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  • This landmark, high-end drama-doc tells the story of why Vikings chose to leave Denmark. With the help of dramatic re-creations and CGI, leading academics examine their actions and explain how cultural integration and the influence of Christianity allowed them to play a huge part in transforming Europe into what it is today.
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  • @stevenmanning6884
    @stevenmanning6884 8 місяців тому +8

    As an east Anglian really enjoyed this.
    Many people forget where the Aglen, Saxons, and Jutes came from. It's easy to see the connection with the Danes as they all originate from Denmark. They were kins men. The Anglen where exactly the same as the Danes (vikings) when they first landed on the shores of Britain.

    • @jordandewitt4178
      @jordandewitt4178 2 місяці тому +2

      Very closely related Germanic tribes. But not the same. Those are three different Germanic peoples.

    • @safeysmith6720
      @safeysmith6720 2 місяці тому +2

      The Danes were actually a Swedish tribe and had not yet arrived on the peninsula that would become Denmark when the Angles were still there. Technically the Angles came from Angeln or Anglia in Northern Germany but close enough.
      There were other tribes in what is now Denmark as well. Namely the Jutes(Who were from Denmark proper) and the Herules(Northern tip of Denmark). The Angles were said to have completely abandoned Angeln, when they set out for England(probably not entirely true), while only a portion of the Jutes left, with the remainder falling under the sway of the Herules.
      It was not until after the Anglo-Saxon migration to Britain, that the Danes, who as I mentioned were a powerful segment of the Swedes originally, broke away and came to Denmark, for which the peninsula is now named. They defeated and subjugated the Herules, and any others on the peninsula in these early days of their arrival, and then the Viking era began.
      This all being said, broadly speaking, the Angles and Jutes can be thought of as being a part of the Scandinavian world, and were kin to the Swedes and Danes, so you’re not wrong. But the Angles were not Danes directly.
      All Germanic people first came from Scandinavia though. Germanic culture and language developed in Scandinavia and spread into the continent. The Saxons were the Germanic peoples directly south of Denmark, and they probably could trace their origin back into Scandinavia from just prior to the Roman times. Although the Saxons can be seen as a later confederation of several smaller tribes which existed previously.
      But back to your point, it wouldn’t be wrong to consider the Anglo-Saxon raids and invasions as being a first wave of larger Germanic expansions into Britain, and the Viking raids and invasions as the second wave.

    • @veronicajensen7690
      @veronicajensen7690 2 місяці тому

      well Anglo-Saxon dna is very similar to modern day Dutch and Danes so the same people although different tribes at one time in history however what the Brits called Danes could certainly come from Jutland and southern Jutland (former Anglia)@@jordandewitt4178

    • @veronicajensen7690
      @veronicajensen7690 2 місяці тому

      Angles came from the southern part of Jutland and most northern part of Germany, Jutes came from the Northern part of Jutland according to dna studies of Anglo-Saxon dna in Brits it is very similar to modern day Danes and Dutch, and it's almost impossible to see the difference between Danish Viking dna and Anglo-Saxon dna , and Viking dna from Southern Sweden reads as Danish dna , where as the rest of Sweden is different @@safeysmith6720

  • @mikotagayuna8494
    @mikotagayuna8494 3 роки тому +39

    Two types of comments for this video:
    1. Complaints about people not speaking in English when it is clearly a French-Nordic production meant for an international audience.
    2. Complaints about having to read subtitles. Not everyone speaks English as a first language. As long as the speakers are experts in their field, it's fine. When something is worth learning, then it is worth READING.

    • @Squeeky_Shadow
      @Squeeky_Shadow 3 роки тому +4

      Yea I don't get people like that. So they have to pay attention, poor babies. The only time I have a problem is when they forget the subtitles. the ones you get with youtube itself are always wrong, funny but wrong.

    • @tan89284
      @tan89284 3 роки тому +4

      USians being scared of subtitles or learning a 2nd language always makes me chuckle 🤭

    • @allythorpe74
      @allythorpe74 3 роки тому

      @@tan89284 try being visually impaired . i speak 2 languages auslan and english neither helps with french or swedish .sorry all lower case input shift key stuck.

    • @MangUcokProductions
      @MangUcokProductions 2 роки тому +2

      It's funny how native english speakers feeling disturbed by reading subtitles. I grew up reading subtitles from hollywood movies because english is foreign language for me lol
      I know english is an international language, but it makes english speakers too lazy to learn or even to understand other languages

    • @lanceroberthough1275
      @lanceroberthough1275 2 роки тому

      @@MangUcokProductions we don't all mind. And those who don't mind remain silent so one would have no way to measure what proportion actually are foolish enough to complain.

  • @topper2142
    @topper2142 3 роки тому +18

    Thank you for all of these quality documentaries,it's most appreciated.

