Age of the Vikings // Evolution of the Viking Longship #2 (750-975)

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  • @HistoryTime
    @HistoryTime  6 років тому +283

    - Watch my latest history documentary here:-
    ua-cam.com/video/c3Hq6UaFQqk/v-deo.html
    So I got a little carried away with writing this one. What was originally going to be one video on Viking longships is now a trilogy... Part 3- 'The Last Vikings' coming soon... I feel like Peter Jackson...

    • @kasperjrgensen3761
      @kasperjrgensen3761 6 років тому +4

      History Time why havent you put any midrolladds in it? So that you can get something, out of your hard work.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +5

      Not sure what that is@@kasperjrgensen3761

    • @benjamintalbot201
      @benjamintalbot201 6 років тому +5

      @@HistoryTime I believe he means the ads that play in the middle of the video as opposed to just ones at the beginning and end.

    • @adammielniczek7584
      @adammielniczek7584 6 років тому +2

      Hi man!its AdamJust caught it,so it will be another History fest....
      Those Vikings...Its funny that I`m from Poland and i live in Limerick-Co.Munster.

    • @tomaszprzyby784
      @tomaszprzyby784 6 років тому +2

      I absolutely love it! Instead of one good video we have trilogy. It reminds me of G.R.R. Martin when he started writing ASOIAF he was aiming for a trilogy ;p

  • @TheTariqibnziyad
    @TheTariqibnziyad 6 років тому +113

    thats not a youtube video thats a full fledged documentary !!! great work

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +13

      Part 3 on the way! There was just too much to tell for shorter videos.

    • @gewizz2
      @gewizz2 4 роки тому

      or just a school boys essay that he merged into some edited imageries

    • @brandonw2734
      @brandonw2734 3 роки тому +1

      @@gewizz2 I wonder if you could put together something like this, I'd say probably not?

    • @gewizz2
      @gewizz2 3 роки тому

      @@brandonw2734 im not good at mobile editing no, i learnt about the old pc style of editing, with adobe after effects and stuff. how do the tik tok peopl make their video clip? all fancy editing, looks so easy.

  • @ThisisBarris
    @ThisisBarris 6 років тому +159

    A one hour video now? You're seriously spoiling us now. I can't imagine how much time it must have taken you man.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +24

      Part 3 on the way :)

    • @ThisisBarris
      @ThisisBarris 6 років тому +10

      @@HistoryTime Well this is just Christmas before Christmas now.

    • @bjarke7886
      @bjarke7886 6 років тому +11

      @@HistoryTime 1000% appreciation

    • @3John-Bishop
      @3John-Bishop 6 років тому +7

      a sword and a tent is all you needed back then....the good ol days.

    • @tomseadon9965
      @tomseadon9965 6 років тому +7

      They REALLY did live & die by the sword! What an age it must have been! Sailing somewhere new for the FIRST time! Truly the age of adventure! How Brave they must have been!⚔️

  • @Angel-hm9so
    @Angel-hm9so 5 років тому +26

    I stumbled across part 1. Looked for part 2 and then subscribed. These need to be brought to the attention of bigger broadcasters. Pacing is great. Voice is wonderful and strong for narration. Content was great .It certainly captivated me.

  • @historywithhilbert
    @historywithhilbert 6 років тому +31

    Dabbing starts at 8:07. Boi do I love History Time Documentaries > BBC Documentaries any day of the week!

  • @quentinburns8298
    @quentinburns8298 10 місяців тому +2

    This is really the best history of Vikings that I have seen. Outstanding and many surprising and status quo changing information.

  • @bouncingdude
    @bouncingdude 3 роки тому +18

    I'm half German and half Swedish. I had a Swedish mother and lived in Sweden for several years. I speak the language. When I hear Old Norse I can understand a little. I can also understand some Old Saxon when I listen to it. Icelandic is basically a continuation of Old Norse. It's interesting how languages have developed over the centuries.

  • @misstiktok8443
    @misstiktok8443 3 роки тому +5

    Imagine the places they visited and people they met.
    Incredible adventures

  • @nathanscarlett4772
    @nathanscarlett4772 6 років тому +6

    Seriously, this day can't get any better. Both History with Hilbert and you release videos...amazing! Thank you for your hard work put into making these videos!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +1

      Glad you like them! Love a bit of History with Hilbert.

