"There was this one viking called 'Child-lover'..." Oh shit "because he refused to kill babies." Oh, whew. Also, 13:49 Good image.

@jasoncarto

8 жыл бұрын

+Grindstone Because sexual acts of any kind are far worse than horrific torture and killing. We are a horrendous species.

@grindstone4910

8 жыл бұрын

***** Pretty awesome, huh?

@OttoVonGarfield

7 жыл бұрын

I love bait n' switch comedy

@annamelissa607

6 жыл бұрын

i thought that viking was a pedo.....

@richardroberson2564

6 жыл бұрын

Mount and blade

OK, so you did this one in 2016. But the series is almost over now. Would you be willing to do one recapping the entire series?

@alexman378

4 жыл бұрын

He said he probably will after it wraps up completely with S06b

@alexman378

4 жыл бұрын

Bárnel Mercedes The show never pretended to be 100% accurate, Hirst was saying it from before S01 even aired.

@Shelly-lz9tm

4 жыл бұрын

They better be doing more seasons....haha

@patrickmcglonejr8163

4 жыл бұрын

Yes plz

@Bassmasterwitacaster

4 жыл бұрын

When I was little I jammed poo poo down my PP and its been closed shut since

Norsemen didn’t really “discover” Iceland as Irish priests had been living there previously. Also Norsemen weren’t illiterate. They carved Runes, they just didn’t write on parchment.

@Henrik_Holst

4 жыл бұрын

This exactly, mostly runes where carved on wood which is why they have those sharp lines. And the very fact that they even changed from the elder to the younger futhark around year 800 when the rest of the Europeans had changed to the latin alphabet tells that the written language meant something to the Vikings.

@alexman378

4 жыл бұрын

They did this correctly in the show though. Floki found that cross in the cave, indicating Christians got there before him.

@torrace12

4 жыл бұрын

strange that he missed that vikings had a very accurate written down history with lots and lots of storys about so many things i cand list them out here bet they are very accurate ive read a lot of them

@firstname4097

4 жыл бұрын

also he did call vikings a society, although it was a profession, so I suppose the term for them would be Norsemen

@evillimey6965

4 жыл бұрын

@@torrace12 I thought all the sources from that period came from other cultures, like Saxons and Frank's.....etc, as the Norse had an oral tradition, the norse sagas are not very accurate or reliable as they were wrote a few hundred years after.

Travis Fimmel’s portrayal of Ragnar Lothbrok is one of my all time favorite characters. He was awesome! It would be pretty cool though to see Leif Erickson brought into the fold and open a whole new era of the show. Since Ragnar died I have lost a lot of interest in the show and that could really revive it. The casting of Leif though would have to be as perfect as it was with Ragnar to pull it off

@stephanreichelt1960

2 жыл бұрын

Leif is in Vikings Vallhala

@franciszaldivar337

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanreichelt1960 yeah and they take waaaaaaay too many liberties with him (even more so than what they did with Ragnar), nicknaming him "Leif the Lucky" after the Battle of London Bridge (1014) (which he was never at) when in reality he got the nickname because he discovered what is now present day Newfoundland, Canada

@stephanreichelt1960

2 жыл бұрын

@@franciszaldivar337 that's Hollywood for you...

@franciszaldivar337

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanreichelt1960 yeah I mean considering what they did also with Jarl "Hakon" that's just adding modern identity politics, not to say there weren't people of mixed heritage, but the fact that many are that accepting is just ignoring history for the sake of "diversity" and "representation" (the KZreadr Metatron does a much better explanation than I can here about why it's problematic)

@stephanreichelt1960

Жыл бұрын

@@franciszaldivar337 same with the tattoos; seems like every character has plenty and modern day quality too

"Hey guys let's not brutally butcher newborns..." "....ha....haha...HAHHAHAHAHAHAH" just viking things

@alexman378

4 жыл бұрын

“What a pussy”

@heehoohehehe1267

3 жыл бұрын

"simp"

@kelrogers8480

3 жыл бұрын

We laugh, but Oz, NZ and the US have just made full term and during birth abortion fully legal, and basically on demand. In the case of the twelve percent of late term abortions where the babies are accidentally born alive, the infants are not allowed to be rescued. They are left to die. Both Biden and Obama voted for this. So we may laugh at the Vikings, but what we do as modern humans is far, far worse!

@vysharra

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelrogers8480 literally none of that is true. It’s also completely irrelevant to this video. Go take your politics somewhere else

@kelrogers8480

2 жыл бұрын

@@vysharra Oh, so nasty Kitty. And so intelligent of you, lol. Let me school you in some basics, dearie: It's my right to share my politics and my opinions when and where I want to. You have the right to disagree. If you don't like that, then YOU be the one to take yourself elsewhere. Hateful individual!

The Icelandic sagas are quiet complex poems, which means that if you tell it wrong, then the poetic structure and rules would not add up. That way a story could be retold over and over without really changing.

@Trailerglotzer

5 жыл бұрын

Which may explain why they loved poetry so much. Clever folks.

@ryanboggs8685

5 жыл бұрын

Oral history can be quite accurate. It was a big deal to memorize it perfectly and recite it perfectly. Native American stories have only recently been written down, but the remembering and retelling of those stories were sacred.

