History Summarized: The Viking Age

The Vikings are enjoying a new wave of enthusiasm in popular culture, but these seafaring Norsemen are still quite clearly a misunderstood force in medieval European history. So let's take a wide look at the European world during The Viking Age!
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SOURCES & Further Reading: "The Vikings" by Walaker Nordeide and Edwards, "Vikings: A Very Short Introduction" by Richards, "Age of the Vikings" and "The Conversion of Scandinavia" by Winroth, "The Vikings" By Harl via The Great Courses, "The Viking World" by Graham-Campbell, "The Viking Way" by Price
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  • @Ludohistory
    @Ludohistory3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for having me on and letting me help out! It was a lot of fun (even if I talked a little too fast sometimes)! To clarify a piece that I know I did cover too briefly- missionary trips to Scandinavia occurred in Denmark around 823, on the orders of Louis the Pious, and in Sweden in 829, when Ansgar, a Frankish monk, traveled to the town of Birka, where he found a very small Christian community, probably mostly enslaved or formerly enslaved people, and converted a couple of Norse people, including the town prefect. (The graveyard for that town, incidentally, is where the 10th century "female warrior" that made waves a few years ago was buried). There's a lot we didn't get a chance to talk about about the diaspora and its ending, so if there's anything you all are curious on or find unclear, let me know here or on twitter :) Finally, if you liked this, all the VODs for my personal streams (where I try to ramble about history in games) can be found by clicking on my name, and tomorrow I'll be streaming CKIII on twitch (link in the description)!

  • @JimmehRulez

    @JimmehRulez

    3 жыл бұрын

    Egg

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    3 жыл бұрын

    If there's one thing I've learned from watching videos on this channel, it's that you can never talk too fast.

  • @alfredfreedomjones5105

    @alfredfreedomjones5105

    3 жыл бұрын

    Please check out or try to collab with Jake the Viking! He’s such a cool dude and donated food to night shift frontliners!

  • @a.h.tvideomapping4293

    @a.h.tvideomapping4293

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your channel seems so cool. I’ll watch a bit of your video after this and see if I like it Edit: only watched 5 minutes and I can already tell your channel is good

  • @cheyenneoliver5184

    @cheyenneoliver5184

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can follow Red's fast talking. You're fine.

  • @sigridhorn2408
    @sigridhorn24083 жыл бұрын

    Blue: *talking about slavery* Cleocatra: "Pay attention to me! Pay attention to ME! GIVE ME PATS!!!" Blue: *turns into gushy mess, gives pats* Cleo: *happy cat, best cat*

  • @shivanshna7618

    @shivanshna7618

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cleo is he or she?

  • @sigridhorn2408

    @sigridhorn2408

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shivanshna7618 She. she is named after Cleopatra. Blue had naming rights, according to cyan

  • @trixiemontejo7172

    @trixiemontejo7172

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sigridhorn2408 the kitty's name is cleopatra? That's adorable! Although i thought he'd name her after Clio the greek muse of history or whatever

  • @sigridhorn2408

    @sigridhorn2408

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@trixiemontejo7172 idk, this is Blue. he probably did it for the sheer punnage. Also they mainly call her Cleo, which sounds the same as Clio, so... Points for efficiency?

  • @amiscellaneoushuman3516

    @amiscellaneoushuman3516

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@trixiemontejo7172 technically her name is Cleocatra because puns

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache3 жыл бұрын

    Scandinavian Trading Policy: "Excuse me, sir. Let me ask you..." "No." _starts walking away_ "Okay, then let me axe you..."

  • @gajeelredfox2423

    @gajeelredfox2423

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh hello man, it's been a while since I saw you.

  • @qweadd6987

    @qweadd6987

    3 жыл бұрын

    Great pun bro.

  • @lusintagmayrapetyan144

    @lusintagmayrapetyan144

    3 жыл бұрын

    3 балла

  • @Moonlit_sky_with_stars

    @Moonlit_sky_with_stars

    3 жыл бұрын

    3 full laughs and a suppressed chuckle from this one.

  • @qweadd6987

    @qweadd6987

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lusintagmayrapetyan144 What?

  • @LeviathanSpeaks1469
    @LeviathanSpeaks14693 жыл бұрын

    Early Viking Age: “This is a pillaging!” Middle Viking Age: “This is an extortion!” Late Viking Age: “Greetings, fellow Christians. Would you like to buy some furs from us?”

  • @TheSystemaSystem

    @TheSystemaSystem

    3 жыл бұрын

    Late Viking Age: This is a Crusade. Thor vult!

  • @akumasstorytime3910

    @akumasstorytime3910

    3 жыл бұрын

    "No, well I see you have non-boiled teeth. Let's change that shall we."

  • @francisdec1615

    @francisdec1615

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Poika In my home province in Sweden pagan worshippers killed priests as late as the 1800's...

  • @victorconway444

    @victorconway444

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Be reasonable. You don't want my friends here to make you engage in an involuntary trade allocation..."

  • @silvertrimhill9844

    @silvertrimhill9844

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheSystemaSystem Teutonic Knight: I smell unburnt pagan

  • @liamklein2262
    @liamklein22623 жыл бұрын

    Vikings summed up in two sentences: These aren't your average, every-day pirates These are . . . ADVANCED pirates

  • @waraidako

    @waraidako

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Uncanny Valley Too We're still here in Scandinavia. We take no responsibly for the KKK or republicans. That level of stupid is all American.

  • @luringen947

    @luringen947

    3 жыл бұрын

    viking betyr ikkje pirat. eg vet ikkhe hvor alle har det fra

  • @luringen947

    @luringen947

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@waraidako do you compare kkk and the republicans. I wonder if the world is really going to go under. there is no sense left. Hvor kommer du fra da? Eg tipper på svensk når eg leser hva du tenker. Og det er ganske trist. Eller jag blir ledsen. Ta dere sammen!

  • @christianpathfinder6864

    @christianpathfinder6864

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@waraidako the democrats funded the kkk historically. Both parties are rich white people profiting on "change" the only difference is democrats treat non whites more like objects.

  • @johnnyjoestar5193

    @johnnyjoestar5193

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@christianpathfinder6864 the kkk was founded and is still around in the south. Who is in charge of the south? Yea exactly

  • @robopope7584
    @robopope75843 жыл бұрын

    People often call the Norse Vikings. Viking is a job, not a nationality.