  • @michalisathanasoglou5650
    @michalisathanasoglou5650 6 років тому +33

    This is such an excellent production, the script you write and the way you present it, along with the timely use of sound effects and music, make for amazing atmosperic videos (or shall I say, documentaries?). While I find it hard to even sit through a 10-minute video, I found myself watching this till the end thinking that it's only been 15 mins. It's clear that you're very passionate about what you do, and a personal inspiration of mine. UA-cam needs more content creators like you! Can't wait for the next part.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +2

      Thanks so much. Really glad you like it!

  • @RyelynCaster
    @RyelynCaster 6 років тому +124

    My gosh, this production value is incredible! Keep making amazing videos, they are so good!

  • @Azaghal1988
    @Azaghal1988 2 роки тому +1

    This puts all professional documentaries I've ever seen to shame... And its not even close.

  • @chrischrisson7921
    @chrischrisson7921 6 років тому +13

    I appreciate the long videos. Not sure why anyone would prefer short ones. Keep up the good work!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +4

      Glad you like them mate. Short attention spans I Guess. my preferred medium to listen to/ watch documentaries/podcasts is 30 mins-45 mins, so thats what I make. Plenty more on the way!

    • @gwho
      @gwho 2 роки тому

      BECaus it's the same amount of info as short but stretched out unnecessarily just fto match the traditionally long documentary style with sparse ino

  • @feral7523
    @feral7523 6 років тому +82

    These should be used in schools to capture young peoples imaginations as they are easy to understand,historically accurate and far more interesting then listening to a bored teacher waffle on and on with state stanctioned biased(religous etc) nonsense..love your vids keep'em coming

    • @brandonw2734
      @brandonw2734 3 роки тому +3

      I'm sure some teachers do use these videos.

    • @katwernery6505
      @katwernery6505 3 роки тому +6

      I’m homecoming my autistic son and he loves to watch these videos and others! They are better then any documentaries I saw as a student.

    • @tkenny8527
      @tkenny8527 2 роки тому +3

      In relation to religious bias, it depends on which country one is in

    • @krisbarringer1509
      @krisbarringer1509 2 роки тому

      Theirs so much useless nonsense taught in schools.. Their still teaching addition.. by the time these kids are 20, they’ll be installing apps in ppls brains.. They’ll have a math app.. useless.. in other countries they teach young how to do stuff like fix and build computers.. In China, they don’t buy a new phone when it breaks, they buy the parts and fix it.. smh.. we need better schools all around.. get out of the 1700s!

    • @OriginalDrGonzo
      @OriginalDrGonzo 2 роки тому +4

      Religious bias? I'd say there are far more concerning things going on in schools than someone talking about Jesus and the oh so terrible scriptures of love and forgiveness.

  • @Therealtimmybeck
    @Therealtimmybeck 2 роки тому +1

    Best documentary I’ve ever seen on this topic 🔥🏴‍☠️ well done

  • @BoskoBuha99
    @BoskoBuha99 6 років тому +9

    The best history program on youtube! A full hour of a fascinating historic saga! History channel documentaries can hide in shame!

  • @ryanaegis3544
    @ryanaegis3544 5 років тому +3

    Thank you for being so unbiased and yet trying to showcase so much that so many of us are so proud of. Thank you for telling how Gamle Gorm united Denmark and how and why. Can't wait to hear about Sven Forkbeard and how he established the Northsea Empire just to die days later, and how it took Cnut the Great so long to reign in all the pieces again. Thank you, also, for listing the early leaders of the Great Heathen Army: Ivar, Halfdan, Ubbe, and Guthrum. All four are in the show Vikings, and each's memory is disgraced by the heresy that show has become. It is so nice to hear actual history and to hear it presented so well.

  • @Killjoy97_
    @Killjoy97_ 6 років тому +61

    I seriously think your content gets better and better.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +3

      Thanks so much! Much more on the way

    • @jglammi
      @jglammi 4 роки тому

      @@HistoryTime see THOMAS DUBOIS for information on the FINNS among the vikings

    • @stephenfennell
      @stephenfennell 4 роки тому

      @@jglammi Finns among the Vikings? That sounds very interesting.

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss1678 6 років тому +19

    Sail or no sail, I'm always impressed on how seemingly easy it was for the NORSEMAN, SWEDES / SCANDINAVIANS ECT to traverse the known and unknown world.
    Much looking forward to it.3
    Thanks 😁

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +4

      It is a crazy interesting story

  • @BluntlyBlondie
    @BluntlyBlondie 5 років тому +6

    So happy I found your channel, I love European history! I feel like some of these are better done and more historically accurate than even the history channel.