@bfure1

5 жыл бұрын

@@ryanboggs8685 It annoys me that he equates oral tradition with simple stories. Not just anybody was allowed to tell the history in these societies. You had to learn the story from an elder and prove that you could repeat it perfectly before you were seen as worthy of repeating it to the masses. The idea that something so important to a group of people as their history and ancestors would be treated the same as a children's game is pretty insulting.

@abhijeetdave33

4 жыл бұрын

@@bfure1 you can be trained as much as humanly possible, but at the end of the day, we are still human, and we have imperfect brains. Then we can add on how we like to over embellish and romantacize the stories and people we love, and demonize the "villains", whether it be native Americans,Hindus, Vikings, pagans, what have you.

@your_belief_vs_everything

4 жыл бұрын

Dude clearly discounts the viking culture as illiterate therefore his depiction of the Sagas makes them appear like fairy tales. Insulting.

Another theory for Ivar's agnomen "The Boneless" was that he was very flexible and moved his way through everything during fighting

@yassir2824

Жыл бұрын

Another theory is that when ordering at Wingstop, he preferred the boneless wings to the bone-in

@vicioussteamengine7089

6 ай бұрын

Na he was LBTQ and have no Boner!

The whole point is that they condensed the story of Ragnar's sons in the Icelandic sagas into a drama. They did a bleeding great job.

@rodolforamirorivera510

4 жыл бұрын

That’s

@Bassmasterwitacaster

4 жыл бұрын

You are a gay boy

@ronpaulssecretary

3 жыл бұрын

The tale of ragnar lothbrok isn't very long though? They did the exact opposite of condensing it. They expanded it and added ragnar to historical events he wasn't at. I don't think you know what the word "condense" means. If they actually condensed the story, it'd barely be 1 season. Ragnar marries thora, has his first 2 kids, she gets sick, he marries kraka, has more kids, his kids go raid shit that has never been raided before. The end. It'd be a very short show.

there are no mountains in Denmark, the highest is around 140 m.

@Stale_Mahoney

7 жыл бұрын

what is your point? or lack of pointy hills xD

@mikaelbergstrom8419

7 жыл бұрын

I can answer this. The home of Ragnar is supposed to be by the sea of Kattegat, they mention this several times in the series. But there is no mountains or fjords in that area. That sea is between todays Sweden and Denmark and its all flatlands. But in the show there are huge mountains and fjords...

@DonDaddaDanoDaDaneCalledDanno

7 жыл бұрын

+Mikael Bergström Film magic

@artyom1724

7 жыл бұрын

Also Hedeby was in south of sleswig. It is not near Kattegat.

@MihaiRUdeRO

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah the scenery is actually filmed in Western Canada lol

The Last Kingdom. The Viking's or Danes in England at the time of Alfred the Great. On Netflix.

@oliverewarthopkins7818

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that would be so much yes.

@your_belief_vs_everything

4 жыл бұрын

Much better than Vikings

@PokePresto

4 жыл бұрын

Norsemen. A acutal good take and at the same time funny of viking life and culture compared to the bs that is last kingdom and vikings.

@boozycruze7679

4 жыл бұрын

that show is more historically accurate. more so than Vikings but Vikings is a much better drama.

@rhysmalavioson4260

4 жыл бұрын

As well as one called Redbad

23:00 uses scenes from the last kingdom. Tryed to pull a fast one on me nick, but I see what you’re playing! Now you have to do an episode on that show

@KaladinVegapunk

3 жыл бұрын

??? What do you mean? He straight up says it's from Last Kingdom hahah But yeah, same exact time period and setting but different characterization I love uthreds arc and alfred's better in LK, it's funny how different Ubba is in both

@puneetmishra4726

3 жыл бұрын

I personally believe TLK is better than Vikings. It is more accurate, more intriguing and more nuanced.

@itstriplem2069

2 жыл бұрын

@@puneetmishra4726 yeah I like more than vikings, both are good though and I like the fighting scenes in Vikimgs a bot more than TLK, but TLK is way more interesting

King Alfred is my favorite character in The Last Kingdom, id love if you did a video about the show, i know its mostly fantasy but id love to know how faithful the historical parts are

The name Ivar the boneless, derives from the fact that he was often so drunk that he couldnt stand on his feet.. We still use the term today where I come from. "Benlös" or "beinlös"... Ergo - boneless, when someone is really drunk and stumbling around. Well thats just my own theory :)

@arielmetamorphosis

7 жыл бұрын

tillsatt50 where do you come from? Sir?

@MrBrutalicus

7 жыл бұрын

tillsatt50 yea thats a good theory. 👍 i mighty have heard benlös sometimes.

@OttoVonGarfield

7 жыл бұрын

Ivar the Radical, Ivar the Totally Tubular, Ivar The Skateboard Kid.

@nmarbletoe8210

6 жыл бұрын

How about Eystein the Fart, 8th century king of Norway? Mentalfloss website says, "The epithet “Fart” is usually taken to mean that he was a busybody or loudmouth, although no definitive explanation has yet been found."

