Very sad and tragic that so many were buried in such a way that their loved ones never knew where they were.

As per usual we have the 'merchants', those in power, bishops, men of the clergy, don't give a toss about the people that made them rich. Still to this day we have those in power sending people to battle for pointless wars, all in the name of greed, power and huge egos......yup, not much has changed. x

An astonishing, but gruesome episode - the remains of those who lived, fought and died.Modern forensic archeology and osteo-archeology, together with advanced digital reconstruction is now able to provide essential information for scientific analysis for more informed study. Very well presented and produced, and thank you for uploading to KZread :)

@aaeyshi

6 ай бұрын

Great

@icescrew1

5 ай бұрын

I believe the populace has been dumbed down to not being interested in the coolest part of archeological finds.

So very sad but incredible the work that can be done to find out more about their lives and sadly their deaths. Great video

One of the first pieces of recreated armor I ever bought for fighting in historical recreations was a “Visby Coat of Plates”. This piece if early body armor which and was affordable by many people who fought at the time just before Visby body armor had been carefully made as a faithful recreation.

@captainsensiblejr.

4 ай бұрын

Please check your comments to see that they make sense, before you push the send button. Your second sentence is incomprehensible.

@chadsimmons6347

3 ай бұрын

@@captainsensiblejr. I bought a couple of used 55-gal drums, the chemicial classified metal barrels contained a residue of thick blue hardened foam inner coating of Kevlar, the material making our modern day (body-armour) true-fact!

This is my history my mother and brother are born on this island

So much for the city elders.

Those shin wounds and feet completely cut off are not likely from swords. Most certainly it was from Halberds and Bill hooks. They both have the reach and the force to make such cuts.

@joyful_tanya

4 ай бұрын

I agree with you.

They where denied entry because those behind the wall where traders , they stayed neutral and no doubt benefitted financially from that decision I would guess.

Well done. The one woman scientist asked why they stood and fought a lost cause? That's a modern way of thinking. 1. They (and their families) were going to die anyway, or be enslaved., for taking up arms. 2. There was probably not time to escape the Danes and their allies. 3. It was their land. And there was no other place to go. The Europeans of the mid-14th Century were very different from the Europeans of the early 21st Century in philosophy and temperament.

May God bless and keep their souls.

I've been into HEMA for a while and found the diagram of the wounds to the limbs telling. I took a break and thought about it and realized it was a methodical, pragmatic, approach to killing the enemy; get 'em down and then take them out. When I continued and the experts agreed I almost gave myself a degree ! :) The only Gutlanders who stood a chance against any of the Danes were those carrying spears. You use the points to try to get into the joints in the armor under the arm, groin, etc. But, the Danes would have been experts at grappling and two -handing their swords... it is the way swords were truly used. Shields were not for bashing but to control the opponenent's weapon and trap or move out of line allowing you to strike without danger. Beautfiully done episode, thank you.

Could this have been a beginning of distrust and animosity by rural folk for the dwellers in cities?

@marciaspiegel5280

3 ай бұрын

I'm sure it didn't help and added fuel to an older issue.

3 ай бұрын

The more things change the more they stay the same it seems.

That painting is of my 28th Great Grandfather

What happened to the potential 5th grave? Any plans to excavate it? I was hoping this piece would be about new digs & new discoveries.

The defenders of Visby in some cases were veterans of other wars who had injuries from other battles that had left them badly crippled, had left healed head injuries that should have killed them years earlier, that were sometimes only twelve years old and wearing armour repurposed from the Viking age. Seeing some of the remains in the City museum was heartbreaking. I can´t imagine they ever thought they could have won against the Danes. And then the city dwellers opened the city gates to the Danes as they saw the battle was lost.

Don't want to see people talk,want to see the sites/finds

I cant say enough how much i loooove your shows. You make american documentaries look like folly.

Maybe the Armour was too heavy for the type of boats that would carry the attacker home home and better off in the ground so that there would be no way for others to use them to retaliate.

And, still, we fight and kill. It is sad.

Its odd that no mention of the " dane ax " is mentioned with its long handel and thin blade.

@markthervguy

5 ай бұрын

And halberds and bill hooks as well.

Has this episode been reedited or updated, I have seen much of this segment before?

@thelongdrag9188

6 ай бұрын

Hmm.. the sound quality is down - of the voice from the original. Significant loss of treble frequencies. Whereas the narrator's overlay is a fairly normal spectrum.

To iron off the market that many armours and weapons at once sure impairs any resistance velleity amongst the defeated, even though there might not have been enough surviving Gotlanders to resist or revenge, nor even to loot the battle field for any reusable/exchangeable material as peasants and serves were expected to do in these dark times. Nevertheless, to dig graves that large and drag in that many heavy armed corpses calls for a great many hands on deck. So... may we say that it was a little over killed

Hopefully there will be followup with actual digs, since they found two sites that should be more undisturbed mass graves. I hope they show us.

Are there any of these documentaries that focus in the stuff dug up and less on the drama, actors, and yak yak yak of theories? I get so tired of these dramas and theories and almost no shots of the dig or finds. Yak yak yak.

@Mercmad

6 ай бұрын

You tube is turning into TV , complete with mindless adverts .

@heathermcd12

5 ай бұрын

Then pick up a book and get off of YT which is a video production platform btw, mate!