  • @markjohnson5276
    @markjohnson5276 5 років тому +6

    I like your program, it gives a background into the mindset of the people who wrote the story on the Kensington rune stone of Minnesota. The inscription tells about a Cleric who hired some Goths from Vineland to act as guides and transport in 1362.

  • @erictko85
    @erictko85 6 років тому +2

    Incredible. All of the praise you receive, which is a lot, is deserved.

  • @iamwearingacup
    @iamwearingacup 4 роки тому

    This channel is a brilliant example of what a great platform UA-cam can be. People sometimes ask me what TV shows I watch and I say I don't watch any I watch UA-cam videos. They often have a preconceived idea of what a "UA-cam video" is. Keep up the great work lad, you deserve all the success you find. The work you put into these is incredible.

  • @collybeans586
    @collybeans586 6 років тому +5

    Im learning so much. Thank you for this. Them Vikings ain't messing around.

  • @dragoncrown2029
    @dragoncrown2029 4 роки тому +4

    this video makes me emotional, it's like i'm going on a tour back to a very interesting time in history, i feel somehow connected to the vikings, maybe because i'm norwegian idk, i find them to be fascinating.

  • @j.2047
    @j.2047 6 років тому +9

    Interesting material covering Viking activity in Eastern Europe. I feel this part goes under the shadow of activity in Brittania or Frankia and it's nice to see more information about it. Hadn't figured out before that Vikings had to deal with greek-fire and the river systems of Eastern Europe are just crazy. I remember "The Age of the Vikings" by P. H. Sawyer, at some point he says that trade routes with the East were sources of so much silver in specific periods that the Vikings ignored the West for a while. Also, there wouldn't be "Vikings" if not for their boatbuilding skills. Very nice trilogy. So much better than Netflix series about Vikings...

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому

      Glad you like the videos man! Third part on the way!

    • @dreddykrugernew
      @dreddykrugernew 6 років тому +1

      I agree, i thought the Rus Vikings where Russian area based Vikings but they where Swedes originally.

  • @cedainty
    @cedainty 3 роки тому +3

    I recently had an in-depth DNA test run and it showed several strange oriental ties. My parents were German and Danish, one from each. I've always felt like a Viking and I can see now how possible that could be. Thank you for this study.

    • @jturtle5318
      @jturtle5318 Рік тому

      Thry are revealing! I was having trouble finding records of my Native American great-grandmother so I did Ancestry DNA, and she vanished. But I got Vikings instead.

  • @borgbjergdk
    @borgbjergdk 6 років тому +22

    Nice video, awesome work (greetings from Denmark)

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +3

      Thankyou! Much more on the way

    • @ryanaegis3544
      @ryanaegis3544 5 років тому +1

      Yes, but we can both agree we are better than Norway, haha.

  • @HistoryHouseProductions
    @HistoryHouseProductions 6 років тому +11

    I really like this narrative style of history.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +1

      Glad you like it! Thank you

    • @tomseadon9965
      @tomseadon9965 6 років тому +1

      I also think the narrative is great! He just tells it like it was! Not a lot of opinions & add-lib! Very well put together and researched! Looking forward to more of these! Also very captivating, because I had to watch this in one viewing! Couldn’t walk away!

  • @Kopesy
    @Kopesy 6 років тому +4

    I've watched loads of your videos. They're really good; getting better as time goes on. This one was brilliant!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому

      Thanks so much! Part 3 on the way :) it's the best yet.

    • @Kopesy
      @Kopesy 6 років тому

      @@HistoryTime Looking forward to it :)

  • @Agerskiold
    @Agerskiold 5 років тому +2

    Great documentary - Thank you from Gudenåen / Jutland / Denmark 😊🇩🇰👍🏼

  • @sebastianpye9328
    @sebastianpye9328 5 років тому

    must be the best history channel on youtube

  • @henkez6960
    @henkez6960 6 років тому +6

    This was amazing! Thank you so much! I really like how you told of both the western and eastern enterprises of the norsemen!