  • @whoknows7968

    @whoknows7968

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm a little surprised no one has tried to turn it into one yet.

  • @robopope7584

    @robopope7584

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fricc yeah comment heart

  • @omargoodman2999

    @omargoodman2999

    3 жыл бұрын

    Calling the Norse "Vikings" is like calling the French "Chefs".

  • @JeevesAnthrozaurUS

    @JeevesAnthrozaurUS

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've heard it said before that calling every Norse person of this age a Viking is like calling every American a Marine

  • @Zaire82

    @Zaire82

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea right, that's like saying _"not all people in the 1600s were pirates."_

  • @solisemporium
    @solisemporium3 жыл бұрын

    “Aggressive trading” Ah yes, the chapter after “Aggressive negotiations: negotiations with lightsabers” the one written by A. Skywalker

  • @timothymclean

    @timothymclean

    3 жыл бұрын

    _Aggressive Negotiations: An essay collection on how to make people agree with you_

  • @luthientinuviel3883

    @luthientinuviel3883

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love this very much.

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    3 жыл бұрын

    I keep telling Anakin to delete those chapters but he never listens! He just expands them to spite me!!!

  • @HiopX

    @HiopX

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trading with a fully operational norse longboat

  • @AegixDrakan

    @AegixDrakan

    3 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine the viking going "Now LOKI here, mate... let me AXE you a question...I could SWORD of become a real THORn in your side and make you cry a lot of TYRs if you don't take my furs!" And the poor guy on the other end is just "STOP! NO MORE PUNS! I'll trade with you, just STAHP!"

  • @saldan3985
    @saldan39853 жыл бұрын

    "Luckily these guys had trees for days so they become wizards at wood working" So you're saying that IKEA is a result of environmental adaptation?

  • @Scarletraven87

    @Scarletraven87

    3 жыл бұрын

    IKEA ww is bad. This is how they skillfully shape wood: they grind it into dust and then mix the dust with glue in a mold.

  • @BrotherPo
    @BrotherPo3 жыл бұрын

    Just a note about amber trading: The Scandinavians basically fished amber out of the sea. It's just crystallized pine resin, and the rough seas would sweep it off of trees, where it could then be dredged up. It was decently common, but immensely valuable because of the way the Scandinavians did advertising. Each culture they traded with had their own mythical explanation of how amber was formed, usually something along the lines of it being sun juice that solidified when it hit the ground. The Scandinavians went around actively promoting these beliefs despite not believing them in the slightest, jacking up the price of amber to an insane degree.

  • @apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595

    @apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Vikings were the proto-Capitalists Interesting

  • @apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595

    @apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Christopher Stanley Thank you for this very bright mental image

  • @obliviousotterI

    @obliviousotterI

    3 жыл бұрын

    STONKS

  • @certaindeathawaits

    @certaindeathawaits

    2 жыл бұрын

    A bit of a similar deal with narwhal horn trade. "Yes, if you drink out of this it will cure you"..

  • @sangyedorje

    @sangyedorje

    2 жыл бұрын

    As we - the Polish continue to do

  • @peterp.9327
    @peterp.93273 жыл бұрын

    'Who would've guessed that "Become French" would be such an efficient strategy?' Gotta get that 20% morale of armies.

  • @lewisprice1512

    @lewisprice1512

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean, I wasn't *expecting* a fairly obscure EU4 reference in the comment section, but it's a pleasant surprise to be sure...

  • @ottovonbismarck9501

    @ottovonbismarck9501

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just you wait until I get admin tech 10... no.... 20!

  • @lewisprice1512

    @lewisprice1512

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ottovonbismarck9501 or diplo 23, for that sweet sweet imperialism cb

  • @tentathesane8032

    @tentathesane8032

    3 жыл бұрын

    Elan!

  • @ahmedamine24

    @ahmedamine24

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@lewisprice1512 Almost a prequel meme?

  • @kortmann9
    @kortmann93 жыл бұрын

    Blue: *talking about slavery* Cleo: "I know a thing or two about that, my human slave." Blue: _"so cute!"_

  • @n484l3iehugtil

    @n484l3iehugtil

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking about the actual Cleopatra when reading this

  • @AxxLAfriku

    @AxxLAfriku

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my videos. Sometimes it is annoying. But right now it would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear lone

  • @popejake3381

    @popejake3381

    3 жыл бұрын

    so true

  • @siyacer

    @siyacer

    3 жыл бұрын

    Another person with a cat fetish

  • @wolftitanreading5308

    @wolftitanreading5308

    3 жыл бұрын

    They know a thing or two about it cause they've seen a thing or two about, it Now My blue slave fetch me my food.

  • @yserareborn
    @yserareborn3 жыл бұрын

    Fellow history major here! Fun fact: the French probably didn’t give the Vikings land just because they were broke. Most of the land given was northern coastal land, which is valuable for trade but also meant these Vikings would act as a buffer against other Vikings for the rest of France.

  • @xSwordLilyx

    @xSwordLilyx

    3 жыл бұрын

    that's genius

  • @eldrickzero4885

    @eldrickzero4885

    3 жыл бұрын

    is it really a fact if its only probably true?

  • @samrevlej9331

    @samrevlej9331

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@eldrickzero4885 Nah, it's pretty much a fact. Charles III the Simple (West Frankish and not French king) gave Rollo a section of what is today Normandy on the condition that he be baptized and stop further Norse raids in 911.

  • @CollinMcLean

    @CollinMcLean

    11 ай бұрын

    @@samrevlej9331 I read a book recently on the history of the Normans and another theory is that they gave the Scandinavians Normandy not just to deter future Viking raids but also to act as a check against Brittany. A nearby territory that was populated by the descendents of British Celts.

  • @alec3037
    @alec30373 жыл бұрын

    Scandinavian trader: I am here to trade my furs and not raid. Western European: oh that’s great, but we don’t really need furs atm. *scandinavian trader puts axe on table* I said I am here to trade my furs Western European: Ok *barter 100*

  • @ThexZeldaxChampx90

    @ThexZeldaxChampx90

    Жыл бұрын

    it was a barter check yes but that failed so the Scandinavian trader then rolled a nat 20 on intimidation and the faint smell of urine suddenly wafted in the air

  • @MultinationalCrabLegion

    @MultinationalCrabLegion

    8 күн бұрын

    Barter or batter the choice is yours.

