I read a story that Tostig and Harald Hardrada parlayed with a single rider before the Battle of Stamford bridge. The lone rider spoke only to Tostig and offered him his earldom back if he turned on Harald Hardrada. Tostig then asked what his brother would be willing to give to Hardrada for coming all the way to England. The lone rider replied, “Seven feet of English Ground, as he is taller than other men.” Then the lone rider went back to the Saxon host. Hardrada was impressed by the rider’s boldness, and asked Tostig who he was. Tostig replied that the rider was Tostig’s brother, Harold Godwinson himself.

@iloveyoushima4953

Жыл бұрын

Harold Godwinson was apparently a really decent guy for the time.

@alanclark639

Жыл бұрын

Harold Godwinsson was a two faced injun giver ( not a man of his word) I absolutely believe the account of him pledging his support in any dispute over the English throne with William as he was only prepared to do so to get himself out of a tight spot after being shipwrecked. He was quite o.k. with pretending to give his word but after said he was tricked into it and hadn't realised Holy relics were concealed where he swore. His genes live on in bankers and real estate agents.

@SamBrickell

Жыл бұрын

@@iloveyoushima4953 He was an elected leader during a time when most Europeans were led by whomever was squirted out of the "correct" womb fertilized by the "correct" seed.

@yibithehispanic

Жыл бұрын

​@@iloveyoushima4953Except in the part where the usurped the throne from William of Normandy.

@KyloshianDev

Жыл бұрын

@@yibithehispanic He didnt usurp the throne at all, He was just the chosen claimant from the Witan. To usurp is to take the throne by force from a active king. If anything, William was the usurper

I didn't expect him to be such a brutal king after what part 1 was like. Power really is a terrible burden.

@HistoryDose

Жыл бұрын

There definitely is a turning point in the story where Harald, who was famed as a warrior, comes to be considered wicked by his contemporaries. To the very end, I felt Harald was a much better warrior than a he was a king.

@dustintacohands1107

Жыл бұрын

Trying to hold onto power can really test a person and their morals. For some reason Edrogan, Putin, and Xi come to mind.

@HoodieProduction

Жыл бұрын

Being a leader ironically takes away a lot of personal freedom and you're constantly surrounded by people who want to knock you down. When you sacrifice so much of yourself, it's hard not to be jaded about life.

@James-ip8xs

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryDose Given his situation maybe being wicked was a good course? We can't expect Kings of the past to always be virtuous and nice to be effective. Ceaser and Napoleon by some extent were both tyrants, great leaders though...

@blackkray8351

Жыл бұрын

@@James-ip8xs i think its pretty much settled that in order to be an effective leader/ruler you need to be abit of an arsehole

Impressive how pragmatic feudal kings were. Harald and Svein united to take Norway and Denmark, yet when both goals were accomplished, they became enemies.

@VulcanM61

Жыл бұрын

Alot of ale drinking will do that to even the closest friends

@johnnykilonzo2103

Жыл бұрын

Like Tolkien puts it, Power serves no one

@mrkiky

10 ай бұрын

Figures, only people with a limitless drive could ever become king, which means they'd only stop when they're dead or when they have no more equals.

This is an awesome but kinda tragic epic. Having watched The Northman this feels like I’m watching another Viking saga movie in the same era and places but unconnected.

@chrisdiaz4876

Жыл бұрын

The Northman was such a cool😎 movie. Robert Eggers is pretty cool guy

@viderevero1338

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisdiaz4876 Robert Eggar’s movies are phenomenal and pretty underrated.

@VulcanM61

Жыл бұрын

Northman is a play from William Shakespears - Hamlet.

@hateralert4012

Жыл бұрын

Check out the true story of the Northman. The real story was sooooo much more interesting! The guy faked being retarded and some more stuff! Thank me later brother!

@VulcanM61

Жыл бұрын

Still just a play from Hamlet.

Vlad the Impaler deserves a similar video. He was also bloodthirsty and ruthless. A demon to his enemies and his subjects.

@synthtastic74

Жыл бұрын

💯

@nannimanfrin8420

Жыл бұрын

Vlad was great

@virajkadam1684

Жыл бұрын

Vlad was great for resisting Mehmed 2 and the Turkish devils.