  • @elizabethford7263
    @elizabethford7263 6 років тому +3

    Yes! Another long one! These are saving my sanity as we deal with family stuff

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому

      Glad you like them

    • @virvisquevir3320
      @virvisquevir3320 5 років тому +1

      Elizabeth Ford - Stay strong, Elizabeth! Leave impossible family members behind. Go your own way.

  • @anneartis565
    @anneartis565 6 років тому +1

    These videos are most excellent in all ways. Thank you.

  • @leneeanderson4848
    @leneeanderson4848 5 років тому +2

    These are amazing documentaries! So well done! I really appreciate the maps and pics of what's being discussed.

  • @normankeena
    @normankeena 6 років тому +2

    I grew-up in Dublin and live now 40yrs in Denmark, me wwii dad says he was on Kiel canal, my son Rune studied archeology for a couple of years. I just don't know how i got to this video, but I'm loving it. I don't mean to sound like a stupid internets troll, min godt gjort

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому

      Glad you're liking the channel my friend! Greetings from the Danelaw.

  • @ricochetsixtyten
    @ricochetsixtyten 5 років тому +4

    amazing video! i’m Swedish and i never learned this in school...

  • @Far2hip
    @Far2hip 2 роки тому +2

    Outstanding narration and content. Very interesting and engaging. Your presentation style is extremely clear and comprehendible for any age which is SO important with content like this. I will absolutely pass this channel along to some regular contacts in academia. Going to have to find a way for them to view with students without commercials. It would be great to be able to buy a downloadable series if you have something like that. Great stuff and terrific presentation. You definitely grabbed a new subscriber here. Congrats on an excellent product my friend. 👍🏻😎👍🏻

  • @vaughnblaylock6069
    @vaughnblaylock6069 5 років тому +1

    Some of the best content anywhere. Love it.

  • @heinedenmark
    @heinedenmark 6 років тому +36

    Norse is a name for all people in the nordic countries. And not just Norway.

    • @aaexo6468
      @aaexo6468 5 років тому +3

      Heine Pedersen Yes but historically it means people from Norway, norsemen, norsk. But today we tend to use it for all scandinavia people.

    • @DaDunge
      @DaDunge 5 років тому +8

      @@aaexo6468 No it traditionally was an exonym used for all northmen. Hence the existance of the term Norman, despite Rollo likely being from Sweden.

    • @SacredDreamer
      @SacredDreamer 5 років тому +1

      Norse = North.

    • @tonybigbananas
      @tonybigbananas 5 років тому +1

      The word Norseman first appears in English during the early 19th century: the earliest attestation given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary is from Walter Scott's 1817 Harold the Dauntless. The word was coined using the adjective norse, which was borrowed into English from Dutch during the 16th century with the sense 'Norwegian', and which by Scott's time had acquired the sense "of or relating to Scandinavia or its language, esp[ecially] in ancient or medieval times".[8] As with modern use of the word viking, therefore, the word norseman has no particular basis in medieval usage.[9]
      The term Norseman does echo terms meaning 'Northman', applied to Norse-speakers by the peoples they encountered during the Middle Ages.[10] The Old Frankish word Nortmann ("Northman") was Latinised as Normannus and was widely used in Latin texts. The Latin word Normannus then entered Old French as Normands. From this word came the name of the Normans and of Normandy, which was settled by Norsemen in the tenth century.[11][12]
      The same word entered Hispanic languages and local varieties of Latin with forms beginning not only in n-, but in l-, such as lordomanni (apparently reflecting nasal dissimilation in local Romance languages).[13] This form may in turn have been borrowed into Arabic: the prominent early Arabic source al-Mas‘ūdī identified the 844 raiders on Seville not only as Rūs but also al-lawdh’āna.[14]

    • @rbkfan200
      @rbkfan200 4 роки тому

      Tony Trojak hahahahah syke danske

  • @gregspoony7691
    @gregspoony7691 6 років тому +3

    OH MY GOD YESSSS BRING THAT HISTORY TO MY EARS SHOW ME HOW IT WAS THE TRUTH SHALL BE TOLD!!!!!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +1

      Thanks for watching glad you like it!

  • @jjduncan4285
    @jjduncan4285 6 років тому +3

    Been watching you for a while now and the video's just keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work!

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому

      Thanks so much for watching!

  • @IFY0USEEKAY
    @IFY0USEEKAY 6 років тому +16

    I love these!!!

  • @faarsight
    @faarsight 6 років тому +8

    The Yngling dynasty was an early Swedish dynasty as well as Norwegian. The Dynasty originally came from Uppsala in Sweden.