  • @danielmessier9845
    @danielmessier98453 жыл бұрын

    "History is 20% iffy nomenclature by mass" Just insanely accurate

  • @CAPace09

    @CAPace09

    3 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @ppaaccoojrf

    @ppaaccoojrf

    3 жыл бұрын

    only 20%?

  • @douglashubbard5180

    @douglashubbard5180

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ppaaccoojrf That's minimum.

  • @alexfietta

    @alexfietta

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hey the Viking abducted so many Slavs and sold them that the word slave comes from Slav. Go figure

  • @brianmckee2267

    @brianmckee2267

    3 жыл бұрын

    Complains about iffy nomenclature and then goes on to say British isles. 🙄

  • @345635356
    @3456353563 жыл бұрын

    "Sail, sack, steal, sell, celebrate. And the Europeans were horrified.” should be a shirt.

  • @Emily-ye1rj

    @Emily-ye1rj

    3 жыл бұрын

    YES!!!

  • @professorpantherhardraad3921

    @professorpantherhardraad3921

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'd buy it.

  • @lauramllerkrop2596

    @lauramllerkrop2596

    3 жыл бұрын

    The front of the shirt Sail Stack Steal Sell Celebrate And the europeans were horrified Would be the back of the shirt

  • @AdityaSingh-lp5rp

    @AdityaSingh-lp5rp

    3 жыл бұрын

    "wait that's our job"

  • @mikehughes4969

    @mikehughes4969

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's genius. I'm having that made.

  • @hasiumcreeper5384
    @hasiumcreeper53843 жыл бұрын

    "What year is this?" "It's the Viking age." "That explains the lazer raptor."

  • @Kilo6Charlie

    @Kilo6Charlie

    3 жыл бұрын

    This. I came to comment about the distinct lack of references to this exact thing. I suppose memes are more Red's thing than Blue's though...

  • @grijsje

    @grijsje

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Kilo6Charlie Also Thor's pecs are awesome.

  • @prestonjones1653

    @prestonjones1653

    3 жыл бұрын

    What movie is that from?

  • @grijsje

    @grijsje

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@prestonjones1653 Kung Fury, prepare for a fun ride.

  • @weldonwin

    @weldonwin

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@grijsje I still get a kick out of Kung Fury trying to arrest his own spirit animal

  • @Terrivian_Vess
    @Terrivian_Vess3 жыл бұрын

    Blue- Hey Red, we need some voice lines for my history video Red- Don't you dare bring me into this Blue- that works.

  • @RainaRamsay

    @RainaRamsay

    3 жыл бұрын

    XD

  • @izzy1221
    @izzy12213 жыл бұрын

    I demand more of Cleo’s opinions on historical events. Let the kitty be heard Blue!

  • @marieramos638

    @marieramos638

    3 жыл бұрын

    Since my Name Is Cleo (Marie), I say lol history cool

  • @user-kt1lh5sz1i

    @user-kt1lh5sz1i

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Owen Scott Gold?

  • @ArousedRat1

    @ArousedRat1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@user-kt1lh5sz1i Purple

  • @blarg2429

    @blarg2429

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Owen Scott A mysterious color unlike any seen on Earth.

  • @kamimikuta4929

    @kamimikuta4929

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@blarg2429 Lmfao

  • @LazyVik05
    @LazyVik053 жыл бұрын

    red can you do a video on slavic mythology? Most people don't know anything about Slavic myths outside of Baba yaga or chernobog if they have watched night on bald mountain or play Smite

  • @LazyVik05

    @LazyVik05

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Илиан Алексиев that is why I want her to cover it because I think that it is a bit of a shame that we the people who made up the legends don't know almost anything about them. Most people here in Macedonia only know that we have a town named after one of them and that is it. Also the countless stories about vilas and vampires

  • @TheHornedKing_27

    @TheHornedKing_27

    3 жыл бұрын

    That sounds interesting

  • @willphoenix5464

    @willphoenix5464

    3 жыл бұрын

    As someone who just new about Baba Yaga and Chernabog from Night on Bald Mountain, I’d honestly would really like to see the Slavic myths!

  • @jariusreece1931

    @jariusreece1931

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah! Most people who know anything about it know it from The Witcher. They deserve some proper attention

  • @AzraelAngel945

    @AzraelAngel945

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I have been asking this for years! I think OSP might have a thing against Slavic history and myths

  • @thomasrevill7723
    @thomasrevill77233 жыл бұрын

    Red's absolute disdain for her maths degree fills me with strange joy

  • @keelanmorningstar7800
    @keelanmorningstar78003 жыл бұрын

    “Freaked the Hel out..two post codes from Nifleheim” That made me laugh but I didn’t quite catch it like “Wait did he just make a Nifleheim joke?” so I went back and watched it with the captions on and laughed even harder.

  • @cleothehermetichermeticist8391
    @cleothehermetichermeticist83913 жыл бұрын

    The Viking Age also known as “The lads go on a holiday.”

  • @jean-paulaudette9246

    @jean-paulaudette9246

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was a great time while it lasted, eh?

  • @sleazymeezy

    @sleazymeezy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Weekend at Europe

  • @TheSystemaSystem

    @TheSystemaSystem

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just me and the lads

  • @MichaelRainey

    @MichaelRainey

    3 жыл бұрын

    "violent tourism"

  • @pokeyscorpion8224

    @pokeyscorpion8224

    4 ай бұрын

    @@sleazymeezyEurope, North America, the Middle East, and probably beyond

  • @insomniac5562
    @insomniac55623 жыл бұрын

    Me: Aren’t Norse people Vikings? Blue: *Explains stuff* Me: Understandable, have a nice day

  • @weldonwin

    @weldonwin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not all Norse are Vikings, but all Vikings are Norse

  • @ronjayrose9706

    @ronjayrose9706

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@weldonwin not all Vikings were Norse some were Slavic, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon,French,Spanish and so fourth

  • @simeonwood3613

    @simeonwood3613

    3 жыл бұрын

    As a swede: - not norse, scandinavians. There is a difference.