  • @banderalharbi6284
    @banderalharbi6284 3 роки тому +3

    Brilliant work !

  • @peggybrem2848
    @peggybrem2848 2 роки тому +1

    Fantastic stuff! Thank you for making it available to me 🤺♥️👍

  • @BethyKable
    @BethyKable 3 роки тому +37

    I love History documentaries and this one was incredibly interesting. Loved the detailed research and the unique narrative that they were not just vicious killers plundering their way around the world stealing and ransacking towns. They were all that for sure...but, more to it. Very well done.

  • @StephiSensei26
    @StephiSensei26 3 роки тому +12

    Brilliantly explained by our Dr's. Ben Raffled from Uppsala and Helena Viktor from Kalmar. Great for young people.

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 Рік тому

    wow good work

  • @RathwulvenBushcraft
    @RathwulvenBushcraft 3 роки тому +2

    Awesome!

  • @reneemclane1845
    @reneemclane1845 3 роки тому +11

    When I was stationed in Germany in the 1980s we vacationed in Denmark. We were led to place on the western Jutland coast where the vikings landed to gather more sailors so that they could pillage more.

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 3 роки тому +1

      I hope it was in the summer. Denmark (and Germany) get exceptionally cold in the winter in comparison to the US (I know in comparison to the South in which I reside)...

    • @tan89284
      @tan89284 3 роки тому +1

      @@jamellfoster6029 an average winter day in Denmark is -5 degrees. No big deal. Put warm clothes on, you’ll be fine.

    • @jamellfoster6029
      @jamellfoster6029 3 роки тому +1

      @@tan89284 I will pass...

    • @tan89284
      @tan89284 3 роки тому +1

      @@jamellfoster6029 typical seppo

    • @hhunstad2011
      @hhunstad2011 2 роки тому

      @@tan89284 what's a seppo

  • @tommydeamon7657
    @tommydeamon7657 2 роки тому +1

    I always enjoy you're documentary,s so you say thank you enjoy i say I always do enjoy you're quality products so now I say thank you much much moor and you're welcome keep on doing what you do how you do

  • @kenhart8771
    @kenhart8771 2 роки тому +1

    Nice well done historical production of this era of (Northwest) Europe

  • @rickyellis8505
    @rickyellis8505 3 роки тому +7

    The young guy with long hair talking English looks like Alfred off Vikings TV show.

  • @marcusalford1750
    @marcusalford1750 3 роки тому +3

    Yey!, pt 2 thanks timeline, also
    00:37 it starts

    • @Kunfucious577
      @Kunfucious577 3 роки тому +1

      Im a fool. I was searching for an hour for part 2 after the first one not knowing it wasnt out yet.

    • @marcusalford1750
      @marcusalford1750 3 роки тому

      @@Kunfucious577 well i'm glad you found it.

  • @fooo2241
    @fooo2241 3 роки тому +50

    I'm starting to worry that Dan can't get out of that airplane......

    • @DominicMecciaMusic
      @DominicMecciaMusic 3 роки тому +6

      I hope that he is ok.

    • @bilindalaw-morley161
      @bilindalaw-morley161 3 роки тому +4

      I think he uses it to get to Stonehenge, where because of the cosmic significance/Druid magic, he can escape the airplane for long enough to do another ad, then is sucked back in.
      Fun fact...we can fast forward him

    • @fooo2241
      @fooo2241 3 роки тому +4

      @@DominicMecciaMusic I don't think he's suffering anything worse than groundhogs day 😁

    • @fooo2241
      @fooo2241 3 роки тому +4

      @@bilindalaw-morley161 🤣🤣🤣 you may be on to something! Idk about fast forwarding, it is a gorgeous plane after all!

    • @DominicMecciaMusic
      @DominicMecciaMusic 3 роки тому +3

      @@fooo2241 I can't argue against that.

  • @annethomas9302
    @annethomas9302 3 роки тому +6

    Heartbreaking times .

    • @FullTimeDosser
      @FullTimeDosser 3 роки тому +1

      We will never be able to party like this ever again

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 Рік тому

    Wow good

  • @SIG442
    @SIG442 3 роки тому +13

    Just a shame that Friesland isn't really mentioned in a more positive way, there are clear signs that the Danes allied with the Frisians, married each other and had a good relationship over all. Also the Frisians were clearly mentioned as being great fighters as well when they joined on raids. I dare to say this may even be from the Roman times where the Frisians were forced to fight or follow the Romans, so in that sense you could say the Frisians are proto-vikings in that sense.

    • @zxsb2
      @zxsb2 2 роки тому +2

      Exactly! Most people who are from Fryslan and "Groningen" and their ancestors have been there for really long are probably all descended of Vikings, they found a viking ring somewhere in "Groningen" too. I'm from that area too and could trace it back to 1300, all from Fryslan and Groningen. So there is a very big chance that some of my ancestors had an eye on a Viking there and got kids. There were also ALOT of Viking raids there and trading points in Fryslan.

