions and the fact they had no medicine for common illnesses I see nothing romantic about it. Very interesting yes. Would I like to have lived back then. Hell no.
Well ya gotta think this is 100 years after Alfred. 75 after Edward and another like 60 after Athelstan united England. Whatever viking problems they had isnt shit compaired to the shit they had to deal with. The biggest prob. With THIS situation is a line of not such great kings .
This documentary is actually quite old so a lot of the pre-conceived notions of how they lived back then has changed quite a bit. A lot of it is accurate but there's enough inaccuracies to make this outdated
@once a musician i recommend you check out the new Time Team. It is hard to point to specific points, but the overall knowledge of this time period has advanced enormously in recent years. Sign me, Another Fascinated Amateur 🙏
We don't know much about Anglo-Saxon paganism since they didn't record their own history until after they had converted, same with the Gaels, Bretons, and Picts Either way, they probably worshipped a pantheon similar to the Norse one. Not enough to make an interesting video
At time 30:00 I was really taken aback. Who in the world told Dr. Newton, other than the wig salesperson, that the hairpiece looks good! Mein Gott that is rough. I’ll be the first to admit that I wear wigs often but almost none of the time can you tell I’m wearing a wig. Damn..
I’ve had two children; with my first , the epidural didn’t work very well ( thanks scoliosis and and contractions for that , the second time labor went faster and I did get a epidural but pretty far into the process, istarfed pushing not long after. That childbirth scene gave panic m, distress and trauma. Childbirth is so traumatic, you just weirdly forgot about it. Chills .
Ulfrich is such a chad. Somehow we're all rooting for the peasant in shit-stained pantaloons even when the story has VIKINGS. Impressive storytelling to accomplish that!
I almost didn't recognize Dr. Sam Newton here. He's a lot thinner than he is when appearing on 'Time Team'. That said, his ease in speaking Anglo-Saxon made me think it was him. Fabulous program!!
I am a Bell. I am scottish english and irish. My families Clan Bell very clise allies of Clan Douglas through kinship from the Borders. Middlebie Parish in Dumfries and Galloway. They were originally from norway they were french and Norwegian. Although i nearly all British i am 15% norway and some little french 6% but it.shows the written history matches exactly to my DNA. So i really enjoyed this video cery informative i learned alot very interesting. Great video! And much appreciated!
Wales,Scotland,Ireland,Northumbria should become independent countries...it's beautiful...Let all these people lead independent lives..making their own destiny in European union..👍👍
Most people lived shortly and in utmost poverty until industrial revolution, rise of capitalism and establishment of rule of law. Our civilized way of life is a very recent phenomenon maybe last 300 years. Most people are probably not aware how lucky we are to live in these times for all their limitations. People complain if there is no A/C or Amazon delivery takes more than the same day or about gluten and so on. People lived really hard throughout history. What we have can disappear very easily if we are not vigilant to preserve values of the modern society for example if we get into a world war or start civil unrest etc. There are many bad actors today that we have to be aware of and protect our society from.
Sorry, but the "white anglo-saxon protestant" trope probably doesn't mean what you think it does. For example, Protestantism didn't even exist until the 16th century Reformation, and the people depicted here were Catholics living from about 500 -1000. The tribes during this time were the Saxons (who dominated), the Angles, Jutes, Frisians, and a few others. For that reason, Medievalists in many areas of scholarship are trying to break free from the misleading use of Anglo-Saxon as an identifier. Moreover, the Norman Conquest of 1066 pretty much subsumed all of these people. Check wikipedia for a summaries, or any number of really excellent books on these various subjects. WASP has largely been used as a racist brand, and I don't think you intended to use it that way! We can all be proud of our ancestry without the declaration that ours was superior (again, I don't think that was your intention). Bless.
Thank God I was not born during this time!!! I'm surprised that anyone would have a baby having to go through that!!! There's no way I would have been!!! I can't believe anyone would be having sex either with how stinky and dirty they were! God, what a miserable time to be alive!