@Gitarzan66

6 жыл бұрын

I must be a descendant King Eystein the Fart. In my youth I was also known as "The Boneless" In my old age I am know as "The Boneless" as well or "The Old Fart"

A couple of things you brought up is wrong. Scandinavia is far from covered in ice and snow, only during winter and thats only northern sweden/norway, we rarely have much snow in southern sweden and denmark. You spoke of it being authentic yet you did not mention the huge flaws in scenery. 1 Kattegatt didnt excist by name until 17th century(also a dutch name) and it is only a piece of water, not a town. 2 Kattegatt isnt connected to any Fjords as are shown in the series. 3 Hedeby is shown to be close and surrounded by mountains. There are no mountains in denmark, at all, nor any hills near the real location of Hedeby.

@launderedsilvrr2110

6 жыл бұрын

Manadiart you're responding to a year old comment...

@simongillaspie3265

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't Finland also part of Scandinavia?

@stephenbanks9543

4 жыл бұрын

Simon Gillaspie Actually not, they are considered Nordic.

@chatteyj

4 жыл бұрын

I also assumed 'Vikings' was set in Norway. Where is it suppose to be set?

@kentnielsen8034

4 жыл бұрын

@@chatteyj denmark ,ragnar is an old danish king from the myths

I like The Last Kingdom better. Idk if it's historically accurate or if it's authentic, but I like it because the pacing and characters. The show is very fast paced, something is always happening, but somehow I never felt lost. King Alfred is my favorite character in the show.

@shadwdiamnd5291

3 жыл бұрын

After season 3 the show became a bit boring, but i cant wait for season 5!

@IkarusKommt

3 жыл бұрын

The characters are your typical americans, with no trace of actual medieval mentality.

@rc59191

Жыл бұрын

I just wish they'd use the actual shields and tactics that the actual Saxons used. Their weapons, armor, and tactics, were very similar to the Norsemen and they didn't need that dude to teach them to fight in a shield wall formation they already did.

@wargattack8837

9 ай бұрын

the last kingdom is historically accurate

I would LOVE if History Buffs reviewed "The Last Kingdom".

@kristopherriemer4807

3 жыл бұрын

Please this!!! I want to hear a good analysis of that show's historical accuracy! The Alfred in it is so interesting, I hope he's at least based on his historical counterpart.

@mrhaz8939

3 жыл бұрын

@@kristopherriemer4807 Good news for you, The Last Kingdom are incredibly accurate on Alfred, he was considered to be a fair and just character (as shown) and was the only king to be referred to as the “great”. Even when it appears he is harsh to Uhtred, it is only because he goes by the law. He was acted superbly and it showed the impact it had on everyone once he died, showing the importance that his work would continue on. His dream of a United England was also very true, and the battles (especially in season 1) are extremely accurate, especially the one that’s at the end of the first season. Even against all odds Alfred overcame the Danes in a decisive victory.

@mrhaz8939

3 жыл бұрын

@@kristopherriemer4807 Also, when Uhtred was alive (the real Uhtred) he did indeed work for the Ethelred, also known as Ethelred the hopeless, because as accurately shown in the show, he had no redeeming qualities as a king. Uhtred himself does actually marry a dane and was the rightful heir of Bebenaburg. He was actually the ealdorman of North Umbria and owned lots of land all over England. Of course not everything is accurate in the show, including the timeline, however many things are surprisingly true.

Lel the M&B artwork

@15andersh

8 жыл бұрын

+Valdemar Gaardsted Less talk more raiding!

@MrFjordbak

8 жыл бұрын

that's a nice head you have on your shoulders

@Biczeschlappe

8 жыл бұрын

+Valdemar Gaardsted It's almost harvesting season!

@lurpakshakur2230

8 жыл бұрын

My LORD!!!!

@lourenskaufmann7639

8 жыл бұрын

+Valdemar Gaardsted Dead men tell no tales.

Viking this, Vikings that, not everyone was a Viking, in fact most people in Scandinavia weren't Vikings, what with all the "Norse-speaking farmers, fishermen, carpenters, and cheese-makers, who spent between none and very little of their time carrying out sea raids."

@armoredp

8 жыл бұрын

+Palora Correct, Viking was essentially the description of your job. But most people still think it is a nationality or ethnic description.

@atomiicpunk

8 жыл бұрын

+Damir Pryce Theres some really old runestones in Sweden, where the word Viking is used, as a description of pirates.

@danishviking8002

8 жыл бұрын

+Palora Well I cant really agree 100% with you guys. This is the way I see it. First of all, here in Scandinavia every single person from the lands of Scandinavia in the viking age (792-1035) are considered vikings. Thats the term of a viking, at least here. Viking - Scandinavian person from between 792-1035 even if it was a farmer, a fisherman or what so ever. Well, the english language is brutally speaking made by latin and old norse. Of course not every word but many of them, fact. I have actually made a dictionary with a sh*tload of english words coming straight from Scandinavia. One of the "words" are -ing. Lots of cities and small towns around here has a name with -ing and the end, or inge. It seems to be that ing has more translations but the most certain must be that it means something like what/where you are coming from, who you are. Since im danish and I know the scandinavian words I cant see how "vik" cant mean nothing but a shore. Some shallow water, coast area. So my conclusion is that the word viking means man/men someone of the shore/ coming from the shore/sea in other words someone in his boat preparing to go on land. And its hard to believe that this has nothing to do with raids but even so viking is the term of all the Scandinavian people living in between 792-1035. Sorry for my bad english.