    • @zxsb2
      @zxsb2 2 роки тому +4

      And as you can see in the DNA Tests I have done hahaha. I find it weird that no one really talks about the Viking History in Frisia/Northern Netherlands, and it doesn't make sense to me that they aren't shining any light on the Viking History in Frisia.

    • @erikthorsen240
      @erikthorsen240 2 роки тому +3

      @@zxsb2 Or maybe a viking had an eye on one of your ancestors.

  • @altairsinner2225
    @altairsinner2225 Рік тому

    Who made the soundtrack?

  • @rayferdays7870
    @rayferdays7870 3 роки тому +8

    Fun Fact: the crown Charlemagne is wearing at 12:38 was made for him by his 7 year old daughter after he misplaced his original crown. He knew it looked silly but he wore it anyways.

  • @deyvsonyuri7556
    @deyvsonyuri7556 3 роки тому +2

    Gente pelo amor de Deus as cenas são de alguma serie ou filme, quais são alguém sabe ?

  • @DevilDr
    @DevilDr 3 роки тому +1

    Wow...

  • @richardchatfield5984
    @richardchatfield5984 3 роки тому

    Living A way

  • @Raventooth
    @Raventooth 3 роки тому

    5:38 great point here, Vitoð ér enn, eða hvat?

  • @stevendeitrich6933
    @stevendeitrich6933 3 роки тому +3

    Less drama would have made this better .

  • @annethomas9302
    @annethomas9302 3 роки тому +1

    For short periods all is well then fear kicks in .

  • @CrackleCat
    @CrackleCat 3 роки тому +4

    The usual conversion tactics.. Now we fight!

  • @allenharoldsen9040
    @allenharoldsen9040 Рік тому

    So many subtitles that I just as well read a book

  • @jmmahony
    @jmmahony 2 роки тому +1

    There are a few interesting goofs here. I can forgive the producers showing Charlemagne wearing a crown (the imperial crown of the Holy Roman Empire) that wasn't made until 150 years after his death, since it's a very well known artifact, but the decorative item (or is it a flag/banner?) shown on the wall at the right of the scene at 4:38 and 25:35 is clearly hung sideways, since if you rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, it shows an alpha and omega (Christian symbols, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet) hanging on either side of a cross.

  • @andrewmcneil6668
    @andrewmcneil6668 2 роки тому +1

    The fact of the matter is that the Viking activity and invasions in the British Isles were far more lucrative than they ever were in the Carolingian Empire. This is a good documentary but it implies that the campaigns/raids in the British Isles were nothing but a footnote.

  • @cluisomorphic7414
    @cluisomorphic7414 3 роки тому +8

    Dan Snow is an absolute Phenomenal Historian.! Him & Dan Jones aswell. Both Bloody Brilliant Chaps.❗👍

  • @leedobson
    @leedobson 3 роки тому +12

    As usual woefully inaccurate period armour and clothing

  • @pcaso100
    @pcaso100 3 роки тому +3

    Skál! 3:)

  • @DBCisco
    @DBCisco 3 роки тому +19

    The Dansk were overpopulated due to the 'Saxons' escaping Charlemagne's Persecutions.

    • @RohanGillett
      @RohanGillett 3 роки тому +3

      Overpopulation is often a cause of war. One area gets crowded and a group goes on rampage pushing out others. I think that is what happened with the barbarian invasions of Europe way back when. It keeps getting repeated.

    • @ConstantineJoseph
      @ConstantineJoseph 3 роки тому +1

      Rohan Gillett actually it is not overpopulation for the barbarian invasions. It is down to the nomadic nature of the Xiong Nu who were the Huns who tried to annex Han China but were constantly winning and losing to the point they decided to migrate westerly to find Civilisations to plunder and also to assimilate in.
      Their movements pushed into the Caucasus and then into the Balkans actually drove plenty of Germanic tribes like the Goths, Vandals, Alans into the Roman Empire.
      These Germanic tribes cannot compete with the cavalry based marauding Huns and decided to assimilate into Hunnic empire or move westwards for land and settlement.
      You can say that the Germanic tribes flight to Rome was primarily a flight to safety rather than overpopulation. Moreover Roman Empire was at that time very open to all peoples. Germans served in the legions as foederati. Many Germans were trained in the courts of Rome and Constantinople and many of them became Romans and acted like Romans and bled for Rome. Stilicho the Vandal was a Caesar of Rome and even the future King of Rome Theoderic the Great had a complete Roman upbringing and education.
      They maybe of Germanic descent but they used the force of arms of Germans like the Goths to prop up the Roman Empire.
      And the Roman citizens weren't actually too bothered with the changing of the guard as their culture, the language of Vulgar Latin and trade continued under Germanic leadership after the fall of Rome.
      In a way Rome fell but the system and the language and the culture and the law persists, amalgamating men of different ethnicity and culture to one single culture and civilised system.
      The Vikings were different that they themselves had lack of opportunity in their hinterland. Their travels and campaigns showed they were toughened men, who had the courage and drive to succeed in life.
      They too wanted to assimilate with others and they were more than happy to settle and accept new religion and the new culture. All they wanted was to get out of the old kingdom and move into the new ones, by conquests and by also doing deals with the continental government's of that era