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +4

      This is true. I'll do a video on them eventually.

  • @HosCreates
    @HosCreates 5 років тому +4

    Fascinating ! My ancestors hail from what is now Sweden , Denmark , Ireland, England and Scotland.

  • @funhistory7640
    @funhistory7640 6 років тому +34

    A 50 min video
    YOU ARE SPOILING US
    LOVE YOU

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +2

      Thanks for watching!! Part 3 on the way :)

  • @keranst1
    @keranst1 6 років тому

    Excellent documentary. Watched part 1 & 2. You have clearly put a lot of effort into these. Thank you.

  • @John-un3lj
    @John-un3lj Рік тому

    For those interested in the sailing question, I'd recommend reading Boel Bengtsson's doctoral thesis: 'Sailing rock art boats: a reassessment of seafaring abilities in bronze age Scandinavia and the introduction of the sail in the north' - he provides (in my opinion) very solid arguments that sailing (& rowing) was present in Scandinavia for as long as, more or less, the introduction of metallurgy (~1800 BC).

  • @MajorHenryL.
    @MajorHenryL. 5 років тому +1

    This is my new favorite channel

  • @skipjackjohnson5528
    @skipjackjohnson5528 5 років тому +14

    The vikings must have been strong, always rowing that boat.

    • @fransiscozip1459
      @fransiscozip1459 4 роки тому +1

      Row or die at sea..after awhile you harden into it...you conserve energy and learn to be effecient. some conductor once said i like my orchestra well rehearsed and lightly warmed up..good military advice .prolly had a rough shake down cruse..then edit the weak

    • @TradBluesSchool
      @TradBluesSchool 4 роки тому

      Slave rowers

    • @tedwarden1608
      @tedwarden1608 4 роки тому +6

      Dylan Mac’s Bluesic. Not enough room. More than half your crew would be non combatants. Average crew forty to fifty men rowing benches around thirty men.
      Others resting,steering,navigating, carpenter, ship master,captain. Pretty much as the breakdown of a ship in the Georgian navy, I would have thought.
      Besides that they they wouldn’t have to row all the time once they had sail and they certainly would have used currents and tide.
      Just my opinion but you wouldn’t have useless hands if you were raiding.

    • @tedwarden1608
      @tedwarden1608 4 роки тому +3

      Ace of Spades. Medieval knights were able to jump on a horse in full armour.
      When you’ve been trained from childhood and bred to a way of life then extraordinary levels of strength can be achieved even the weak ones would stand out in modern society.

    • @redtobertshateshandles
      @redtobertshateshandles 4 роки тому

      Do you know any red headed giants. I do. In Australia, a red head is known as a 'blue', because they are the best fighters. A fight is called a blue.

  • @lasha1120
    @lasha1120 6 років тому +15

    I LOve your videos! thanks for your hard work and please make a video about my homeland Georgia please :3

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +3

      Thanks for watching! Many videos about Early / High Medieval Georgia on the way.

    • @lasha1120
      @lasha1120 6 років тому +2

      @@HistoryTime Damn i Love you :D Thanks!

  • @Apeshaft
    @Apeshaft 5 років тому +2

    Damn you and your amazing videos! I was only going to check out information on how to avoid getting low pressure inside your apartment when using a portable AC when your "Before the Vikings - part 1" popped up in my youtube suggestions. I didn't check how long it was before I started watching it! But 42 minutes later I just had to watch part 2. And then the Nordic Bronze age followed by "1000 AD: A tour of the viking world"! So fixing my AC will have to be a project for another day! Well, this being Sweden, summer will probably be over by tomorrow! But really, super great videos with way to few views! I gotta post a few of your youtube videos to some relevant subreddit! Thanks and have a great day! :D

  • @MrRanch-fc2pe
    @MrRanch-fc2pe 3 роки тому +2

    How awesome is it to have “Viking” blood

  • @joebuckhoff
    @joebuckhoff 5 років тому +1

    19:51 dude on the right really loved his job!!!

  • @channelingextraterrestrial3623
    @channelingextraterrestrial3623 5 років тому +1

    I am from Andøya Norway. I think the Vikings were here with their longships stocking up on fish. I think Andøya is mentioned in the Snorre Saga to. Ive been to the vikings museums in Oslo when I was younger. The ships are beautiful. Much love.