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sure if you like mostly 30 year old programming
Very interesting for a German to watch this... Some old anglosaxon word a very understandable for my. I a nativ Saxon from Westphalia Germany in north west..... Greetings to Angelland from your old home... We appreciate you very much 💓🏴🇩🇪🙏
Ƿes þu hal, min freōnd!
@@starrcitizenalpha7847 danke mein Freund...
Just a suggestion. Change your monniker to Albion "Me". It makes more sense in English. Your English is better than mine! Cheerio!
@@saltycreole2673 thany you... But the whole sentence is, " Albion my love"
I have been in England several times and therefore I love people and country....
The Saxons were actually a small population in England. There were many many other tribes in the country at the time. To assume that all of England can call Germany their "Old Home" is the same train of thought that had yall start WW2.
The word "Lady" derives from Old English "hlaef-dige", meaning "kneader of (bread) dough". Kneading dough and baking braed was women's work and seemingly had a high social reputation in Anglo-Saxon society. The "Lord" was the "hlaef-weard", the "warden of the loaves (of bread)". Bread, it seems, played an important role with the Anglo-Saxons.
I trust you because your first name is an initial....
Their bread was deadly though which is ironic. It's similar to how Ancient Egyptians often died of infections from tooth decay because the sand got in their food and also wore away their enamel.
I believe that good-bye also comes from Old English : “God be with ye”.
Beowulf, brave warrior, broke off the fearsome Grendel's massive right arm. Wielding it like a mallet, he beat the fearsome Grendel about the head, yelling "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!"
good one
Lol
HAHAHA! Great Monty Pythonesque storytelling.
🤣🤣🤣!
🤣
28:04
10th century peasant girl just casually hittin a vape lol
I LOVED this. I found myself enthralled from beginning to end. 😳Thank you so much for posting. 💖
The priest notes that the village had about 40 residents. Was this a sufficient number of people for self-sufficiency? How far away would the next village be? Would the blacksmith have enough work to sustain himself by blacksmithing alone, given that he had 20 acres that were worked by thralls? Did the thralls live in the freeman's house or were they housed in separate quarters? If there only 40 people in the community, how did someone find a spouse who wasn't a relative? How many villages of 40 people with one warrior would the average thane have? How much land would a warrior own?
We need answers Anthony!!!
Very interesting documentary. Love history but happy I was born far after all these daily struggles
@@tinygrim Not being murdered by heavily armed raiders or sold into slavery to them sounds pretty good thanks.
"Don't fear those who aim to kill just the body but are unable to touch the soul. The One to fear is He who can destroy you, soul and body, in the fires of hell."
Matthew 10:28
They made it sound so peaceful by its narration… and yet… ppl get their hands chopped off and strung up as a reminder, ppl were stoned to death for trying to escape, the glossed over what being a slave might have been like, who were the nuns? So much I want to know more of!!!
I bet they had a lot less crime back then since criminals were actually held accountable for their crimes. You chop a few thieves hands off and it becomes an awfully good deterrent. Now a days you get 15-20 for cold blooded murder. Or get sent to broadmore county club.
@@ssherrierable There were a lot less people too.
That's the whole point, everyday life wasn't people getting their hands chopped off or executed.
@@ssherrierable Be a lot less thieves because they wouldn't have hands to steal with again, but it wouldn't necessarily a "deterrent" for other bad people. Hell basically every human on earth wakes up thinking bad shit (justified or not) can't/won't happen to THEM personally. You don't wake up and walk around thinking "I may be robbed today" any more than a thief wakes up thinking "I may get caught today". Also a LOT of criminals think "well I'm a hell of a lot smarter than that dumbass that got caught yesterday".
I doubt that there was much hand-chopping going on. This was not a society that could afford a beggar underclass, so punishments might have included flogging, branding, and outright death, but NOT something that would render the person unfit for work.
I cannot believe that any humans made it through this time period!!!