    • @DBCisco
      @DBCisco 3 роки тому +1

      @@ConstantineJoseph The invasions you mention are about 400 years prior to the 'vikings'

    • @DBCisco
      @DBCisco 3 роки тому +2

      @@ConstantineJoseph Xiong Nu were not The Huns and existed no later than the 1st cent. AD

    • @ConstantineJoseph
      @ConstantineJoseph 3 роки тому

      @@DBCisco This is debatable. There are several opinions on this but according to those that favor the idea that the Huns came from the Xiong Nu, the Xiong Nu to them are the proto Hunnic peoples who were defeated by the Han Empire and they migrated north westward.

  • @annethomas9302
    @annethomas9302 3 роки тому +8

    All this to find status in life.

  • @NorvelCooksey
    @NorvelCooksey 3 роки тому +1

    It is easy. They are me. And I am them.

  • @nithindreemendis875
    @nithindreemendis875 3 роки тому +4

    Wow, so many Viking documentaries, I am loving it! Wondering if it has a coincidence to Assassin's Creed Valhalla

  • @jamariscott
    @jamariscott 3 роки тому

    Subtitles force me to watch the video

  • @StevenMichaelCunningham
    @StevenMichaelCunningham 3 роки тому +2

    No Viking would harm. Those were perversions of self marauding the land & all that entails.

  • @McShag420
    @McShag420 3 роки тому +3

    lul, love how these "history" documentaries always depict vikings in leather tunics instead of the wool clothes and chain/scale armor they certainly would have used

  • @cam7686
    @cam7686 2 роки тому

    that blonde viking guy that you always show as the raid leader/chieftain in this series was kneelng for Charlemagne as he aligned himself with him, but then later you show him attacking Francia. Did the vikings that had an allegiance to Charlemagne rescind their contract so to speak after Charlemagne died? or did they support Louis the Pious?

  • @thetruthcompany5635
    @thetruthcompany5635 3 роки тому +1

    34:00 - 34:30 : "Geld" !!!! I was surprised to hear this, because it is the german word for money even today!

    • @thetruthcompany5635
      @thetruthcompany5635 2 роки тому

      @@PixelViking This is very interesting. This means that money in its original sense (as a means of exchange) does not have the same meaning in our two languages - Danish and German - as, for example, the English word money or the French word argent. I therefore assume that our word for money (as "Geld" or "gæld") goes back to the time of the Vikings, when one could buy oneself free from captivity by paying a sum of gold or silver. Now many things make a deeper sense to me! And it also shows that the North and Baltic Sea peoples reached as far as the Danish and North German coasts and that our ancestors also belonged to the Viking peoples. (What is undisputed for Denmark!) So is one of the most famous old but today still preserved (or rebuilt) settlements is the settlement "Haithabu" or "Hedeby" or "Heidaby", which is located in today's north of Schleswig Holstein, which belonged to Denmark just a few centuries ago - Denmark, a real Viking country! For the North German coastal inhabitants, however, this was never quite clear. But I think that such etymological hints as for the word "money" could be a hint that these (north) Germanic Vikings could have existed after all.... So maybe our peoples are ethologically much more closely related than we suspect?! Thanks again for this hint! With all best regards (Hail Odin!) xD

  • @TheIamtheoneandonly1
    @TheIamtheoneandonly1 3 роки тому +5

    With all necessary respect, you must be mistaken. Surely, the title should read: The Great Viking Invasion *FROM* Denmark. TSK!! 🙄

    • @vladdrimboreanu7465
      @vladdrimboreanu7465 3 роки тому +1

      even in english they are somewhat interchangeable. in this context *of* means as they *denmark* were the ones doing the invasion. as in the great love of a mother the great cities of the usa and so on. confusing . if they would have said the great invasion of denmarks vikings nobody would have any doubts

  • @nipperparr6709
    @nipperparr6709 2 роки тому +1

    I have Viking D&A on my Irish side and most probably on my English side as the town my father's from Ormskirk in Lancashire was founded by Orme the Viking!