  • @davidwoods7408
    @davidwoods7408 4 роки тому

    Thank you History Time!

  • @mu0FFpu0FF
    @mu0FFpu0FF 6 років тому +3

    What a great documentary. Awesome content!

  • @tomseadon9965
    @tomseadon9965 6 років тому

    These are DEFINITELY the best made videos! Just addictive! Thanks!⚔️

  • @ovehall6359
    @ovehall6359 5 років тому +1

    I’m borne a raised in Oslo, have been to the vikingship museum many, many times.

  • @joyfoster4292
    @joyfoster4292 8 місяців тому

    I love these documentaries.

  • @harryassenback2860
    @harryassenback2860 6 років тому +2

    Well done, very good documentary and you have one more sub.

  • @rachelaspogard6587
    @rachelaspogard6587 5 років тому +7

    Fantastic Doc....we have loved watching it up here in Sweden. :-)

  • @rsp7029
    @rsp7029 6 років тому +1

    I'm digging your channel bro. Just discovered it. We're living through a golden age of specialized youtube content and you my friend are the vanguard. Keep it up.

  • @mortenhyvejle
    @mortenhyvejle 9 місяців тому +1

    If you come to Denmark you should see or Roskilde ship (weird it's not mentioned in this video since no other country has so much viking heritage and findings than Denmark). And you didn't mention either that Denmark used to own parts of India, so they actually sailed from Denmark to India.

  • @wolfthornnholtzklau4913
    @wolfthornnholtzklau4913 6 років тому

    This is amazing. Cannot wait for the next chapter. Thank you for this.

  • @Son-of-Tyr
    @Son-of-Tyr 3 роки тому

    I only recently found this channel and man, wow. So awesome. I'm an expert on Germanic mythology, religion, warfare. In my opinion, this video is very well done. Keep up the good work, I'm definitely subscribing.

  • @Maliique
    @Maliique 3 роки тому

    Great work! Hope you'll keep making the hour-long masterpieces.

  • @mitchbrown8171
    @mitchbrown8171 5 років тому +2

    the Columbian exposition was held in Chicago in 1893. It would of been in 1892, but the buildings were not finished. The replica was made by a group of Scandinavian descendants that believed the Vikings made it to N. America, and they did.

  • @VERTAIR7
    @VERTAIR7 6 років тому +1

    I think youve done a great job of peicing together this history that Im comparing with other Histories of the Vikings in my search of my Scandanavian ancestry. Ive come to the conclusion that the Vikings were simply returning a few centuries later to the lands they had migrated from over generations. After studying the Parthian empire, Vandals & other Goths ive concluded that most Scandanavians came from the Parthian empire based on the Caspain sea after it fell to the Sassanids. They had a vast empire that was at war agaainst the Romans but the only kingdom that won against & didnt fall to the Romans & had a 2nd Kingdom base in Armenia. The Parthians were the first to develop chain mail which is seen in Scandanavia & the Knights not long after in Western Europe & other cultural things, including boats, that seem to have been adapted & improved

  • @DanielALeary
    @DanielALeary 6 років тому +3

    Thanks. Really terrific.

  • @tyclaughton1911
    @tyclaughton1911 4 роки тому

    Content is incredible , love it . I’ve watched a handful of them twice each .
    I laugh every time I hear Ragnar Lothbrok yell “staaaand!”

  • @blaugranisto
    @blaugranisto 5 років тому

    Love this channel! I'm already addicted!

  • @jimolson8424
    @jimolson8424 8 місяців тому

    Proud to be of viking heritage .
    We settled & built the northern land of the USA . My family lives on for generations to come.

    • @calcaleb7041
      @calcaleb7041 20 днів тому

      You all were forced out of Norway by Harold Fairhair and further west after his son's forced converted their own kin 😂😂😂

  • @jessie-186
    @jessie-186 5 років тому +1

    Great video... thank you. Love European history.

  • @endurestandfast2205
    @endurestandfast2205 5 років тому

    Beautiful to see the book of Daniel prophesying the rise of Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire also how these tribes would inter marry to strengthen ties etc thanks for this wonderful historic video we should be proud of our roots and culture

  • @Casavo
    @Casavo 6 років тому

    Grand scale content right here! Can't wait for part 3 you mentioned.

  • @phbrinsden
    @phbrinsden 5 років тому

    Great! I usually watch UA-cam stuff on my iPad but your programs are shot to the TV so I can settle back comfortably and just enjoy.