  • @eliashegstam3334

    @eliashegstam3334

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@simeonwood3613 norse is a term for norsemen (scandinavian) people during the viking age.

  • @nikolaiburmann435

    @nikolaiburmann435

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eliashegstam3334 "Norse" also include finns and baltic peoples, "scandinavians" are only danes, swedes and norwegians

  • @waywardwriter2953
    @waywardwriter29533 жыл бұрын

    Red’s ethereal voice descending from the heavens cracked me up.

  • @dominiquebouwer1854
    @dominiquebouwer18543 жыл бұрын

    I fully support Cleo's contributions to OSP summaries

  • @curiousKuro16
    @curiousKuro163 жыл бұрын

    "Just like the Bull Shark!" - An analogy I would never have expected, yet is absolutely perfect.

  • @TheAntiburglar
    @TheAntiburglar3 жыл бұрын

    "Violent tourism" XD

  • @wigglingwiggs

    @wigglingwiggs

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds about right

  • @jackgrufferty9443

    @jackgrufferty9443

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like you

  • @MarkFilipAnthony

    @MarkFilipAnthony

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or colonalism

  • @SonsOfLorgar

    @SonsOfLorgar

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MarkFilipAnthony it's not colonialism if the colonists were invited through bribe with land XD

  • @MarkFilipAnthony

    @MarkFilipAnthony

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SonsOfLorgar true, however that wasnt the only way Vikings gained land. However, also gaining land simply because the opposing force didnt have the power to stand against them, isnt really a "happy accident" ether. One of the fundamental goal for lots of vikings was to gain terretory outside of scandinavia (most cases: from a forign civilisation), and that is basically colonialism, doesnt really matter how thay gain it. Through traid or concoring

  • @michaelbarney4060
    @michaelbarney40603 жыл бұрын

    3:42-3:58 As a cat-lover myself, I fully approve of this interruption.

  • @transientdaydreams
    @transientdaydreams3 жыл бұрын

    I want a video where Cleo tells us all about cat history! Her meow is so cute. I immediately went from "ooh, vikings are badass!" to "zomg lemme pet the kitty" (I suspect I'm not alone in this)

  • @matthewteel6614
    @matthewteel66143 жыл бұрын

    “Violent Tourism” I’m now referring to them as such in my history classes now. Love the work Blue!

  • @bilbsbilby

    @bilbsbilby

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like how Blue will condemn Western civilizations for looting and enslaving African, American, and Asian populations. European peoples are fair game to exploit though, and so people who do so will even find their way into his favorite civilizations even though they're doing the exact same heinous stuff.

  • @samrevlej9331

    @samrevlej9331

    8 ай бұрын

    All tourism is violent. As a Parisian, I can confirm.

  • @andromeda1924
    @andromeda19243 жыл бұрын

    “Who needs government when you’ve got a boatful of warriors and the favor of Thor!?”😂 This is my new response to anything relating to the government.

  • @VikingMuayThai

    @VikingMuayThai

    3 жыл бұрын

    :::Somali pirate intensifies:::

  • @jaegercat6702

    @jaegercat6702

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think we found the libertarian party’s new tag line

  • @UnholyWrath3277

    @UnholyWrath3277

    2 жыл бұрын

    Should read/watch the Vinland saga their opinion on Christianity is hilarious. "My god has a fucking hammer and a flying horse what can your god do!"

  • @silvertrimhill9844

    @silvertrimhill9844

    2 жыл бұрын

    The immediate answer: When uncivilised marauders who keep killing and raping your neighbours

  • @mathewfinch

    @mathewfinch

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jaegercat6702 the Libertarians would need to add "and a 13 year old girlfriend" onto it in order to be accurate.

  • @femoman
    @femoman3 жыл бұрын

    To anyone who wants to know more about the Varangian Guard and their relationship with Constantinople, I highly recommens the Turisas albums, The Varangian Way and Stand Up and Fight. It's basically a 2 part concept album about a bunch of Vikings travelling to become members of the Varangian Guard, and they're awesone!

  • @anna_in_aotearoa3166

    @anna_in_aotearoa3166

    Жыл бұрын

    Haven't encountered those, sorry? But Invicta's YT video about them was really good, I thought!

  • @danteller8282
    @danteller82823 жыл бұрын

    I think I've found the perfect way for me to enjoy OSP's frenetic style. I like Blue's stuff. I'm more of a history nerd , so I'm usually already a bit familiar with the subject matter and can pretty much keep up, and I just recently figured out that if I change Red's playback speed to .75 I can actually understand retain a lot more of that sweet sweet information. Love you guys. You're awesome.

  • @theDENIMMAN
    @theDENIMMAN3 жыл бұрын

    "History is 20% iffy nomenclature by mass" So true

  • @DFloyd84

    @DFloyd84

    3 жыл бұрын

    The only professionals that come up with worse names than historians are archaeologists. What lame kind of name is "Thunder Lizard" or "Flying Tooth"?

  • @jimluebke3869

    @jimluebke3869

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but the names of small English towns are *hilarious* because so many are just mispronounced Scandinavian words.

  • @Sumi_Yoshizawa

    @Sumi_Yoshizawa

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jimluebke3869 Canada is just a misunderstanding o the St Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata meaning village.

  • @theDENIMMAN

    @theDENIMMAN

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jimluebke3869 well mispronounced scandanavian words or places like "cocking fuckborough"

  • @jimluebke3869

    @jimluebke3869

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@theDENIMMAN That was probably a French name, that got the same treatment. Although who knows, it may have been a faithful translation of the original French.

  • @steampunker7
    @steampunker73 жыл бұрын

    Blue: *talks about Vikings.* Cleo: FREYA DEMANDS I BE A PART OF THIS! Blue: Awww...sweet cute kitty.

  • @jessicajarczyk6284

    @jessicajarczyk6284

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm convinced one of my cats has some Norwegian forest cat (sometimes called wedgies) in him, and I think about Freya's chariot being pulled by wedgies. ....than laugh because he is super hyper (1 year old) and imagining him pulling anything just seems so chaotic lol

  • @paelb656

    @paelb656

    3 жыл бұрын

    Freya, my cat, approves this comment

  • @SophiaAstatine

    @SophiaAstatine

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kitty chariot is best chariot, though slightly terrifying when the only cats somewhat within a North climate that is big enough would probably be siberian tiger.