  • @thetruthcompany5635
    @thetruthcompany5635 3 роки тому +1

    It´s funny to see the differnce in german and french History: Both Nations claim Charlemagne (in german - Karl der Große, means: Carl the Great) for themselves in historiography. Fact is: The coronation of Charlemagne took place in the year 800 in the cathedral of Aachen - a German city. Can we conclude that Charlemagne was the founder of an united european superstate?

  • @Brucev7
    @Brucev7 3 роки тому +2

    It would flow somewhat better with a single narrator

  • @douglasherron7534
    @douglasherron7534 3 роки тому +1

    The title of this video is confusing as is the conflation of "Viking" with a nationality.
    "Viking", as I understand from other sources, was an occupation not a specific nationality. As we in the UK know full well, the vikings could come from a number of different (modern) countries including Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In fact the majority of viking raiders into Anglo-Saxon Southern Britian (England did not exist at that time) were Danes - hence the payment of "Danegeld".
    So, I cannot understand how vikings could "invade" Denmark - a viking homeland.

    • @veronicajensen7690
      @veronicajensen7690 2 місяці тому

      no the title makes no sense I agree as a Dane, I had to watch just because I was confused by the title wondering if I didn't know the Swedish Vikings invaded Denmark or something

  • @bernardolopes4469
    @bernardolopes4469 2 роки тому

    Does anyone knows if the scenes came from a serie or film?

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 Рік тому

    The Vikings were fierce

  • @Minnastina
    @Minnastina 2 роки тому +1

    My family come from finland & have 100% viking blood... so I love these documentaries sooooooooo much. So thank you heaps!
    🇫🇮😍🙏👏

    • @veronicajensen7690
      @veronicajensen7690 2 місяці тому

      the Vikings did settle in Finland, but it's not really a country where the Vikings came from, so you might be a part Scandinavian but not 100%

  • @GabFrrost
    @GabFrrost 3 роки тому +11

    Vikings invaded Danemark ???

    • @kevinmurphy4595
      @kevinmurphy4595 3 роки тому +1

      EXACTLY !

    • @vladdrimboreanu7465
      @vladdrimboreanu7465 3 роки тому +1

      vikings WERE danes or should i say danes were vikings so no

    • @tomurg
      @tomurg 3 роки тому +1

      The Franks did

    • @kevinmurphy4595
      @kevinmurphy4595 3 роки тому +1

      @@tomurg Yes they surely did, hence the Danevirke, Cheers!

    • @tomurg
      @tomurg 3 роки тому +1

      @@kevinmurphy4595 looked a bit different in this documentary though. I thought it was more like a huge earthen wall stretching across the entire breadth of Jutland.

  • @RobertPrestonHill
    @RobertPrestonHill 3 роки тому

    Does anyone know what language the woman in the blue shirt and glasses is speaking in?

  • @izuela7677
    @izuela7677 3 роки тому

    Good news everyone! If you are of even minscule European descent King Charlemagne is your ancestors. Yes, ancestors, plural. Because the man had so many kids it's statistically impossible for him not to pop up several times as your great great......... grandfather.

  • @squarewave808
    @squarewave808 3 роки тому +4

    Narrated by Darth Vader's mom

  • @michael7324
    @michael7324 2 роки тому +1

    A majority of this video is in French and Swedish. Not useful when I have to “Listen” to the video as Im working. However this is a top notch doc.

  • @Son-of-Tyr
    @Son-of-Tyr Рік тому

    This guy is mistaken about Charlemagne's attacks on the pagan north having little to do with the following Viking raids, in my opinion. One needs only to look at the St. Brice's day massacre for context. Sweyn Forkbeard absolutely invaded England because of it. Some say it was for financial gain, and while that may be true, it was primarily in revenge for said massacre. Whether or not it was the primary factor may be a point of contention, but it was a factor none the less. On that, the majority of academics agree.

  • @eugenecarkoski4591
    @eugenecarkoski4591 3 роки тому

    to many adds good by

  • @jacobfager1802
    @jacobfager1802 3 роки тому +2

    Really good documentary but it just baffles me how shows like this (which I assume have loads of historians and researchers working on them) still allow the fantasy Viking clothing and apperence? It's not like it's a mystery how medieval Scandinavians dressed or wore their hair and beards yet this leather clad dirty look continues to be the popular depiction.

    • @jesperb8626
      @jesperb8626 2 роки тому

      so it's not a good documentary then.

    • @tomdutoit5591
      @tomdutoit5591 Рік тому

      I liked it as a whole too, but agree. If I have to see another 'leather vambrace'....And as usual, where are the spears? At least I saw a shield or two, but not very many helmets!

  • @abrahamfanai2092
    @abrahamfanai2092 3 роки тому +6

    Dead vikings still breathing heavily. such badasses!!!!