Life goes on and finds a way
Strong men
💪
Was Y1K a thing?
Yes. There were "predictions" of the second coming. There have been many many such predictions over the last 2k years
we now know that people bathed weekly , and better knowledge of healing herbs than we do today. They are not as simple minded people as many think.
Oh thank God!!
only if you are wealthy and a vikings, for anglo saxon especially men if you bath weekly they will mock you and called you a vikings because bathing and grooming yourself at that period was only a vikings cultural practice. Vikings warrior used to bath, wear perfume and dyed their hair and groom himself before they were going to war or raiding, so the anglo saxon would definitely wont do that. The knowledge of herbs usually reserved only for midwife and nuns and monks. You gotta be careful not to do some weird stuff and random herbalogy because the church will catch you and you might be charge as practicing whicraft and be stone to death.
That woman giving birth needs an Oscar. I've literally never been so convinced in my life
Picked the wrong fucking video to try and fall asleep to lol, childbirth reenactment incoming
this film is so beautiful and life changing i'm so invested in these characters and in this incredible story. the themes and the messages it tells the audience are timeless and incredible. the way it uses the camera, setting, lighting, audio and costume to tell a story is extraordinary. why hasn't this won any awards smh, such a high quality film the best one i've ever seen
It truly humanizes people from this period.
I love documentariesike this, just focusing on the daily lives of the common people.
@@justinfowler5761 I do, too.
I've seen this before, and I'm looking forward to another viewing. It's extremely well done! Thank you for doing it
A great place to visit if you are interested in Anglo Saxon Britain is West Stow in Suffolk, a reconstructed village
In German: suedvolk = Suffolk....
Sussex = Suedsachsen
The word "air" is Anglo-Norman. The Old English word for "air" was "lyft" cognate with Modern German "luft."
I recall a book I read some years ago in which was prescribed "a poultice of wite moulded bread" for open wounds.
Penicillium mold in that poultice was probably effective. So was treatment utilizing raw honey.
I'm severely sickened by mold! Guess I would have been sol!
This was wonderfully told and informative!
Need more documentaries about other European countries: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia...
Not only England.
They probably exist and I would like to see them. They are probably in the languages of those countries and are produced in those countries so may show up less in common searches or via the algorithm on UA-cam. Check out the channel History Time…some good ones on there.
@@erickoraganie8705 exactly why should BBC spend it's money there instead of at home? They have their own channels and videos.
@@smallbeginning2 Yes, but as they make programmes in their own languages and nobody can be bothered to look beyond English they tend to get lost. Also they are not to the standard of the Beeb, so they are not that interesting But I would ask you why you only want to learn one part of a jigsaw? Seems a bit odd to me. The World does not begin and end around the mouldy littler rock, histories intertwine and only become fully understand if you have the full picture. Wanting just UK history is like grasping onto a Single piece of a jigsaw and crying when your playmates need it to make the Big Picture.
The countries you mention probably do their own. Can someone translate and share???
Search "lucy worsley russian zars".. its a good one
OOF I'd rather be a Viking that's for sure! OR even better, a founding member of the brand new Grecian city-state that would become Sparta which started around the year 1000! Back then it would have been just the Dorian tribe but bathing in olive oil and eating fresh fruit sure would beat enamel destroying bread, leaks, and no baths. :( Christianity also just tends to make life suck ten times more than it has to tbh, that priest was such an annoying busybody, I'd rather be a Pagan!
Documentaries like this are why I decided to splurge and pay for ad-free UA-cam.
I've seen this quite a few times but always enjoy it. So good to watch it again
I like that "wartime farm" it's fun
Yeah ... I rewatch the good ones, too.
So interesting to see about the Anglo Saxons .The Saxons had a King from wich I am having a Family line .when I found that out I was very excited.
As an American, I'm a mixture of (mostly) Anglo-Saxon, with smaller proportions of Scottish Celt, French, Norwegian/Swedish, Dutch, and "true" German. I'm amazed I exist because my various groups of ancestors spent a lot of time fighting and killing each other.