@blackdragon5274

Жыл бұрын

Dan Davis has a great video on him

@goldenwind880

Жыл бұрын

Hope he makes a video about him

props to Magnus and Harald for somehow managing the co-rulership in spite of their dislike of each other

@misterStevePikk

Жыл бұрын

You should check out the Norwegian Crusade starring Harald's great grandsons. They were three co-kings who ruled together in harmony, and while two of them managed the realm, Sigurd went on a legendary crusade to the Holy Land and became the first king to crusade in the world. Sigurd is a legend and I hope for a History Dose on him more than anything

@James-ip8xs

Жыл бұрын

@@misterStevePikk Starring Harald's great grandsons? They had movies back then!?

@sirseigan

Жыл бұрын

​@@James-ip8xs no but custom ordered ballads/sagas - how do you think they became famous? 😉😁

This story will never be completely finished unless you continue with Harold Godwinson and William the bastard.. hint hint 😉 really looking forward to seeing this

@jurassictyrantkingYT

Жыл бұрын

Well William the bastard is now known as William a conqueror. He's technically the ancestor of Charles the Third that it sits on the throne of England today.

@64fairlane305

Жыл бұрын

Se my comment

@ForgottenIslands

Жыл бұрын

Check out the story of godred crovan, fled the battle of Stamford Bridge and went on to invade and take over the Isle of Man, really interesting story

@wisdomleader85

Жыл бұрын

*Age of Empires II Intensifies*

@residentelect

Жыл бұрын

@@ForgottenIslands Really pleased someone mentioned Stamford Bridge. The East Riding, and North Yorkshire are both full of Viking history, as well as Saxon, Roman and Dark Age. York, Scarborough, Whitby, Howden, and Beverley are just a few of the places worth a visit if you're keen on this period in History. Stamford Bridge was host to a lesser known battle in 1454, the belligerents being the Percy and Neville families, who were both very powerful landowners at the time. Quite the history for such a small place!

Truly magnificent video, the visuals of the main protagonists well researched and closer to reality than most I have seen, Harold and Tostig Godwinson obviously looking like related brothers, William of Normandy clean shaven as he actually was, king Harald looking every inch the Lightning of the North!

@HistoryDose

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! We take a lot of care to ground each portrait in as many historical references as we can find, so I'm glad to see it's been noticed.

@richmeggison

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryDose do you have the portraits done each episode yourself

@blackkray8351

Жыл бұрын

@@richmeggison his brother makes all the artwork

@Jordan-cs6bn

Жыл бұрын

Also William’s hair is portrayed in the Norman fashion which was cool to see

@user-uy1rg8td1v

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryDose Great channel but I have to say the sound mixing was terrible in this video. The background music was way too loud to the point where I had trouble hearing you. Frankly, I firmly believe background music is annoying, distracting, and unnecessary (especially for educational videos). I also believe people want to hear you speak and get information and not hear background music that they have to mentally filter out.

I love your rendering of William, he truly was a pretty brutal ruler and his takeover was, and is still in many ways, viewed in England as akin to Sauron winning The War Of The Ring.

@sentinelva7570

Жыл бұрын

Likely the origin of Anglo-Frankish hostilities, no?

@Va11idus

Жыл бұрын

Without William and the Normans, England would have likely never accomplished much.

@WitcherGerd

Жыл бұрын

True, but he did make laws that largely banned slavery in England

This channel does history the greatest service. Please never stop. These stories are unbelievable

Are we not going to talk about how beautiful this video looks? Amazing production

@marcus4046

2 ай бұрын

I just wanna know what exact music he did for this not just the artists like what songs.....

this sort of quality is worth a fortune for me

Wow! As an englishman I love the little realizations your videos can give me. Like when you mentioned "skardaborg" I immediately realised "oh my god that where Scarborough must get its name from 🤯

I feel like if I could go back in time, and live any historical figures life, Harald would've been the best. The adventure would be amazing, the only drawback, violence on another level.

Your videos are so well done. The artwork and graphics are unsurpassed.

@elistavinger3059

Жыл бұрын

also, can we talk about the narration? I've been following this channel since the Stilicho video and I've always thought his voice is amazing no homo ok maybe a little homo

“The king finally had to turn back when the limit of the world disappeared before his very eyes and he barely escaped the gaping ravine of the abyss.” -the totally true and legendary story of Oldhead Hardrada as he retold about his younger escapades to next generations of kids

Perfect video & research. No other channel can producde content with this level of Quality. My favorite scene was the battle of stamford bridge, where you saw a panorama of the battlefield.