  • @jamesnorseman4863
    @jamesnorseman4863 2 роки тому

    Mein lander

  • @roostershooter76
    @roostershooter76 3 роки тому +7

    IN reality ... going "Vikingr" ... was the ACT of traveling and sacking villages along the way. It was an Action ... not the name of the people. They weren't "Vikings", as the common misconception goes. The people called themeselves Norse, Danes, etc .... Going Vikingr was want they loved to do!

    • @tan89284
      @tan89284 3 роки тому +1

      Correct.
      “Viking” is an occupation, not a race. The correct term for these people is Norse.

    • @tan89284
      @tan89284 3 роки тому

      @sneksnekitsasnek and that’s why it is not a race.

    • @jesperb8626
      @jesperb8626 2 роки тому

      WE call them Vikings...that's not going to change. Has anyone actually said they called themselves Vikings...? Or you just parroting that 'Vikingr' comment that's on every viking relating video...?

    • @veronicajensen7690
      @veronicajensen7690 2 місяці тому

      we know dear, however in Scandinavia and elsewhere when talking about the Viking period we call all the Norse Vikings (Danes, Norweigians, Swedes, Icelandic) because the Norse history is way way longer than the Viking period and when using the term Viking everybody know what we are talking about, by the way they went on Viking Exploring, raiding, trading and settling because they had to, I'm not sure they enjoyed it all the time, the eldest son who was the heir of his fathers wealth did not have to go Viking, another reason I personally don't use the word Norse is that many English speakers think Norse=Norweigians , and some Brits think that the word Dane is only about Vikings but we are still Danes in Denamrk and Norse are all the Scandinavians , people also say Pharaoh when talking about Egyptian Kings, but Pharaoh does not mean King, it means "the big house" kind of Palace , there is another Egyptian word for King but everybody is used to Pharaoh

  • @isaiasramosgarcia9771
    @isaiasramosgarcia9771 2 роки тому +2

    Denmark wasnt always viking?

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 Рік тому

    I speak French but it is sudden here

  • @skjaldulfr
    @skjaldulfr 3 роки тому +1

    Of course I appreciate this content, but I'm annoyed by the gimmick at the beginning of saying this will "surprise us" and "shatter our expectations" and stuff. Because for one, it didn't, and for two, what's wrong with presenting history that there's an academic consensus on? That's all I'm looking for. I don't go to history documentaries to get my mind blown by wild theories.

  • @gettitnow3785
    @gettitnow3785 3 роки тому

    Blink if your plane was hijacked

  • @lanceroberthough1275
    @lanceroberthough1275 2 роки тому

    Why didn't they just use rifles? Old ones like Mauser K98s?

  • @rosemcguinn5301
    @rosemcguinn5301 3 роки тому +19

    What Charlemagne did was not as Christ taught. He obviously missed the part of the Gospels wherein it says not to use any force. That same problem exists even today, in modern terms. I follow Christ, and I oppose the use of coercive tactics and strongly support separation of church and state. I am of the opinion that each person has their own choice to make. I can only make mine; I cannot make anyone else's.

    • @girthyrichar6947
      @girthyrichar6947 Рік тому

      Fuch that dude

    • @familykaplan1341
      @familykaplan1341 4 місяці тому +1

      Absoeffinlutely

    • @kylerittenhousesar-1558
      @kylerittenhousesar-1558 4 місяці тому

      The American concept of the separation of Church and State is the most poorly understood concept in modernity. If you read the Federalist papers, it called for the state not to interfere with the dealings of the church - not for the church not to interfere with the dealings of the state. Additionally, 9 of the 13 colonies had their own state church, so it was refusing to take any one of those denominations and making that particular denomination the national church. It's also worth mentioning that the separation of church and state isn't actually written in the Constitution. The problem is that atheists have bastardized this concept to sideline Christianity and claim that the founders never meant for this country to be a Christian nation, which is wholly false and easily disproven by reading the intentions of said founders. Don't take my word for it, just read their writings for yourself and you'll see I'm correct.

    • @rosemcguinn5301
      @rosemcguinn5301 4 місяці тому

      @@kylerittenhousesar-1558 Nonsense. Neither Washington nor Adams nor Jefferson nor Franklin wanted the church to interfere with government.
      John Adams: "The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." Benjamin Franklin: “[T]he number, the industry, and the morality of the Priesthood, & the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the 👉👉👉👉total separation of the Church from the State.”
      Jefferson: ""We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. 👉👉👉👉Church and state are and must remain separate."
      Besides which, "Kyle," or whatever your name is, it is written in the US Constitution that neither is to interfere with the other.