@atomiicpunk

8 жыл бұрын

Danish Viking Here in Scandinavia, we don't consider every person who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking age, as Vikings. That's just pure missinformation.

@danishviking8002

8 жыл бұрын

I work at a viking museum under the danish national museum. Its not "missinformation" at all. But if you mean that the term viking doesnt mean scandinavian person between 792-1035 then what ? Then you mean that there were people that we consider people and others we consider vikings living side by side ? Thats ridiculous. I think everyone allready understands that vikings were not only raiders, but also fishermen, hunters. craftmen, farmers etc... literally everything you could be at that time. So who wasnt vikings in the viking age (792-1035) ???

On the Ivar subject... They have definitely for sure found the bones of Ivar the boneless... They were massive... So it's now thought he couldn't walk because of severe giantism.

Please do Last Kingdom next. I love how in the beginning it's pretty accurate to the times and in the books the author even says what parts are real and which he took creative liberty with. Plus you were using video from Last Kingdom so I'm guessing you're probably (hopefully) entertaining the idea. Thank you for your time and keep up the amazing work!

Not you too, another claiming something not really true. Being a Swedish girl who have lived close to different Viking burial sites and the like, it always Bugs me when it is claimed that Vikings didn't write things down just because it wasn't on parchment. The viking Runes, learned a tad of in school as a kid here... Yes, most was on wood that had rot and became dust over time but there are still lots of Stones ingraved with viking runes. Why are these not mentioned? It was the same in that british/american viking documentary showed before one of the Viking seasons. The vikings obviously could read and write, they just didn't use it an everyday way to create books and such. But otherwise, interesting and great vid;):D

@Murf181

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know if all vikings were fully literate at that time but I agree with you. The viking should have clearly identified that parchment as writing medium because that wrote as well but on wood and stone.

@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177

7 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it told in the Havamal that runes shouldn't be used lightheaded. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think norsemen believed them to be magical, some sort of gift from the gods and where used for religious purposes only. So apart from Gothis, norsemen where analphabets.

@omarsig9814

7 жыл бұрын

Im from Iceland and I can inform you that we did write on Papyrus around 1100 A.C At least, if you come to Iceland and to Reykjavik you can go to Arnastofnun 100meter away from Nordic House you can actually see these old books, but if not then I know a guy who actually is as a quardian over the books and I can help you to see them, but not all of theme, most of the books are kept in a safe place in a right temperature and I think in a basement under the foundationhouse called after a man who had this name : Arni, we fleed the king Haraldur around 850 or near 900 and made our own colony and we later discovered Land we called Greenland, the name of that viking was Eirikur the red because he had red hair, his son went to the west and found a land called Vineland, you call it USA, he name was Leifur the Luck, but I will not say anything more now, we have a big history and we publice many hundred books every year, we aer called the natoin of books, we read so much and educationstandard here is very high, everybody here can play chess and the children learn to talk Danish, Swedish and Norwegian and English and in after 16 year they learn French, saga of the Vikings is underestimated, still. I lived in Malmo 1989 to 1991 and that was a great time and beeing able to got to Kobenhavn several time in week was amasing, for me as a Icelandic man.

@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177

7 жыл бұрын

ómar Sig Euh ... well Papyrus? Not parchment? And was Iceland still pagan in 1100 or christian? And I know of Eirikur and Leifur ( I know them as Erik and Leif, but I guess that's a regional thing) and as far as I know Vinland describes New Foundland and Labrador, which are canadian.

@Hafer_

7 жыл бұрын

By 1100 the viking age was already over, so I really doubt you can refer to those who wrote these books as vikings or even pagans. They were probably written by monks since most of the population of that time was illiterate

you should do rome

@Williamstanway

8 жыл бұрын

Rome was my favourite show ever , I love Titus and lucious.

@Octavius0

8 жыл бұрын

+dave h 1st season - Awesome. 2nd season - meh

@Williamstanway

8 жыл бұрын

+Caesar Himself yeah the second season was to rushed due to the cancelation of the show, so the plot was shoehorned into one season, I feel it could have gone on longer, but the sets and the accuracy of that show has been hard to surpass , which is probably why it was cancelled because it cost so much . great show and I still thoroughly enjoyed the second season.

@Octavius0

8 жыл бұрын

William Stanway Yep. It lost its way entirely in the 2nd. Too many uninteresting new characters and odd plotlines that went nowhere. It still had its moments though. Shame there were not more battle scenes as they were very well done.

@Williamstanway

8 жыл бұрын

+Caesar Himself I also think it was probably James purfoys best role he was great as Mark Anthony and has never really hit the nail with slot his other stuff, the first battle scene really drew me in, it really felt authentic.

I stumbled across your videos about a month ago and have been binging them ever since. Fantastic work you're doing.