Word!! Haha I'm much the same, taking out Norwegian, Dutch, etc. But I have the rest. It's even more amazing to me because shortly after my surname ancestor came to America from present day Germany. The American Civil War was just starting. If not for there religion my family line could have been wiped out.
@UCwnIlaC_hLltykbDyXxBhKQ At face value no. I mean we are all commenting on a history video after all. I don't think that you should try to edit history just because someone doesn't like it or is uncomfortable with it. This is coming from an American with German and British ancestry. That is plenty of history to be uncomfortable with. HOWEVER since I didn't read the post and don't know what the specific history is that you are referring to. I can't say for certain if you are in the right or wrong. Sorry🤷♀️
Edit: I just read it and while I personally don't know the exact facts. I will say this, I didn't think you did anything wrong to get banned. Seemed like a good debate between to amateur historian. I don't know though.
I pretty much just say I'm a Euro-American-mutt. 😁
I am surprised any germanic and celtic even exsist today with 4000 years of inbreds to this day and time 2022.
"Bathing? Bathing can only lead ...to sin!"
Actually, most Medeival Europeans, contrary to stereotypes propagated by outdated, poor scholarship, were surprisingly hygienic. Face and hand washing were performed throughout the day, especially at meal times, public bath houses were common in most towns, bathing once a week or more was customary, bathing in rivers was practiced, in the countryside, towns had strict regulations and planning for waste disposal and of course, human nature is revolted by filth and bad odors.
Popular myth paints Medeival Europe as a land of filthy, smelly peasants, contrasted with other regions populated by cleanly folk.
Not true.
Yeah the no bathing was complete BS, people do not enjoy being dirty and do not like being around stinky people. They took great care in keeping themselves clean.
@@Grenadier311 Fruits of enlightment propaganda, the amount of myths they created about the medieval age just to caluniate catholics is absurd, and many are still popular to this day
It was misery personified. Hungry all the time. People dying all around you. You're lucky if your wife survives giving birth to your child and disease is so horrendous they make you throw up just by the smell!!
it almost sounds peaceful back then, but really it was a daily struggle to survive and such. this is a good pg version of history
*Here we all are in the year 2022 and we’re just as convinced that THESE days are the real end times.*
Nah it’ll end at 3022
No, just some people think that. If you know anything about history, you know people have been predicting the end times for thousands of years (as well as complaining about the younger generation.)
I have to convince certain family members of that every now and again. Just the other day, I was informed that a televangelist is preaching that we need to withdraw our support for Ukraine because - gasp! - the devil is going to make Putin send his nuclear weapons if Ukraine wins. No political agenda there, folks! Nope, not at all.
I love these documentaries.
Godwin the reeve. Reeve of the shire. Shire reeve. Sheriff.
i know documentories are free and shit... but do i have to pay for volume consistancy?
this just despressed the fuck out of me lol. no painkillers for childbirth, bread that wore the enamel off your teeth, slavery, giant tape worms in the communal poop bucket lol, etc etc. ya know 2022 isn’t perfect but… I will take it lol
I'm no expert but from what I can tell, the costumes seem to be not bad?
A boy was shown wearing a pair of black leather boots with a side button that I'd buy in a heartbeat. Wonder where he bought them?
If it wasn’t for the Vikings, England could have become a developed country hundreds years earlier 😭😭 Where’s our reparation money 😭😭
"Just because some watery tart threw a sword at you is no basis for a form of Government"
Lmao
Unless you were among the elite classes it was nasty-brutish- and short.
This was awesome and far too short.
That's really interesting ... the use of first penicillin probably.
It comes down to this. You have no means to eat. You are told, "Go do this and you may eat. Or, don't go and stay here and starve."
After air and water the next thing is food
Five minutes in and I’m not sure I can continue-- hair styles are not period??? That woman’s uncovered 2000s haircut? And they’re all a little older than they should be?