    • @safeysmith6720
      @safeysmith6720 2 місяці тому +1

      My friend, the entire Catholic faith openly contradicts so many things in the gospel that it hurts. I would not even call myself Christian, but it’s laughable that Catholicism is not considered heresy. Pretty much the same can be said about Orthodoxy and all the organised Christianities.
      They all just flagrantly ignore key points in the bible, and even arguably the most important books in the bible. The letters of Paul to the early Christian communities.
      These lay out all the laws of Christianity and you’d think any devout Christian would hold these as some of the most important, since they are pretty much a manual for how to be Christian… but yet Catholicism not only gets it wrong, but in a lot of cases does the exact opposite of what Paul says to do. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @CV_CA
    @CV_CA 3 роки тому +1

    Gave a thumb up, but because can't understand French and Swedish had to read a lot. Wish did not have to do that.

  • @Son-of-Tyr
    @Son-of-Tyr 8 місяців тому

    I've always been of the opinion (again *Opinion*, not saying it's a 100% fact) that Charlemagne had Gudfred assassinated.

  • @Sturminfantrist
    @Sturminfantrist 3 роки тому +3

    Is this Lanc with full load for rent? i like to see Berlin from above ;)

    • @majcorbin
      @majcorbin 3 роки тому +1

      In the United States You Need a state or County issued License to drive a motor vehicle, sell a home, Practice Medicine, or LAW, or even to cut hair,
      However no such standards are applied to Journalists. [Who, What, When, Where & Why ] standards are not applied to these lying propogandists
      these so called Journalists need to be held to the Standards of truth(listed above) or be Fined, Suspended, or Traded, like a miss behaving NFL/NBA Player

  • @mithunkartha
    @mithunkartha 3 роки тому +4

    Aah the pre covid days when the lads had a bit of fun pillaging and burning.

  • @harleyquinn5774
    @harleyquinn5774 3 роки тому +4

    Denmark already had Vikings....?

    • @ConstantineJoseph
      @ConstantineJoseph 3 роки тому +4

      Kind of

    • @DBCisco
      @DBCisco 3 роки тому +2

      None of the "vikings" were called vikings. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles calls them Dansk, Nordmen and Heathenmen. It was simply another wave of invaders from Scandinavia into the British Isle that had been going on since the Romans built the 'Saxon Wall'.

    • @mrtulipeater
      @mrtulipeater 3 роки тому +1

      Absolutely. See the viking ships in Ladby or Roskilde. There is a reason Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are such similar languages.

    • @DBCisco
      @DBCisco 3 роки тому +1

      @@mrtulipeater Yes, they are all Germanic dialects as was English until after 1066

    • @mrtulipeater
      @mrtulipeater 3 роки тому

      @@DBCisco Yes, but that is not to say all "germans" were vikings. Scandinavia: the seafaring lands of modern Denmark, Sweden and Norway is where they largely hailed from, as is readily apparent in the linguistic and other cultural ties that remain.

  • @martingilvray06
    @martingilvray06 2 роки тому

    What they are not telling you that exhumed graves of Vikings on coastal attacks from Britain and Europe also the siege of Paris . Have come back as Pictish and Norwegian, they are the same people. Nothing to do with the Danish.

  • @jdsilvestri4127
    @jdsilvestri4127 2 роки тому

    For most viewers this is great but many cannot read the captions. Producers forget about the actual audience mix. Needs an English narrative. That would be great.

  • @scoobydicky9459
    @scoobydicky9459 3 роки тому +18

    They are all germanic people. Anglo saxons and vikings.

    • @Brucev7
      @Brucev7 3 роки тому +2

      Russkies

    • @ConstantineJoseph
      @ConstantineJoseph 3 роки тому +1

      Not really, Saxons were southern Germanic and the Vikings were northern Germanic

    • @p51mustang82
      @p51mustang82 3 роки тому +7

      Viking is not a race of people

    • @scoobydicky9459
      @scoobydicky9459 3 роки тому +1

      Sorry norse not vikings. They are north germanic people.

    • @marekkfly
      @marekkfly 3 роки тому

      @@p51mustang82 true, vikings were not one nation, but is the rather terminology for groups of norse people on raids.

  • @adrianmcnamara2950
    @adrianmcnamara2950 3 роки тому

    thIS IS the same dOco as ORIGINS OFTHE VIKING RAIDERS!!!!

  • @lmunchl4189
    @lmunchl4189 3 роки тому +1

    I listen to these videos while at work. So I don't watch the video.
    Anyway you can translate what the people are saying into English. Because I'm lost when they aren't talking in English

  • @DBCisco
    @DBCisco 3 роки тому +8

    The Vikings invade themselves ??? roflmao

  • @guttormurthorfinnsson8758
    @guttormurthorfinnsson8758 2 роки тому

    Kant they speak English in Scandinavia, maybe no schools.

  • @mikethuresson3706
    @mikethuresson3706 Рік тому

    Religion power and profit the essence of war

  • @ixmix
    @ixmix 3 роки тому

    The title is totally “ misleading “ ...
    and much different from “The Vikings” of the History channel...