I watched one of your videos out of sheer curiosity, and I am HOOKED! You're incredibly knowledgeable, thorough and dedicated to your research, and you explain everything in a way that is easily understandable. I've been binge watching your videos and I'm having an absolute blast learning about all the subjects you cover, I can't get enough! Thank you for your dedication to the channel and sharing the fascinating information you've learnt with us, and I can't wait too see what you review next P.S The snakes in the pit are adorable! They're all constrictors, though, so completely harmless. Obviously they couldn't use real poisonous/venomous snakes, though it'd be funny to see him in a pit full of Western Hognoses, the most adorable non lethal venomous snake on Earth (in my humble opinion. They're tiny little sass noodles)

I get irrationally excited when i see a history buffs video in my subscription box.

@HistoryBuffs

8 жыл бұрын

I get the same excitement when I see comments on my videos :)

@innesfinlay8932

8 жыл бұрын

+History Buffs Vikings has come!!!!!! Yes. Also can I fight you in total war?

@skyleonidas9270

8 жыл бұрын

+Jen'Ari-Asha yup

@innesfinlay8932

8 жыл бұрын

+Sky Leonidas Who are you

@innesfinlay8932

8 жыл бұрын

+Innes Finlay Is that your steam name?

I think the show doesn't have the Vikings wearing armor because it would be hard to tell who's who

@andrewofblighty1497

8 жыл бұрын

+Jumping horse productions well there isn't actually much evidence from what Vikings wore, something like only one actual helmet has been found (they found a few rusted to shit ones also), and its the same with mail, even then they are dated to be from like the 900s... they did however have gambeson and leather but like leather was rare because I think it was hard to make, there was also scale armour, which was also dated in like the 900s i believe. but its recorded that Vikings did scavenge armour from battles and used that so yh.

@andrewofblighty1497

8 жыл бұрын

+Jumping horse productions and that from what i remember so it may not be 100% correct, however we cant actually know for sure anyway because nobody today was alive then

@prismadew

8 жыл бұрын

There are a ton of helmets. Also, pretty much all art and carvings involving warriors had them all wearing pointy helmets.

@andrewofblighty1497

8 жыл бұрын

prismadew I did research after this, 1. There isn't a tone of helmets, there are few as I mentioned and 2. Where did you get this carvings had Viking warriors with pointy helmets ? Seeing that there is near to no Norseman carvings with helmets at all, and most if the carvings of Norseman warriors (if you do your research) actually have no helmets at all, most Norseman carvings are of their gods and just story's in runes. I'm not denying helmets existed, just saying there is extremely little evidence of them, that's why there was this horned helmet belief for so long, because they didn't have much evidence. Even the helmets they did have were obviously rare as iron itself was actually expensive during the Viking age, hence why the majority of Norseman used axes, that they would also use for wood.

@Gilmaris

8 жыл бұрын

+prismadew There has only been one helmet found which dates from the Viking age, and that's the Gjermundbu helmet. From the same find is also the only fragment of maille which can be reliably dated to Viking age as well. The Germundbu helmet is a crude version of a helmet popular in the preceding Vendel age, from which we have numerous finds.

Watching this after everything happened really made my jaw drop.. you were legit SPOT ON with your predictions...

i heard that the nickname boneless came from him being sneaky like a snake and even tho snakes have bones its not hard to imagine people calling them boneless

14:10 this fucking scene, i swear to god is the best scene in the entire series. That terryfying smile goddamn Ragnar can be terrifying.

@schishne7546

5 жыл бұрын

True,that was realy terrifying,but also badass

Also I'd like to point out because this annoyed me: Vikings:- Norse raiders Norse:- The ethnic group living in Scandinavia in th 8th & 9th century. Meaning that there were no 'Viking women' or Viking settlements'

@ethanruigrok7946

6 жыл бұрын

well, some women were viking

@katrinepetersen2566

6 жыл бұрын

The Kolchak Exactly! It's like if Everyone in the 'pirate era' would be called a pirate, or if we called all japanese people for yakusa. I don't know if This is entirely correct, but I Seem to remember from my school time, that most viking where looked Down upon (You know, due to making a bad reputation for scandinavian travellers)

@Trailerglotzer

5 жыл бұрын

as were all men under arms back then. what do you think warparties of christian kingdoms did to restock supplies in foreign territory or to gain a little extra? Yep, they raided. And also murdered and raped in the process. That's not a heathen exclusive thing, you know?

@YABBAHEY1

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Davey, You have any English, Irish or German blood in ya ? They live on in you bub.

@Brickcellent

5 жыл бұрын

They're all cucks now so who cares

Just found your channel today and I loved it! Great narration, editing, engaging and entertaining! Definitely subscribed. Good work

At 15:00. Fun fact--the predecessor to the fabulous Louvre Palace in central Paris was first built by the successors of Charles the Bald in the 900s AD to prevent Viking attacks on the city. The Louvre is placed on the narrowest approach along the Seine River leading up to the Ile de la Cite, the heart of medieval Paris. The placement of the Louvre looks northward and westward, the two directions from which Viking raids would come barreling down to Paris.