  • @kaythomas5884
    @kaythomas5884 5 місяців тому +1

    Gorm den Gammel, established the first state as kingdom of Danmark in Jelling, with his wife, Thyra, and their son, Harald, became the first Christian king in Scandinavia. Meanwhile, Uffe from Jutland took Normandy from the French king after he could not pay Danegeald. His grandson, William, would go on to conquer England, the land of eng, or fields, and establish the Plantagenet dynasty.

    • @calcaleb7041
      @calcaleb7041 20 днів тому

      Who is Uffe ? Who was his father? Never heard the name before, I'm honestly and generally curious and not attacking you at all 😊

    • @kaythomas5884
      @kaythomas5884 20 днів тому

      @calcaleb7041 Uffe is an old Danish name. He was the grandfather of William the Conquerer. He had very long arms, so he could not sit on a horse, and had to walk. My father in law from Jutland also had long arms 😊

  • @anneschantl8929
    @anneschantl8929 4 роки тому

    Another excellent presentation. Thank you.

  • @royer_redos
    @royer_redos 6 років тому +2

    I really wanted to see a lot about the ships, but I feel like most of this is a very general summary of Western European history with views of maps and only rarely does it talk about a boat at all.

  • @jforshaw1971
    @jforshaw1971 5 років тому +1

    The Arab writer talking about the ship burial was a character in the film The thirteenth warrior.

  • @Needagoodnamebutcantthinkofone
    @Needagoodnamebutcantthinkofone 6 років тому +4

    I've got so much going on right now that I can't watch this until later tonight but I can't freaking wait it's a good long one too which is awesome!! I've only been able to watch about a minute and a half of it so far but I can't wait!!!! Since I was a history major in college your videos are like crack for me 🤣😂

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому

      Glad you like them my friend !

  • @cardenmanning2455
    @cardenmanning2455 4 роки тому +2

    50:30 time, name Vladimir is nothing else than Slavic rendition of Scandinavian Waldemar

  • @silviablackened6989
    @silviablackened6989 4 роки тому

    Awesome work, your videos are the best

  • @billc.4584
    @billc.4584 2 роки тому

    So, I was pretty certain that aside from a passing familiarity with Norse culture and history that I knew jack squat about it. After having watched just a couple of your presentations I was informed that I knew way less than jack squat about Norse culture and history. :P That's my very backward way of saying, "Great job. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Thank you." Peace.

  • @marthagomez3366
    @marthagomez3366 4 роки тому

    Excellent work,well done,best of the best.thank you.

  • @mclovin9578
    @mclovin9578 4 роки тому

    It still boggles the mind that all this happened after the Roman Empire. Rome must have seemed like the future to this world...not the past. Again, boggles the mind. Great video. Thanks for your time and effort. 👍

  • @The_Flamekeepers
    @The_Flamekeepers 6 років тому +3

    Very well made!

  • @hardnox6655
    @hardnox6655 6 років тому +1

    Fabulous video. THANK YOU for creating this series. It seems we Western Europeans are all Vikings.

    • @RumoleBumpkin
      @RumoleBumpkin 5 років тому +1

      Hardnox Not just Western Europe, even Eastern Europeans have some Viking blood

    • @lesgallivan4159
      @lesgallivan4159 4 роки тому

      @@RumoleBumpkin England, France, Holland, Belgium, Russia, Poland, Germany, the slavic countries , it seems like all had their economies, legal systems, and politics influenced by the Vikings, and through them most of the modern world

  • @nerijusvilcinskas7851
    @nerijusvilcinskas7851 3 роки тому

    Can anyone tell me why am I so obsessed with early middle ages and especially viking age? I don't get it, I can't get enough of these stories.

  • @markjohnson5276
    @markjohnson5276 5 років тому +2

    My research brought me to know about the 'weavers guild' a secretive society that used runic to communicate. They made a sea going suit that today when compared to modern arctic survival suits performs better. Part of the open boat in the North sea story as to 'how did they do that'.

    • @visassess8607
      @visassess8607 2 роки тому

      Not sure what research you did but there's absolutely nothing to support your claims.

  • @xmaniac99
    @xmaniac99 6 років тому

    I download your "stories"ad listen to them when stuck in traffic. Happy Christmas everyone.