  • @hockeyinalabama
    @hockeyinalabama3 жыл бұрын

    This was probably your best video. Learned lots and the comedy was on point at every turn.

  • @aethelwyrnblack4918
    @aethelwyrnblack49183 жыл бұрын

    "Where am I?" "You're in the Viking age." "That explains the laser-raptors!"

  • @regrettablemuffin9186
    @regrettablemuffin91863 жыл бұрын

    “About 2 postcodes out from niffleheim” wow, that one got me. Mythology jokes are my favourite

  • @davecullins1606

    @davecullins1606

    2 жыл бұрын

    They probably thought that they had hit Niflheim when they eventually reached Greenland though.

  • @AshtonPyr
    @AshtonPyr3 жыл бұрын

    Sudden Cleo segment: is put in the video. Me: A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.

  • @vicenzostella1390
    @vicenzostella13903 жыл бұрын

    YES!! Finally Yellow has a cameo! Always wondered what he looked like.

  • @leifeinaramundison745
    @leifeinaramundison7453 жыл бұрын

    9:51 "Try and pronounce any of these names." *laughs in Icelandic*

  • @KatiB5587

    @KatiB5587

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's not _that_ difficult if you grow up with the stories/songs of the skálds. A bit of grey matter gymnastics at first knowing what sounds are associated with accents and characters but after that it becomes quite easy. Even if you fail at pronunciation, it isn't too trying to translate written form from old Norse and modern Icelandic into English. Translating the other way though, that is a nightmare.

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi

    3 жыл бұрын

    I still don't know how to say your capital.

  • @scouttyra

    @scouttyra

    3 жыл бұрын

    * remembers all the merch with "eyafjallajökull is so easy to pronounce" from when I went to Iceland in 2013(iirc)*

  • @KatiB5587

    @KatiB5587

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Obi-Wan_Kenobi Reykjavik sounds kinda like rike-yah-vic. It's one of the easier Icelandic town names though.

  • @ragefury1817

    @ragefury1817

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Summons a demon*

  • @AMoniqueOcampo
    @AMoniqueOcampo3 жыл бұрын

    3:40 Kitty interruptions are the best kind of interruptions! Also, yes, Cleo is a cute little floofy boop.

  • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
    @odd-ysseusdoesstuff63473 жыл бұрын

    Blue: Drags in Yellow. Yellow: Explains that this is a butt-load for just a sitting Blue: Mentions Red. Red: *WTF?!* Love it you guys.

  • @jackquinn7770
    @jackquinn7770 Жыл бұрын

    these are great university-level history vids. love how you’re able to see the humor & humanity in historical events

  • @reapeashooter2
    @reapeashooter23 жыл бұрын

    "Happy Leif Erikson Day ! Hinga-dinga-durgen!" ~Spongebob

  • @skyler6987
    @skyler69873 жыл бұрын

    This video's accuracy is top notch. Not many people talk about it, but the century of Cleo found in the middle of the Viking Age is my favorite part. That conqueror cat made such a vast empire, it's incredible.

  • @madisonm.4535
    @madisonm.45352 жыл бұрын

    Has this channel done a history of Scotland yet? If it hasn't I would recommend it. Also if at one point the channel decided to focus on Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth I that would also be awesome because the stories of those two queens and their dynamics as well as many stories of the Tudors is what made me fall in love with history. Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I, and Henry VIII and his wives were all central focuses in my bedtime stories growing up. These are just all my nostalgic recommendations if you haven't covered these yet. They are great stories, loads of drama. They have a special place in my heart. Edit: I double checked and they did do a history of Scotland! Yay! Watching it now though I think I may have watched it before and just forgot. I have ADHD so my memory isn't always amazing. I still would love to hear Blue tell the history of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots though. I didn't see anything on the channel about the both of them specifically. Both of their stories are just really interesting and though they never met in person their friendship and story together is also fascinating.

  • @andilehlubi8017
    @andilehlubi80173 жыл бұрын

    It is never a dull day to learn about the Vikings.

  • @frodoswaggins3132
    @frodoswaggins31323 жыл бұрын

    Listen kids, Cleo says slavery is bad. Don’t do it.

  • @electricangel4488

    @electricangel4488

    3 жыл бұрын

    Everyone in history: .......... Britian: lisen to the cat

  • @SouthernGothicYT

    @SouthernGothicYT

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@electricangel4488 Ironic you bring that up in this scenario considering the English and Europeans were the ones being enslaved

  • @Daddy_DaubenyYT
    @Daddy_DaubenyYT3 жыл бұрын

    Blue: "If I continue to talk about the Middle Ages, I'll go on a rampage about Florence!" Florence: *Florence would like to know your location*

  • @LadyOMyth
    @LadyOMyth3 жыл бұрын

    Blue: Yellow, you have two degrees in this field which means, on average, we both have one degree in this field! Yellow: Blue . . . you just go and steal that degree I worked hard for and call it your own? How dare you. Great video as always! I love listening to you talk about history, Blue. You make my day just a little bit brighter. :)

  • @jaydee4697
    @jaydee46973 жыл бұрын

    Blue, thank you for making the distinction between England and Cornwall in your maps during this video; much appreciated.

  • @angusmacdonald7187
    @angusmacdonald71873 жыл бұрын

    As someone with a background in medieval history, one of the great "What If" games we used to play centers around 1066. The prevailing winds in the Channel usually blow first out of the south and then out of the north ... but for some reason they reversed that year (as far as we can tell). This means that Harold Hardrada met Harald Godwinson first. If the standard winds had held, it is likely that William the Conqueror would have been first on the scene and would have met a fresh, rested Saxon army. The Saxons would probably have still lost the second battle, but this would have swung England more into the Scandinavian trajectory instead of the French. English would have stayed a more Scando-Germanic language, with less French & Latin loanwords, the culture would have taken on a more northerly flavour, and it is quite possible that even the rise of the knight would have stepped back a few more decades and shieldwalls would have remained dominant a little while longer. Weather ... it'll mess you up...

  • @BlueTressym

    @BlueTressym

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Spanish Armada swearing*

  • @TheSystemaSystem

    @TheSystemaSystem

    3 жыл бұрын

    If England became properly Viking, I'd pity the world.