Would love to see you review HBO's ROME

@SultanTrk

8 жыл бұрын

+VERTiiGO GAMING Verts!!

@mipoorboy1478

8 жыл бұрын

Omg!!!! So true!!! Please do it!!! Rome is still my fav show of all time!!!! If u want history, character driven plots, beautiful and gory fight scenes, gorgeous women and men, treachery , men and women fighting morality (the definition of morality being Roman of course) and so so so much more. Plus it has Kevin McKidd. PleAse do it!!! I'll be waiting for this!!!

@jonathanbaago5312

8 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@philipofmacedon4403

7 жыл бұрын

agree. love rome

@Don1ci1cio

7 жыл бұрын

i guess he wont. sigh. i love the show rome

13:49 Mount & Blade: Warband game cover.

@ilyaXshuffler

7 жыл бұрын

Hey, we have to drink from skulls somehow.

@Sauron930

7 жыл бұрын

THAT'S A NOICE HEEAD YOU HAVE ON YOUR SHEWLDERS

@Aragonstar

7 жыл бұрын

It's almost harvesting season!

@Potatosteam

7 жыл бұрын

You better not be a manhunter.

@warwatch

7 жыл бұрын

My lord !

Great video, I actually live in Ringsted (the place where the thing was in Denmark) and right nearby, is the town of Benløse or Boneless. :)

Mister Hodges, I used to like learning aboot world history. After watching your videos, I do not like it anymore. Now, I do love it! As soon as I get off my massive credit debt, your channel will be the first one to receive my monetary support. Cheers. I enjoy you channels enormously.

This review actually got me into this show, and now its one of my favorites. So thanks for helping me get into Vikings, and also I love the reviews you do. I don't know if you will see this request but I would like to see you do a review on the 1963 film Cleopatra

Great work dude, I am a huge fan of vikings also and love reading the history and stories and such and this was presented perfectly! You deserve more credit :).

I just love that part of the review around 14:14 when nick starts talking about Viking terror traits and we see the long boats sailing up the river adorned with mutalated body's and heads. Then we hear the drums and that cord of music that gos buzz that's some pants to be darken moments right there

Why did it take me so long to find this magnificence, you deserve so much more subs

One point about the geographical accuracy of the show. The 'Vikings' this series purports to depict were surely mostly Danes. Yet the scenery of their homeland is decidedly Norwegian. There are no steep-sided fjords or snow-capped mountains in Denmark.

Most of the regions of Scandinavia are not marked by "deep water fjords and mountains". Only Norway is. Sweden and escpecially Denmark, where the "real" Ragnar supposedly came from, are quite flat and would at the time have consisted of mostly plain woodlands. Most of the vikings coming to England were actually people from Denmark and what is now southern Sweden, yet vikings in English and American recostructions are almost always portrayed as coming from Norway?! What is that all about? I know, fjords and mountains are beautiful and all, but you have to let it go if you want to be accurate. Ragnar is not based on ONE historical figure but probably at least on two. A Swedish prince of the eighth century namned Ragnar Ringsson and a Danish raider called Reginherus. In the sagas he is therefore described both as the son of a Swedish king and as a Dane. His oldest son Björn the Ironsside supposedly inherited the Swedish kingdom after Ragnars death and became the founder of the old Swedish dynasty, while a younger son named Sigurd Snake- in-the-Eye, inherited Denmark.

@e.rudsar1633

5 жыл бұрын

Well Sweden had “stormaktstiden”, and Denmark basically annexed Norway for 400 years, so I’ll say we just give it a pass

This brings back memories, i hear the sneak pit story in ground school from my old danish teacher, when i was a little boy.

Ragnar Lothbrok is what Swedish historians refer to as a "sagokung", which literally translates to "fairy tale king". As far as I know, there's disputes over whether or not Ragnar Lothbrok even was an actual person that existed. Even if he existed, most historians seem to agree that his accomplishments have both been "supplemented" with the accomplishments of other people from the same era; an amalgamation of a multitude of people into a singular character, as well as with completely fictive accomplishments more akin to fantasy. His "sons", however, did exist with absolute certainty, but there's no way of knowing if their father actually was Ragnar.

have you seen The Last Kingdom? it's another Viking age of England story, but from the point of view of the Saxons, namely Wessex, aka the last English kingdom.

@rmmario3396

8 жыл бұрын

Whoa...good info to share...I just brought it up and will check out its first season. It got great ratings and it looks like season two is on the way. Thanks for sharing...

@dartholiver

8 жыл бұрын

here is one review :D /watch?v=vCJUDdEirco

@sean668

7 жыл бұрын

He even uses clips from The Last Kingdom in the video.

@elpresidente5767

7 жыл бұрын

1-i will watch the serie 2- the englsih kingdom was created in 1066 by guillaume le conquèrant :3

@tobiaslindblom2187

7 жыл бұрын

Also known as William the bastard. His great-great-great-great grandfather was Rollo (featured in the Vikings Series).

Ahmad ibn Fadlan - 10th century account of Vikings. Was played by Antonio Bandaras in The 13th Warrior.