@crispinmag66

5 ай бұрын

And the music is so distracting !!

@Thatsinteresting363

5 ай бұрын

Well, theories are pretty much all we got. It’s not like a skeleton is going to wake up and tell anyone what really happened. The drama actors give life to the words being spoken so that we get a better sense of the horror. If it’s too much, just tap the pause button and swipe.

@johnebay3744

5 ай бұрын

Check out Time Team

And fight on we still do

@bethbartlett5692

6 ай бұрын

True, yet an understanding of the cause and effects can alter the experience. Copy of my comment: A Sociological Perspective: All for the desires to have Power, of land, economy, products, People, to Rule over, Control, take Ownership, snd the very same as today, they metely used the technology available at the time. The actions were spurred through the individuals whom held the greater control and power of the particular Danes, that originates from One's mind, their Thoughts, Desires or Fears or both, and these are the very same today. Human Thought Perspective originates from the Lower or Higher Mind and it can either be further influenced from the same or a mix of both. Our "Lower Mind, aka Ego Mind, aka Adolescent Mind" hold all ("our negative thought energies: hear, prejudice, Judgemental, envy, jealousy, hate, etc, the Lackings: lack of self worth, self confidence, self esteem, self value, and balanced self love, etc".) Our Higher Mind aka Mature Mind holds all our Positive Thought Energies: "Love, Joy, Optimism, Passions, Creative, Empathy, Happiness, Secure, Harmony, Wellbeing, Confident, etc, and it is where Wisdom resides." Mastering our Thoughts, Feelings, and Beliefs, are absolutely Key to our Experiences and Experiencings of our Life Journey. Fact Fundamentally, we each Create our own experiences and reality. This is defined at length in the "Universal Laws ", particularly the "Universal Law of Attraction", through Quantum Physics Science, and in depth through Quantum Mechanics. The more savey rulers, then or now, know this in depth, often referred to, I feel somewhat inaccurately, as Psychology, but they use the facts to manipulate the individuals and masses, using the Tools of Power: Money and Information, 8e: Medias, News Medias. In the past these medias were limited so they used Religions, Fears, the fear of wars, of physical harms, lisses, of family, land, wealth, Wellbeing. These areas of Thought and Reasoning don't change, only the Tools change, technology evolves. The weapons get more sophisticated. The fear based thoughts were essential to their holding Rulerships, and th9se with the greater Knowledge, 8e Education, had a decisive advantage over their opponents, and over the masses. The alternative is to enlighten the masses, to promote the Mastering of one's Mind's Thoughts. For their having an established habit of being "Conscious in Thought" + "Applying Higher Mind". This plus Ines Beliefs, our "Subconscious Thought Program " are exactly the components required to work effectively in creating our Individual desired Life Journey Experiences. Conscious Creating. Keeping in mind that Like Energies Frequency Attracts Like. All is Attraction, Attraction, Attraction This applies to every person and the collectives. It 8s done with ir without the knowledge of it, it however, can be far more desirable when 9ne applies their Higher Mind, the Positive Values of these Thought Energies. Beth Bartlett Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian Tennessee, USA

I'm surprised they didn't think halberts would have been used to knock the farmers off their feet. Difficult to get close up to someone with a spear when you are using a sword.

Elites of the town vs. The peons/everyday hard working folks willing to fight. Sounds very familiar especially today.

Well there you have it, primary producers being thrown under the bus by middle men and grocers. Where have I seen that before? Here in Australia we have weekend farmers markets to counter that horrible relationship. It's alarming how much longer food lasts when you buy if off the grower!

Seems more logical to me that the Gotlanders legs were being hacked on while they were already on the ground.

Is it Michael Wood doing the narration?

War is a racket

The music is too loud.

Banker's wars even then. Feeling human?

I'm actually sickened by people's fascination with the trappings of war, of humans butchering each other. And the people who re-inact battles baffle me, too. How is imagining killing and being killed a good time?

@julianakleijn9254

29 күн бұрын

Then why did you come here to watch it? We are here to learn about our history and or evolution. Do you think denying history makes it not real? Lololol Bless your heart

@TheVeek192

29 күн бұрын

@@julianakleijn9254 Bless yours right back, in EXACTLY the same way.

Modern day grave robers.

Aim low?

Really good doc, but no way English scientists are running an excavation on Gotland. Sweden have accomplished archeologists of their own and it's inconceivable they'd give permission to foreigners messing with their historic inheritance. Popularized presentation maybe ?

How many times is this same video going to be reposted under a new name? I’d like to know so i don’t start watching the same thing for the 8th time, after first watching this in 2016.

@gracefullikeagazelle

2 ай бұрын

I've never seen this presentation before and I appreciate it regardless of whether it's a reincarnation of a similar OR identical video!

Were any of the skeletons female? Just curious - we have female fighters now ... just wondered if any then perhaps fought against the invaders.

Kool aid 😊

@terrancenorris9992

6 ай бұрын

Grape Kool Ade.....☺

How will history reflect on how NATO responded to Ukraine. Did NATO bar the gate ?

Hey Olaf tastes like chicken

I doubt that any had helmets. Sounds like they were thrown out of the castle & told to fight... Too bad some viewers cannot understand lecture. You must have grown up reading comic books where pictures explain it all.

@gracefullikeagazelle

2 ай бұрын

Low blow.

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