That hair was dreadful. I'm a little plump, tall, and old (24) for the role, but I'll lose weight and get botox to reshoot it with my hip length hair
Middle of epic 7 person battle and all I could think of was Why is her SHORT hair not covered in church? That's basic catholicism
People sometimes romanticize this period of history but if you look at the day to day living conditions and the fact they had no medicine for common illnesses I see nothing romantic about it. Very interesting yes. Would I like to have lived back then. Hell no.
Whorid suna whoreson in modern english?
If you think your life is hard, just watch this video
Well ya gotta think this is 100 years after Alfred. 75 after Edward and another like 60 after Athelstan united England. Whatever viking problems they had isnt shit compaired to the shit they had to deal with. The biggest prob. With THIS situation is a line of not such great kings .
And a wildly independent and increasingly demanding nobility that rarely if ever answers the call unless they gotta.
"Sweyn Forkbeard notices comment and smiles"
A little outdated but still an amazing video!
Those were the days.
This documentary is actually quite old so a lot of the pre-conceived notions of how they lived back then has changed quite a bit. A lot of it is accurate but there's enough inaccuracies to make this outdated
@once a musician i recommend you check out the new Time Team. It is hard to point to specific points, but the overall knowledge of this time period has advanced enormously in recent years. Sign me,
Another Fascinated Amateur 🙏
i would love to see this remade in light of current information. i feel that an update would be far less gloomy 🙏
@@barrydysert2974 the new time team is hosted by Tony Robinson still?
@@MTB214 no unfortunately..
@@barrydysert2974 I would also recommend a channel called Weird History. They do a lot of day-in-the-life videos of old time periods, among others
What was life like?
In short: pretty sh1t!
Obesity was not a problem? One couldn't tell by the cast ;-)
I tried to learn old English (Anglo-Saxon) but it is hard.
Feuch nas cruaidhe
I want to know about the pre-Christian religion.
We don't know much about Anglo-Saxon paganism since they didn't record their own history until after they had converted, same with the Gaels, Bretons, and Picts
Either way, they probably worshipped a pantheon similar to the Norse one. Not enough to make an interesting video
At time 30:00 I was really taken aback. Who in the world told Dr. Newton, other than the wig salesperson, that the hairpiece looks good! Mein Gott that is rough. I’ll be the first to admit that I wear wigs often but almost none of the time can you tell I’m wearing a wig. Damn..
Uhhhh. You made it sound horrid so I had to look. I probably wouldn't have known.
I think this documentary was originally published in 1999. Will anyone confirm that?
You right
Oh I didn't know that! Lol
That explains a lot. Lol
Who knows but I know what it's like being a slave 2 American Rome
What a drama queen.
Background noise is louder than the speaker. Makes it a difficult listen
Does anyone know where this documentary was filmed? The credits provide little information.
I’ve had two children; with my first , the epidural didn’t work very well ( thanks scoliosis and and contractions for that , the second time labor went faster and I did get a epidural but pretty far into the process, istarfed pushing not long after. That childbirth scene gave panic m, distress and trauma. Childbirth is so traumatic, you just weirdly forgot about it. Chills .
Ulfrich is such a chad. Somehow we're all rooting for the peasant in shit-stained pantaloons even when the story has VIKINGS. Impressive storytelling to accomplish that!
Much better than the BS of Vikings TV Show.
Can you agaian me
Really very good, thank you. It’s amazing to think that we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for those people! 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺
The way they talk sounds like a Scandinavian language or Dutch, to me. Which is interesting
As an Aussie the language sounds like a Scot trying to speak German.
People did not get fat she says, as they show fat women walking about…..😂
People were much more fit - while actors where pretty chubby
It is well done, certainly
🇮🇪😜
But.....
I get an impression, it is for 12 year old, un-learned.
A school project!
The minute the video began, I was transported to another time. How wonderful!
Holy commercials. Way too many ads on these videos now.
Real good.
Depressing!!!!