The music ( Ragnars vision -season 4 episode 6) is absolutely outstanding!!

wow. You're done already? It was so entertaining. Thank YOU for the great work!

As long as they don't have bloody horns on their helmets it's good enough for me!

@YABBAHEY1

5 жыл бұрын

Too bad no one told them that they would be depicted w/horns accompanied by Vaugner , bet they would've loved that.

Great vid! Could you do one about black sails?

I once sailed on a wooden boat built back in 1904. With all the sails set and favorable conditions it could "only" make 11.5 knots. Great video

I'd love to see you do an update to this regarding seasons 4 and 5 :P. On how the tone will change

13:50 oh the mount and blade main menu guy is "the child lover"

How can you expect Hollywood to get Viking dress portrayed properly when they continue to make dinosaurs without feathers and velociraptors over 2m tall?

Love the last kingdom shout out!! You should a video on that show!

I read that the French used to end the The Lord's Prayer with "and free us from the Norseman" lol

@user-et8vm9cc3t

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda like later in central Europe, where they prayed God to "save us from the arrows of the Magyars".

just to smack your historcal video its not a viking long ship ... its a viking longboat! watch one when it turns... it leans into the turn does it not? a ship leans away from the turn. ( ex navy) forgive my correcting... I blame the whiskey!

@HistoryBuffs

8 жыл бұрын

Then may I ask why does my history books call them Viking Longships? Why do all the documentaries I watch call them Viking Longships? Why does Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Britanica call them Viking Longships?

@Jafmanz

8 жыл бұрын

+History Buffs becuase your history books are talking about ships not boats. you are talking about ships not boats but this video contains boats. not ships. maybe you did a video where you show boats but talk about ships... confusing to say the least.

@Jafmanz

8 жыл бұрын

+History Buffs to most the distinction is subtle but to a mariner or sailor or historian its important. the only distinction in boat vs ship is how it leans to turn. in or out from the turn.

@HistoryBuffs

8 жыл бұрын

What's the title of this video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3Zo1ZWngdfAoag.html

@Jafmanz

8 жыл бұрын

History Buffs yeah the same channel has a viking boat video too... maybe you could ask them ;)

Only started watching Vikings recently. I like it well enough as entertainment. But the portrayal in the second episode of Season 1 of the Celtic monks of late 8th-century Lindisfarne dressed (and tonsured) in the manner of Franciscan friars founded in early 13th-century Italy is a real howler and shows little care for historical accuracy.

@pierdurin

8 жыл бұрын

+Tavuzzi Pust I thought exactly the same. There isn't much care for showing a good reconstruction of the costumes and location of the christian peoples and the clergy back then. They just seem to make efforts trying to present a familiar and stereotyped image of the christians, instead of of an historically accurate one.

@dylantennant6594

6 жыл бұрын

Tavuzzi Pust Those were not Celtic priests, they were Saxons. While the Celts lived in England prior to the Viking age, they were driven out by the Saxons into Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The closet place in England that was Celtic, was Cornwall in the south.

I loved this video. Subbed. looking forward to more.

You sir did not disappoint. Great Video! I love this series and have been watching since season 1. Accurate enough for me and while some commenters dont like the depictions of the Vikings I do appreciate the brutality of the Vikings. We living in present day have no idea of what it was like to live back then, to have death at your side always.

I noticed you have a lot of clips from "The Last Kingdom" in this video. I love that show/ book series. Could you review that one please?

Despite it's faults, I love Vikings. It's one of the best things on TV at the moment and I'm hooked!

finaly! before i watch Your revies on movie/series i tend to watch it. so i can now watch this one about show that i am about to end watching! this a great revie. now i can't wait for what will You make about the rest of the Vikings

I'm so glad I found this video AFTER I watched season 4 of The Vikings. Mr. Hodges, your predictions proved to be true!

dude Athelstan was about to be killed by Rollo and Ragnar told him no this one is mine so yes Ragnar did indeed tell his men not to kill an unarmed priest

@HistoryBuffs

8 жыл бұрын

The only reason why Ragnar told him not to kill Athelstan was because he could speak Norse. Athalstan's knowledge of England and other western lands were extremely valuable. He didn't save him out of the kindness of his heart. Remember he wanted to sacrifice Athelstan in a later episode

@thenickseditious

8 жыл бұрын

+History Buffs yea but u said that he didn't try to stop a single priest from getting killed. regardless he did was my point

@HistoryBuffs

8 жыл бұрын

I said, "We don't see Ragnar step in and stop his men killing innocents," as in more than one person. He let the Vikings kill anyone else except Athalstan who he took as a slave. That hardly counts as him saving his life. My point is that he didn't have that bullshit scene of him being a good guy that we see in every other movie.

@thenickseditious

8 жыл бұрын

+History Buffs no we didn't have that bullshit I agree and its why I love this show.

@caesarsalad44

8 жыл бұрын

+History Buffs at first ragnar took Athelstan to use him at his own advantage but than ragnar respected Athelstan and did not wanted his death. so yeah Floki made a wrong decision by killing him.

So this was made three years ago, and it'd be interesting to see how you feel about the show given its current stories.

Awesome! Love your vídeo! Love the show!