@stephengarrett5808

Жыл бұрын

Wondering who the artist is…

@nellym46664

Жыл бұрын

@@stephengarrett5808 The artist's details are in the description.

Absolutely amazing. The storytelling, soundtrack, imagery. You two never miss a beat, I love it!!

if you have seen vikings, you can see where they based a lot of the things on. they gave allot of Harald 's story and ending to Ivar ! I have binge watched almost everything from your channel in a couple of days. You know and research your topics but you know how to find and tell the story of it with perfect picks of art and music almost makes it a movie or at least it does for me !

Harald chose violence every day. My man just couldn't be happy as King of Norway 🤣 🤣 🤣

Honestly the best story telling, actually gets my heart beating 😂

well done. As a Norwegian, I appreciate it.

@64fairlane305

Жыл бұрын

You make me unproud

@julianrosas9134

Жыл бұрын

@@64fairlane305 u make ur parents unproud

@feldgeist2637

Жыл бұрын

what ? beating up Danes 🤣

@n1ppe

Жыл бұрын

@@feldgeist2637 The video probably

I just finished reading "The Last Viking: The True Story of Harald Hardrada" by Don Hollway and these two videos talking about the Hard Ruler did help me clarify many things about him. I can say that these epic videos are really based on true story, congratulations!

The artwork and the music of this episode is amazing.

Through 2 videos your channel has become a reason why I like KZread again. The quality of your content is just mind boggling, absolute amazing.

“The Last Howl of a Dark Age” hits different

An epic tale told in similar fashion. Thank You. No wonder his life took on hardened actions as he witnessed his half-brother Olaf die as King in the battle of Stiklestad, Norway while he was just 15. He was reportedly over 7 feet tall. This physical stature and being of princely origin in exile would harden you and would have thrust him into some positions of leadership and authority at such a young age. Having travelled as a mercenary Varangian to Kiev, the Holy Roman Empire, and also south to the holy land and Sicily... travel in those days also had to harden you. To hear the tale of Harald Hardrada is to bask in the peel of historical lore. It doesn't get any better.

I got so pumped! Then so sad cuz it's the 17th today. Looking forward to this alot! Recently found your channel and binge watched it. Amazing art visuals and storytelling!

@richmeggison

Жыл бұрын

Me to bratha

@Cpt.BEARDless

Жыл бұрын

How many fucking channels are you going to copy paste this too?

A full episode about William's Invasion and the battle of Hastings would be awesome.

@night_wolf_6254

Жыл бұрын

A whole episode bout one battle ? What was said is all that needs to be said what y’all want him to talk bout everyone there and where they went lmao ?

This series was among the greatest of historical storytelling. Amazing

Thank you for these. It's like watching the history Channel before they started running shows that have nothing to do with history 24/7. Keep up the amazing work

Harald Hardrade - Th movie we need.

Harald's story is one hell of an adventure. Great audio and artwork. Love the video.

The quotes are so cool, idk why but they poked out to me I couldn’t help but reply so I can hear them again. Especially the one that told how Harappa troops didn’t surrender, how badass

Insane quality. You are by far my favorite history channel. I had goosebumps throughout the whole video

netflix or amazon should make a tv series with Harald as the main character.Change my mind.

@JayzsMr

Жыл бұрын

His life is way too brutal and his character way too unapologetically violent for netflix . Impossible to produce something like this in today's climate . Would absolutely awesome through, what a life this guy had

@marcobonesi6794

Жыл бұрын

@@JayzsMr as brutal as ivar the boneless in "vikings ". So,not a problem.

I Saw it in King and generals I Saw it in Invicta but YOU ARE THE BEST

Support the channel and play World of Tanks for free today at: tanks.ly/3BdPHkp Also, this video is the sequel to our first Harald Hardrada episode here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2uEpciHZ6y-gdI.html!

@marcus4046

Жыл бұрын

You have done Harald well Other Vikings or even The Saxon Kings you'd do well. Also Charlemagne or his Grand Father would be good choices for new videos. In terms of Effects and Voice there amazing make sure the artist is paid well and make sure there hand rests well enough. In terms of Voice your doing amazing and should pat yourself on the back.