  • @GardEngebretsen

    @GardEngebretsen

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Battle of Hastings itself is also a big "what-if". The Norwegian host had scattered throughout the countryside to forage, and they didn't expect the enemy to show up. When the Anglo-Saxon army did, it caught them by surprise. The battle itself was fought in three engagements, instead of one (which would have benefited the Norwegian host since it was larger). The first engagement was fought at the bridge itself by a small host, to buy the Norwegians time to gather the troops scattered around. This is where the famous Viking warrior infamously held the bridge on his own against the entire Anglo-Saxon army before he was impaled from below. The second engagement was the main one, with the majority of the Norwegian troops. They had managed to form a shield wall behind the bridge, but they were not fully armed as they had, among other things, left their armor at the boats since they didn't expect a battle to break out. The battle was still hard fought, and the Anglo-Saxons were about to win. Then the third engagement began, with the third part of the Norwegian army joining the fight. They had rushed over there from the boats in full armor, and were exhausted. They managed to even out the fight for a while, until they too were overwhelmed. If the Norwegian army wasn't surprised, and fought as one and fully armed, then perhaps they would have won. Although they probably would still have lost against the Normans afterwards, like Godwinsson did.

  • @akai4942

    @akai4942

    2 жыл бұрын

    ah, a fellow ck2 player?

  • @jenniferbtoo9344
    @jenniferbtoo93443 жыл бұрын

    “Who needs government when you have Thor?” is literally the plot of the Thor 2

  • @weldonwin

    @weldonwin

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought the plot of Thor 2 was knife-ear emos from the dawn of time hate everything and want it all to go away, so they can go back to being brooding in absolute darkness

  • @kerentan9446
    @kerentan94463 жыл бұрын

    don't know what made my day more, the great video or the short cat section :DD so glad blue uploaded today! nearly forgot it was friday

  • @ELSTERLING
    @ELSTERLING3 жыл бұрын

    Once again OSP brightens my day.

  • @a.h.tvideomapping4293
    @a.h.tvideomapping42933 жыл бұрын

    Vikingr is the term to use when we talk about “Vikings” As Blue said Viking was a term for going on a raid and someone who goes Viking is a Vikingr.

  • @kerentan9446

    @kerentan9446

    3 жыл бұрын

    interesting!

  • @PuffaJacket
    @PuffaJacket3 жыл бұрын

    Is it bad that a few days ago I though to myself “What day is it? 2 days till OSP uploads...” *oh right it’s Wednesday* Also. We get it blue. Your cat is adorable =•^•=

  • @Max3110

    @Max3110

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah

  • @rage_gamer9987

    @rage_gamer9987

    3 жыл бұрын

    I do that, but backwards.

  • @PuffaJacket

    @PuffaJacket

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rage _Gamer so like how many days since an upload?

  • @rage_gamer9987

    @rage_gamer9987

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, I see the day of the week and think ‘oh, it’s _ days until an OSP upload’

  • @PuffaJacket

    @PuffaJacket

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rage _Gamer ohhh 😯

  • @derphunk5338
    @derphunk53383 жыл бұрын

    “Involuntary treasure reallocation” lMAO I’m dead.

  • @jesoko6724
    @jesoko67243 жыл бұрын

    Love the music you guys use in these videos. I listen to this score all the time.

  • @thebyzantineswillriseagain3885
    @thebyzantineswillriseagain38853 жыл бұрын

    *Angry Romanoi noises intensifies when thoughts of Normans appears*

  • @whoknows7968

    @whoknows7968

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Romanoi get annoyed when they hear about any Mediterranean power post 500 ce

  • @thebyzantineswillriseagain3885

    @thebyzantineswillriseagain3885

    3 жыл бұрын

    *heavy grumbling when thoughts of Venice comes to Mind*

  • @blacksage2375
    @blacksage23753 жыл бұрын

    “Out classing the world in the seafare-ing department” [laughs in Polynesia]

  • @rhysgrammling4531

    @rhysgrammling4531

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe the KNOWN world at the time would be better words

  • @VikingMuayThai

    @VikingMuayThai

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm both Polynesian and Scandinavian/British. Ultimate seafaring genes!

  • @TheBrainSpecialist

    @TheBrainSpecialist

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ok but the South Pacific is much calmer and less storm prone than the North Atlantic, just sayin

  • @thatdoppioguy1825

    @thatdoppioguy1825

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VikingMuayThai he is too dangerous to be alive

  • @jamiel6005

    @jamiel6005

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, Polynesia really is undervalued in the global history of seafaring and culture. Y’all are incredible.

  • @anime_man9874
    @anime_man9874 Жыл бұрын

    I have recently entered a Scandinavian history stage and you are the first video about their history i have seen, thank you for the brief explanation.

  • @bluelfsuma
    @bluelfsuma3 жыл бұрын

    2:50 I'm imagining someone coming up to someone else, pulling a gun on them, and forcing them to buy this super cozy jacket they made.

  • @swankygibbons1186
    @swankygibbons11863 жыл бұрын

    I’ve watched Vinland Saga, The last Kingdom, and Vikings all within the last couple months. This video is perfect for me 🤝

  • @AgnusCavichioliPereira

    @AgnusCavichioliPereira

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now play Valheim, Mount & Blade: Viking Conquest and possibly Assassin's Creed Valhala and you will go to Valhala via overdose of Viking stuff

  • @lovelyhomeboy2782

    @lovelyhomeboy2782

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AgnusCavichioliPereira mount and blade biking conquest is a masterpiece

  • @Jonesin2386
    @Jonesin23863 жыл бұрын

    When he said: "who needs government when you have a boat full of warriors and the favor of Thor," I felt that

  • @petertrudelljr

    @petertrudelljr

    3 жыл бұрын

    After TLDR's video, I thought he was talking about current Belgium for a second...

  • @ReySilverskin
    @ReySilverskin3 жыл бұрын

    "Who needs government when you have a boat full of warriors and the favor of Thor?" is probably going to be on a T-shirt soon, I can feel it.