  • @paulroese1376
    @paulroese1376 3 роки тому

    nice they mention the Human Trafficking activity of the Vikings but the notion that the Norse were interested in education is a laugh. did the Vikings establish a single university ever? did they ever produce individuals like Archimedes, Ptolemy, Al-Khwarizmi, Aristotle, Copernicus or Omar Khayyam? i think not. they couldn't even keep up with shipbuilding technology going on in Europe which is why they missed The Age of Discovery.

    • @NineTailedFate
      @NineTailedFate 3 роки тому

      It's in human nature to seek knowledge. Just because the culture as a whole didn't excel in this doesn't mean people who had the means weren't interested. That's like saying the Greeks weren't interested in war because it's not what they're known for.

    • @paulroese1376
      @paulroese1376 3 роки тому

      @@NineTailedFate er.. the Spartans were known primarily as warriors! humans don't always seek knowledge. the Vikings showed no interest in literacy and weren't raiding monasteries and cities to carry off the books or teachers they found there. the Norse weren't interested in literacy and education till after their ability to loot and invade areas failed. that is why there are no documents or other written source material from the Norse during their period of aggression. they like others had every opportunity to develop literacy but had no interest in doing so. it's not like literacy was only capable of being adopted by Greeks, Romans, Persians or the Chinese.

  • @ConstantineJoseph
    @ConstantineJoseph 3 роки тому

    Is it because they were sick of seafood and decided to grab more arable land else where for more varieties in their cuisine?

  • @beroyan
    @beroyan 3 роки тому

    Why Turkey is always in conflicts with all neighbors and even more... Conflicts with Greece, Egypt, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, Israel, France and Kurdistan.

  • @alexleebr
    @alexleebr 3 роки тому +4

    i love the history of the viking raids but this documentary still spreads typical misconceptions about them. First they are wearing unhistorical leather jerkings like in the TV series when they should b wearing mail. Second they are still portrayed as being dirty with muddy faces like most inaccurate depictions. and thats just the opening sequence...

    • @vladdrimboreanu7465
      @vladdrimboreanu7465 3 роки тому +1

      dude..they are using scenes from the actual movies what to you expect...

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 Рік тому

    the arrow in the back seems.painful

  • @ldg508
    @ldg508 3 роки тому +3

    I was born at the wrong time, I would have loved to have been alive during this time or even during the time of Alexander the great

    • @atomsmasher9411
      @atomsmasher9411 3 роки тому +1

      I'll take any time after the discovery of penicillin

  • @mikethuresson3706
    @mikethuresson3706 Рік тому

    Aloha my family is Norwegian and Icelandic Viking is not a noun it’s a verb to go Viking encompassed Sweden NorwayAnd Iceland to go Viking meant to go berserk it’s a verb not a noun

  • @annamosier1950
    @annamosier1950 Рік тому

    am finding the various languages irritating

  • @scottkain8977
    @scottkain8977 Рік тому

    I am a man, and my wife is a woman. I wear Large size male shirts and my wife wears women's small shirts. Why would anyone buy a unisex t shirt? WTF? Other than that weird stuff, great documentary.

  • @chrisdagley2472
    @chrisdagley2472 2 роки тому +1

    Thats where the fiercest vikings came from Denmark is well known for Vikings . They were not invaded by them they were them. The worst raiding Viking of all.

  • @lizzy66125
    @lizzy66125 Рік тому

    geld is dutch word for money

  • @A-la-Weiss
    @A-la-Weiss 3 роки тому +1

    That French lady is gorgeous

  • @annethomas9302
    @annethomas9302 3 роки тому +2

    Poverty and movement.

  • @justincase1660
    @justincase1660 3 роки тому

    he had more soldiers while burning that tree. as christians in later years screaming they wana cancel christmas. ! i just canceled you your pagan beliefs oh one slipped threw the cracks. my bad. people dont realize hoe good they got it.

  • @deancarlanthonyraisingthec1135
    @deancarlanthonyraisingthec1135 3 роки тому +1

    I am a viking ...i stand erect chest out shoulders back ... fearless and brave ...

  • @douglastaggart9360
    @douglastaggart9360 2 роки тому

    I always thought the Danes where Vikings.

  • @surajvarne3992
    @surajvarne3992 3 роки тому +1

    Skool!!! Let’s raid WESSEX!!!

  • @PaleoVirus
    @PaleoVirus 3 роки тому +3

    I know one thing. Most of the Alphas left. Scandinavia is lost. Norway particularly. I was ashamed of what has become of my ancestors.

    • @wisecoconut5
      @wisecoconut5 3 роки тому

      Peace time and plenty makes most intollerant of bloodshed.

    • @Brucev7
      @Brucev7 3 роки тому +2

      No Fear of God

  • @justincase1660
    @justincase1660 3 роки тому

    british drama/doc. its true if you wana believe it