I almost didn't recognize Dr. Sam Newton here. He's a lot thinner than he is when appearing on 'Time Team'. That said, his ease in speaking Anglo-Saxon made me think it was him.
Fabulous program!!
I am a Bell.
I am scottish english and irish.
My families Clan Bell very clise allies of Clan Douglas through kinship from the Borders.
Middlebie Parish in Dumfries and Galloway.
They were originally from norway they were french and Norwegian. Although i nearly all British i am 15% norway and some little french 6% but it.shows the written history matches exactly to my DNA.
So i really enjoyed this video cery informative i learned alot very interesting.
Great video! And much appreciated!
Such a hard life for my ancestors 😮
Is "sky" from Anglo Saxon? Or is it rather from Old Norse? I don´t know the word from that area, but in Denmark and Norway it is the word for "cloud".
Life is still rough in 2024
So happy that I was born in the 20th century! And particular not in England!!
You think it was better elsewhere?
Agree England sucks
1:15 holy shit that is a bad toupee
Wales,Scotland,Ireland,Northumbria should become independent countries...it's beautiful...Let all these people lead independent lives..making their own destiny in European union..👍👍
India should built toilet first xD
The only thing I don’t buy is the way the target shooting young swain has fletched his arrows. What a mess! Never fly straight.
7:00 Hail Satan! 😈👿
It seems illogical that if a slave runs away, he will be stoned to death....his owner is still losing his value!
Worst sound effects ever: 45 minutes of "yhaaaahg".
Most people lived shortly and in utmost poverty until industrial revolution, rise of capitalism and establishment of rule of law. Our civilized way of life is a very recent phenomenon maybe last 300 years. Most people are probably not aware how lucky we are to live in these times for all their limitations. People complain if there is no A/C or Amazon delivery takes more than the same day or about gluten and so on. People lived really hard throughout history. What we have can disappear very easily if we are not vigilant to preserve values of the modern society for example if we get into a world war or start civil unrest etc. There are many bad actors today that we have to be aware of and protect our society from.
I saw this 8th grade history class. Thanks for the upload. Good memories.
the narrator sounds like Samwise Gamgee xDD
Proud W.A.S.P. descendant here, this was a treat indeed.
Sorry, but the "white anglo-saxon protestant" trope probably doesn't mean what you think it does. For example, Protestantism didn't even exist until the 16th century Reformation, and the people depicted here were Catholics living from about 500 -1000. The tribes during this time were the Saxons (who dominated), the Angles, Jutes, Frisians, and a few others. For that reason, Medievalists in many areas of scholarship are trying to break free from the misleading use of Anglo-Saxon as an identifier. Moreover, the Norman Conquest of 1066 pretty much subsumed all of these people. Check wikipedia for a summaries, or any number of really excellent books on these various subjects. WASP has largely been used as a racist brand, and I don't think you intended to use it that way! We can all be proud of our ancestry without the declaration that ours was superior (again, I don't think that was your intention). Bless.
Why doesn’t this woman open her mouth when she talks??!
lnaudible! TURN UP YOUR AUDIO RECORDER!
Thank God I was not born during this time!!! I'm surprised that anyone would have a baby having to go through that!!! There's no way I would have been!!! I can't believe anyone would be having sex either with how stinky and dirty they were! God, what a miserable time to be alive!
Was London called London in the year 1,000?
The Romans named it Londinium
London wasn't much more than a village/town
Yes
I love this! Was this ever continued?
Well done!
It's not hard for me to imagine why the Norseman vikinged these people...
Why
Anglo-Saxon England is cool 😎
Christianity wasn't that common before the normans came though, at least the peasants definitely weren't
The acting was really awkward.
Probs
1000 AD : What to do today. I know, waiting to die.
so glad I wasn’t alive back then 🙅🏻
Way too many ads!!
Seems like life in the 10th century would have been much better without those Vikings. And all that bloody spam.
Spam?
@@cleverusername9369 Reference to Monty Python sketch.