  • @TheXtremeBoltGuy
    @TheXtremeBoltGuy2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Cleo, very informative. Good cat

  • @KatiB5587
    @KatiB55873 жыл бұрын

    Two postcodes out from Nifelheim. *Wheeze laughing*

  • @joshfrew3628
    @joshfrew36283 жыл бұрын

    "so help me týr" is hoing to be my new catchphrase

  • @kegseytaylor
    @kegseytaylor Жыл бұрын

    I love the subtle use of the Age of Mythology music...

  • @korben600
    @korben6003 жыл бұрын

    Me: _Hears "William the Conqueror"_ Me: *Odin save the Queen*

  • @craytherlaygaming2852

    @craytherlaygaming2852

    2 жыл бұрын

    Odin:.... Hey Loki wanna see me give this queen supernatural powers and convince her to conquer an entire nation? Loki:....... yes

  • @leppeppel
    @leppeppel3 жыл бұрын

    The last time I was this early, Lindisfarne was still complacent.

  • @Amazayne
    @Amazayne3 жыл бұрын

    Blue : Who needs government when you have a boat full of warriors, and the favor of Thor? 2:38 The UN : No, no he's got a point.

  • @filthycasual8187

    @filthycasual8187

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me: Sounds like an idea for a new nation.

  • @robpdb
    @robpdb3 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Specially the touch of adding the song Samba De Verao in the last bit.

  • @karendewindt1855
    @karendewindt18553 жыл бұрын

    Awesome film! I am preparing a lesson about Vikings for the 15y olds and this truly helps me bring in some clarity!

  • @lunerwolfie6101
    @lunerwolfie61013 жыл бұрын

    Guest appearance in vikings history: KITTY!! I actually have a cat that looks similar to Cleo. And she had kitttensss!!~~~

  • @aheisanraveendran3686

    @aheisanraveendran3686

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same Cat species But His Name is Stitch

  • @mozarteanchaos

    @mozarteanchaos

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aheisanraveendran3686 i'd hope they're the same species

  • @somewhatkingsley7136
    @somewhatkingsley71363 жыл бұрын

    *Sees a full video on Vikings* Me: IT'S TIME TO RAID WESSEX BOYS!

  • @selenopheria

    @selenopheria

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wessex hid under the table and, much like Cleo, reached a hand out to slap you away.

  • @derekskelton4187

    @derekskelton4187

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@selenopheria Alfred of Wessex beat up like all the vikings. His brother hid under the table.

  • @ecurewitz

    @ecurewitz

    3 жыл бұрын

    bad idea

  • @mollymcdade4031

    @mollymcdade4031

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me, living in what-used-to-be-called-Wessex: Oh no not again

  • @ecurewitz

    @ecurewitz

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mollymcdade4031 but Wessex won

  • @CREN13Queen
    @CREN13Queen5 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Doric, the main dialect of Scots in the North East of Scotland, has words in it of Norwegian origin because of the Vikings.

  • @davidcloud5886
    @davidcloud58862 жыл бұрын

    I’m completely new here, and I appreciate the fact you took a couple seconds to show us your cat. A new follower has approached!

  • @bobbluered8984
    @bobbluered89843 жыл бұрын

    So just to clarify, Vikings caused the existence of: Iceland, England, Dublin, and Normandy. Cool, good, very nice for people who are supposedly “Barbaric” according to many histories.

  • @NimhLabs

    @NimhLabs

    3 жыл бұрын

    I dunno... if they ARE responsible for The English... that is kind of a knock against them... >.>'

  • @definitelynotobama6851

    @definitelynotobama6851

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, to be fair, those histories were mostly written by monks that were kind of constantly being raided by the Vikings.

  • @bobbluered8984

    @bobbluered8984

    3 жыл бұрын

    Michael Christenson You got me there!

  • @Just_A_Dude

    @Just_A_Dude

    3 жыл бұрын

    They were also well-groomed and hygienic, pretty progressive compared to Christians in terms of women, and were well ahead of the curve when it came to the development and use of steel weapons and heavy armor like chain hauberks. European took until the 2nd millennium CE to catch up to those "barbarians."

  • @rationalroundhead6739

    @rationalroundhead6739

    3 жыл бұрын

    Katrina Payne Id argue that Oliver Cromwell was responsible for the English- he drove a righteous rebellion so wrong that even 400 years later talking about the monarchy in a negative way gets people looking at you like you just casually suggested burning Drogheda to the ground. So that’s really when the general populace took the “well, if you can’t beat ‘em, be passive-aggressive and semi-ironic but ultimately complicit in joining ‘em” attitude to our benevolent overlords that makes us so unavoidably relevant today! *(cries in broken Englisc)*

  • @stellgodemperor6033
    @stellgodemperor60333 жыл бұрын

    We need more Cleo!

  • @Infinitely_Ellie
    @Infinitely_Ellie2 жыл бұрын

    I especially loved Cleos input in this video very much appreciated

  • @qweadd6987
    @qweadd69873 жыл бұрын

    Blue: *Uploads viking history video* Me: *HELL YES*

  • @mightbe-aish
    @mightbe-aish3 жыл бұрын

    Blue: talking about slavery and vikings Also Blue: "Who's a little Floofy Boop?"

  • @Zaire82

    @Zaire82

    3 жыл бұрын

    At least he's not talking about slavery and vikings with his cat like I do.

  • @AnInsaneOstrich
    @AnInsaneOstrich3 жыл бұрын

    "We'll go ravage England in a second, don't worry!" I never thought something I'd laugh at the idea of my country being attacked, but here I am.

  • @vladspellbinder
    @vladspellbinder3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video Blue. And Yellow.

  • @rafaela00002
    @rafaela000023 жыл бұрын

    Many guests in this episode, I love it!

  • @MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI-1
    @MANA-YOOD-SUSHAI-13 жыл бұрын

    Was re-reading Neil Gayman‘s norse mythology, highly recommend it especially the audible version read by Neil himself. It’s great 👍

  • @avoravariantofroar3016

    @avoravariantofroar3016

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm trying to get my best friend to get me a copy

  • @FALCON9

    @FALCON9

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol gayman

  • @MaskedRokho

    @MaskedRokho

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@FALCON9 Just saying that proves your homophobic.

  • @poem3701

    @poem3701

    3 жыл бұрын

    OMG I LOOOVE THAT BOOK!!!