@mathewtrussell9677

Жыл бұрын

@@marcus4046 Charlemagne is a GREAT IDEA. His empire is also the lands Rollo would raid after Charlemagne's death, later Normandy was given to rollo in the reign of Louis the Pious as the first daneguild, with promises of military aid from northmen by northmen and baptism of said northmen Rollo. This is why Normandy had adopted "french customs" and religion.then eventually inherited to Rollo's grandson WILLIAM THE DUKE OF NORMANDY 😎 as the "french" king of England. But his family really was more like a viking breed in recovery with the lands they owned lol. William the conqueror would even go as far as to beat a french king in a battle of which I can't remember the name of😅 in a dispute over MILITARY SUPERIORITY. It's all crazy man 😂 a time of warrior kings for sure. Cool stuff. Hope to see tons more on it 2 for sure.

@MTGPringles

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the story of Hugh Glass 👀

King Harold :- We defend against the Normans . Harald and Tostig :- Free land guys . Willaim :- The damn weather . King Harold :- Are these bastards teaming up on me or what ?

@HeavyMetalorRockfan9

Жыл бұрын

Gotta feel for Godwinson, he was truly a chad trying to do right by the people of Anglo-Saxon England. His mistake was in falling for William's trap in his razing of the countryside to provoke him to attack before collecting the might of England. Would've been interesting to see what would've happened if Godwinson prevailed and the Anglo-Norse connection remained more prominent than the Anglo-French. It's likely that the isles would've unified much sooner and Denmark/Norway/British Isles would've formed a power bloc instead of Denmark/Norway/Sweden. Who knows, maybe it would've kept connections to Iceland/Greenland/even Vinland more active, as these settlements were active around the same time.

No other history Channel do I excitingly await video uploads. These are so good dude. Your research and story telling everything your voice was made for this!

The very important detail that the viking army was unprepared and largely unarmoured at Stamford Bridge is only mentioned in passing. I feel like it's kind of critical - the battle is presented as a pitched battle with both sides fighting at peak capacity (as if the viking army would willingly go into battle without their armour!), when in truth Harold himself was a very competent general and moved his army faster than Harald expected, catching him off guard, army separated and unarmoured.

Man king Harold Hardrada was bad ass

I'm failing my college classes, but at least I got time for fucking harald hardrada baby whooo yeah let's fucking go!!!!!!!

@HistoryDose

Жыл бұрын

Just do what I did and take more history classes!

@adrianopandolfo

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryDose I've roughly taken 4 history courses so far, but I've still suffered from drastic procrastination. Do you recommend just taking minimal amounts of history classes at a time to maximize my GPA-grade efforts?

These 2 vids and the "Mongol destruction" vid are my favorite...not of yours.... favorite history short on KZread hands down. Great job brother plz more plz good Sir 😊

@HistoryDose

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@richmeggison

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoryDose yeah brother... amazing work my friend, only complaint is time between videos...but I know it takes time for this level of quality .....but still I want more ASAP lol 😂 Brilliant

I first learned about Harald Hardrada as a kid in his fateful engagement at the Battle of Stamford Bridge but really it’s his rule in Norway that’s more important: not only there did he earn his namesake, Harald really showed the best of his ability to easily form alliances and break them as soon as their usefulness came to an end.

What a fantastically dramatic finale to this two-part saga!

Masterpiece video as always!! Thank you!

Such a fascinating life. Also, the imagery, sounds, music, narration - what an experience. Fantastic video!

These videos are fantastic. The storytelling, artwork, sound effects, and music just have me captivated.

Every single video you guys put out does such an amazing job absorbing us into the world. Your story telling is as brilliant as always!

Amazing story telling , hats off !!

Harold the Hard-ruler, a apt name.

Your Video’s never disappoints. Harold is easily one of my favorite Viking kings and easily has top 5 best stories. You made his story that much more epic with the music and narrating💯

Incredibly impressive. Ruthlessness often prevails when coupled with sound strategies. Fascinating stuff

Always amazing stories and visuals , and happy holidays to you and yours

Thank you for this vid! Been waiting

Bravo! Excellent story telling. Thank you 🙏

To Valhalla! You could imagine Harald screaming as they engaged the English. What a truly epic story book life of adventure! One more throw of the dice on an old claim to the English throne was one gamble too many. A shame we don't have the name of the Viking warrior on the bridge. Well done as always! Love the art work. Was that Ethan Hawke as King Harald Godwin?