  • @sonsofodinunitedbybrothers9613
    @sonsofodinunitedbybrothers9613 6 років тому

    I love your work especially when they are long and full of juicy tid bits of information i can't find any where else !!!!! Keep up the good work brother !!! Skål

  • @madsdahlc
    @madsdahlc 6 років тому +2

    Hallo from Denmark . Yet again . You made anawesome video . I like it

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +1

      Thanks for watching! Hallo from the Five Boroughs.

    • @madsdahlc
      @madsdahlc 6 років тому

      History Time you are welcome sir . So I sat hallo to you in five borroughs from the danish City of Aalborg in northern Jutland In Denmark 😊....

    • @madsdahlc
      @madsdahlc 6 років тому +2

      Once again as I said earlier . Great video . Yes catholic Christianity did indeed Enter Scandinavia . By early 900’es there a Christian minoiry in Denmark . And co exsisted side by side with belivers of the faith(Odin, Thor etc). But contact with Western countries was chanceing Scandinavia . Around the early 900’es a guy named Hardagon/Hardecnut came down from norway into Jutland deposed the King Sigtryg and took the Crown for himself . Hardagon/Hardacnut was founder of Jelling dynasty(named after the town of Jelling where they resided) or the knytlinga dynasty . His son Gorm the old followed him on throne of Jutland . Gorm expanded his power to Island of Fyn . And he ruled as King untill hid death in 958. After that Gorms son Harold Bluetoth took power in Denmark . And he expanded his power into Island of Zealand and scania in southern sweden . And he became the first King of a United Denmark . But King Harold was under pressure from holy roman Emperor Otto the great . As Otto used Christianity as political tool conquer areas and force convert inhabitents of conqered areas . As there had already been trouble at danish/german border . So otto was for an excuse to invade Denmark (and most danes including still belived in the old gods . Force converting was a good excuse to invade ). But Harold removed that excuse in 963. Because there he converted to Christianity..... And Garold used Christianity as political tool . As in christian faith . Only god was above the King. But Odin and Thor did dissapear right away . The two faiths continued to co exsist the next 200 years . But Harold was a King with ambitions. He started construction of a lot stringholds/fotreses throughout Denmark to conslidate his rule . He also upgraded the border defense Earthwork Dannevirke and expanded it . So that defenses of Hedeby was part of it. Also he allowed german preists /missionaries to active in Denmark . But all his construction work cost money . So Harold imposed heavy taxes in Denmark . And made parts of the more consertive danish nobility angry. So in 986 they contacted Harold’s son the Crown Prince Svend Forkbeard and offered him the Crown and support. So in 986 Svend and nobles started a rebellion against Harold Bluetoth . So there was a civil war in Denmark . The rebillion ended Harold being killed on Svends orders. And took the Crown of Denmark for himself. And that Harold fortresses were abbonded . The regime had no use for them . And the german preists/missionaries were kicked out(later svends son Canute the great allowed them back into Denmark ). Instead Svend imported s lot of Anglo saxon/English preists from danelaw into Denmark . Svend was Christian like his father . It was the germans that he had a problem with . He felt that pressence of german clercy gave the Emperor to much infurnce in Denmark . But after conslidating his power in Denmark . The famous viking raids against Anglo Saxon England lead by Svend started in 990’es. But I dont need to in details about that. You guys on the British iisles know all about his activities there. But here he is considered one of our great viking Kings . And our Queen here in Denmark Maragrete the second Can trace her family back to Gorm the old/Harold Bluetoth /Svens Forkbeard and Canute the great . So modern Denmark has one of europe’s oldest . monarcies . Different branches of the Royal family has monarch here since the 900’es ....

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 6 років тому +7

    What's this, an early Christmas gift?

    • @HistoryTime
      @HistoryTime  6 років тому +2

      No thats the next one !

    • @Artur_M.
      @Artur_M. 6 років тому +2

      @@HistoryTime Oh, so the final part of the Trilogy is coming very soon indeed, nice!

  • @krigry32
    @krigry32 3 роки тому +1

    Great as always, but it is Oseberg not Oseburg

  • @secondbest2877
    @secondbest2877 2 роки тому

    This is great falling to sleep listening…..and I mean that in a good way.

  • @meanjab
    @meanjab 2 роки тому

    Excellent video. Food for the creative brain.

  • @timber8403
    @timber8403 4 роки тому

    Bravo...outstanding documentary.