  • @Zeratul1005
    @Zeratul10053 жыл бұрын

    Oh heck yeah another Overly sarcastic productions video! History analysis from Blue is always a treat!

  • @carlosroo5460

    @carlosroo5460

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but literally everything ever done by Red is better. Except that Titus Atrocius thing, but that for me is more a problem of the subject than the actual quality of the video.

  • @Itermago
    @Itermago3 жыл бұрын

    Love the quiet Age of Mythology music in the background!

  • @sallyshoaf9505
    @sallyshoaf95053 жыл бұрын

    I love the cat interlude. 20/10. Excellent Content.

  • @ancatatianachivu7577
    @ancatatianachivu75773 жыл бұрын

    TIL : that viking put bones of animals/humans in their tools thinking that the spirit of the animal/human warior/farmer/breder/etc will enchange the tool but instead but due to the metal and carbon from the bones mixing made a form of primitive steell Nice rigth?

  • @Nothing-1w3

    @Nothing-1w3

    3 жыл бұрын

    It just works

  • @ancatatianachivu7577

    @ancatatianachivu7577

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Nothing-1w3 IT does work

  • @Ludohistory

    @Ludohistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well... the truth is a bit more complicated than that. What we actually have is that forge sites contain remains of burnt animal and occasionally human bone. The most likely explanation is that yeah, these were inserted for some kind of ritual purpose during forging, but it could just as easily mean that the forge was a multipurpose site for other ritual sacrifice or cremation burials. Burning bone coincidentally injects carbon into the very surface of the sword, but it is not enough to cause the sword to be particularly good. It was worse than using higher-carbon steel (which could fairly easily be imported from Frankia) or doing the exact same thing using charcoal (which was also available). I generally hesitate to say "Vikings did X because of belief Y" because we have precisely ZERO descriptions of rituals described by an eyewitness or practitioner. We simply don't have access to what they believed, and an "animistic" framework of this type is one that makes giant assumptions about how religions function based on precisely zero evidence. It's by no means impossible - there is a lot of variation in Viking-Age religions and it's a possible interpretation of the evidence. We just don't have the data to say that for sure (and weapons with souls don't appear in the later literature, meaning it's less likely there were oral traditions that suggested this belief)

  • @bluealien-mae

    @bluealien-mae

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bone also made INCREDIBLE leather working tools! They lasted long, were tough enough to puncture leather, but not rough enough to damage it. Some leather workers still swear by bone. 😁

  • @ohexenwahno5652

    @ohexenwahno5652

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bluealien-mae I have an office job and the most metal part about it is that we use a bone tool to straighten wrinkled paper

  • @alecsmith4349
    @alecsmith43493 жыл бұрын

    What blue said about the Vikings being well ahead of their time in terms of boat building technology cannot be overstated. I’m currently a student of the Northwest school of wooden boatbuilding and I am working towards a degree in the traditional side of the craft. As somewhat of a field trip we got to go meet a man named Jay Smith who is one part historian, one part teacher, and three parts insanely talented craftsman. He’s basically devoted his life to the study of and the construction of Scandinavian and Viking age vessels. Building them the way that they would have been constructed originally, or at least as much as is possible considering that we don’t readily have access to such large trees anymore for certain parts of the boat. As he tells it, he spent the majority of his youth learning and mastering his craft in various parts of Scandinavia before returning to the states. I highly recommend looking him up. Jay Smith. Boat builder in Northwest Washington state.

  • @veronicajensen7690

    @veronicajensen7690

    Ай бұрын

    you can see them build Viking ships at the Viking museum Roskilde Denmark , you should however also visit the National museum Copenhagen or other Scandinavian big museums and see what the Norse have been making of art work and weapons ect. going back 4000 years, the Bronze age cant really be separated from Viking age Scandinavia because it was the same culture and you see many of the same things being made, they also have been trading in Europe and Eurasia from around 4000 years ago

  • @bloodyfitnerd1947
    @bloodyfitnerd19473 жыл бұрын

    Usually when I see people do "viking history" they get a lot of things wrong. But as far as I can tell this is the most accurate youtube video on viking history that I have seen.

  • @pokeyscorpion8224

    @pokeyscorpion8224

    4 ай бұрын

    The main problem is that all of the historical sources we have are heavily biased, not primarily sources, and/or not written by Scandinavians themselves but by people being raided by them

  • @shogunbowgun1220
    @shogunbowgun12203 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy to see the Varangians finally get touched upon, I was sad to see them not included in the Byzantine video. My heart is happy for having another Viking video!

  • @flimsywizard5577
    @flimsywizard55773 жыл бұрын

    Me, a Dane, having been a fan for Years: LOOK IT’S MY TURN

  • @juliankanar387

    @juliankanar387

    3 жыл бұрын

    Felt the same for me, as a Rusyn lol. I do love that the Rus are even mentioned in this video, usually ignored.

  • @86fifty
    @86fifty3 жыл бұрын

    Loved this one! I laughed really hard at the "Whoops, that's the late medieval alarm" bit, so huge props for that one. Heyyy, Red's recent Trope Talk on Immortals included pictures of kittens... Am I sensing a theme here?? If so, I'm all for it!! We all need more cats in content about, well, everything

  • @Lionstar16

    @Lionstar16

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed - Extra Credits has the adorable Zoey, so Overly Sarcastic Productions should have Cleo in their presentations too :)

  • @BlueTressym

    @BlueTressym

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Whew, this is getting heavy. Here, have a kitten!"

  • @thevegun7706
    @thevegun7706 Жыл бұрын

    recently found your channel and have been binging you and red. however this is the first i'm seeing or hearing of cleo, and i'm sorely disappointed her appearance was that short. in conclusion, best. cat. indeed.

  • @nikolaibuscho5881
    @nikolaibuscho58813 жыл бұрын

    Hello Cleo!! Fun fact! The Norse loved cats, and one of their main goddesses, Freyja, had them as one of her symbols. But yes, cats and "vikings" are very relevant to each other. They preferred orange or white cats though.

  • @pokeyscorpion8224

    @pokeyscorpion8224

    4 ай бұрын

    They were also a fundamentally seafaring people, and there is a LONG history of cats in the context of seafaring. Not that they would've really had much of a practical use for a cat, since their longships weren't quite big enough to have a rat problem, but still