@iloveyoushima4953

Жыл бұрын

Is it a shame we don’t have Hitlers name adorned on the Eiffel Tower?

@Ijraff

Жыл бұрын

@@iloveyoushima4953 what?

@iloveyoushima4953

Жыл бұрын

@@Ijraff What?

@Ijraff

Жыл бұрын

@@iloveyoushima4953 I totally missed that line about it being a shame we don’t have the vikings name on the bridge, thought that hitler comment was a total non sequitur lmao

Great content and knowledge as always 🤌🏾 Thanks brother 🤙🏾💪🏾

Im blown away. the quality is.. im speechless!

You never really think about what happens to the end of an era. The Last Viking, The end of the Pirate Age, the End of the Wild West. Ages so remembered they’re practically mythologized and eventually ended.

This KZread channel is so done it’s like I’m watching a movie

You are an amazing storyteller! Your videos are like an epic movie! Thanks for giving them to us, especially today when Hollywood doesn't do it anymore!

Great work! 👏🏻 loving these Viking videos thank you!

This has become one of my favorite history channels on KZread, there is so much effort put into retelling these tales that I almost feel like I'm there watching it. The visuals and music are just perfect and I love every single video you have posted!

Excellent as always, keep up the amazing work.

Damn! Harald Hadrada was cruel but also a badass! And William The Conqueror... Dude knew he must get rid of Hadrada before he sits in the Throne. Awesome video, guys!

@RTW1738

2 ай бұрын

I think it was mostly opportunistic of him, a phyrric victory for Harold left him in a very compromised position so William had the advantage. But yeah, if Hardrada won I bet you William woulda abandoned any ambition of invading England 😂😂

Wow wow wow! So well done! Thank you so much for making this. You’re incredibly talented - both the narration and the visuals were faultless. So happy I found this channel!

Man these videos are awesome - absolutely love the dark scenes, music, the use of words and narration

I get so stoked for all your new videos. Keep up the good work they’re amazing and I can tell there is much work that goes into them.

Really spectacular work here guys. Big fan of what y’all do here on the channel!

Truly enjoy watching and listening your videos

That was excellent. Fantastic production values.

I loved this series guys, top notch!

I find myself watching your videos several times. Your style, commentary and sound, combined with beautiful art/imagery ,creates an engaging experience. Well done as always

AMAZING storytelling, beautiful artwork, GREAT content!! I just you guys a few days ago and thank God for that!! Keep up all the hard work and looking forward to the next epic adventure!!

Great vid bro , absolutely fantastic work 👏

This is such an awesome channel! What a great story!

Excellent story-telling!

Wow. Worth the wait. Thank you

Worth the wait. Fantastic content

Don’t ever stop making these videos guys

The art and the writing keeps getting better. Great work guys!

Great research and storytelling. And major props to the artist' who made the illustrations, it added such a layer of immersion. Great job!

Gives me goosebumps every time I watch this

Incredible, as always. Thank you for your time and effort. I’d love to see histories on the Great Heathen Army’s battles with the Anglo Saxons.

That was fucking sick. You guys did a great job creating this video👍

amazing work once again.

this series was truly amazing, enjoyed every episode in it, well it is not a surprise that it was so amazing, keep up the good work, really love the art and the narration of each episode, both were epic and enhanced every minute of each episode : )

Incredible video. Love your content!

Harald's end may have been for the best. Man was brutal. I'm curious to know now if Scandinavia continued drowning in endless bloodbaths or if Harald's heirs ruled with a lighter touch in comparison.

This was fantastically made!

The narration, artwork and editing are so great. Love the topic too

The sound ambiance is realky well made bravo

What a wonderfully atmospheric video.

Amazing work

As an American with English, Welsh and Norwegian roots, this history is amazing to me.👍

There kinds of stories would make the coolest picture books.

Amazing video, I love your channel keep up the work!

This shit's dope af, honestly you guys make the best historical narration i've ever seen, from the dub and illustration to the sound effects and music like damn. Hope you guys can make more on the chinese side tho i really want to see how you guys narates the qin unification or the rise of han or even the fall of the ming dynasty, keep up the great work!