Excellent! This video and the commentaries are a gem! Having tried myself to research into the historical Viking background to better understand the series, I am really impressed by the academic attitude you try to keep. Top marks for that! And the comments round off some loose threads. (A great way to learn) But I would have preferred some words on where the people call Vikings actually came from. And about the sociology, like e.g. the role of women and the function of the thing and command structures. For the future: a clip on The Favourite would be great.

@veronicajensen7690

2 ай бұрын

the Vikings came from Scandinavia, they did however mix with people from the countries they settled, especially with the Baltics, Brits, slavs and Russians/Ukranians but also others so in Viking graves in those countries you find Scandinavian dna mixed with others , the Norsemen(Scandinavians) were farmers so the women and some men were tending the farms, building houses, ships, and a lot of women made clothes and sails for the ships, plus made food and looked after the children and elderly, on the top of the society there were the King or chief (in the beginning there were not 1 King controlling the entire countries) the leader was surrounded by the aristocracy like Jarls (Earl ) in the middle you have the farmers, craftsmen and traders/raiders) on the bottom was the slaves/træll

Could you please doa review of The Last Kingdom??

@wishiwascooler

8 жыл бұрын

I thought some of the footage looked like it was from that show! I may have been mistaken though. Love that series so far and the books are phenomenal!

@tomurg

8 жыл бұрын

wishiwascooler How many of the books have yo read??

@wishiwascooler

8 жыл бұрын

I think there are 2 or 3 out now that I haven't read, I need to get back to them. He is a fantastic writer and his trilogy of books based on the King Arthur mythology is some of the best I have ever read.

@worldsfutureleader5952

7 жыл бұрын

lindybeige has review it, go watch it! it's funny

@tomurg

7 жыл бұрын

+World's Future Leader Seen it, Loved it.

A great Review! But...i really have to question your description of Scandinavia. Deep fjords and mountaineus terrain miht be true for the majority of Norway, but certainly not for Denmark and Sweden. Denmark is almost as flat as a pancake! It's highest natural point above sea level is Møllehøj that is 170,86 meters high. So no mountains there but there are a few fjords. Here in Sweden were I live we do have a few mountains, the highest beeing Kebnekaise at 2099 meters above sea level. It's part of the Scandinavian mountain range running along the border of northern Sweden and Norway. But for the rest we really don't have much mountains, especially not as high and impressive as seen in the show Vikings. Sweden was then and still is a mostly wooded country with a rolling landscape and a few great areas that are very flat. And when it comes to your description of our climate here it's a bit off aswell. Scandinavia is not completely frozen in or snowed over in the Winter, especially not in the southern third of Sweden and in Denmark. I live in Skåne, the most southern province of Sweden and I can tell you that we are lucky (or unlucky depending on ones point of view) if we have one or two continious week with more than 10 cm of snow in a year here. When we get snow it usually rains away whithin hours or days. We actually have so little snow here in southern Sweden and in Denmark that it creats kaos every time we actually recieve a fair amount of snow because there are no real preparation for it so all road or train traffic becomes HUGE problems. And during the Viking era our climate here was actually warmer than it is today so that frozen Scandinavia really depends on were in Scandinavia you lived. In the South of Sweden and in Denmark you would have about the same climate then just as today as in the UK or worthwestern Germany or the Netherlands. In northern Sweden and in Norway however they would have got plenty of snow back then, just as they do today.

@eskilsolver5102

5 жыл бұрын

Skåne e redigt najs

@chatteyj

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed I thought the same as he said it, southern Scandinavia is a very similar climate as much of England and also during the Viking era the climate was warmer hence why Greenland is so called. Its something anti climate change people do not like to acknowledge.

this reminded me to check for s5 of vikings, which is apparantly already completely done. Which is awesome because I can bingewatch the whole thing.

Duke Rollo is one of my Ancestors and great grandfather of mine went with William the Conqueror to England in 1066. We are them. Remember where you come from.

“Never going to touch on characters like Leif erikson” 5 years later... Vikings Valhalla info showcasing Leif erikson.

"I slayed a dragon to win her hand" Translation; I showed her my slong to win her hand. :P

@Vairy_2972

4 жыл бұрын

BergenDev He probably killed a crocodile or some such similar giant scaled beast

@alexman378

4 жыл бұрын

Radman Kurze There are crocodiles in Scandinavia?

@wolfthornnholtzklau4913

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexman378 maybe maybe not

@alexman378

4 жыл бұрын

WolfThornn Holtzklau It doesn’t really seem like the go-to environment for crocodiles...

@seniorscouse3346

4 жыл бұрын

I showed her my slong then put it in her hand

Great video as always man. Would love you to do the same for the last kingdom too.

I love your show, recently have become a subscribe , and have been binge watching much of it, and I much much preferred the old intro, it was much more epic and Match for the show.

Please do a review on: War of Arrows. I haven't found a lot of sources to read about Manchurian invasion to Korea.

can you do Netflix's Marco Polo????

@MultiB2D

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a Mongolian and i love history, Marco Polo was a good series in my opinion, it got many things right but it got many things wrong too. The cool thing is during the series the background characters are sometimes heard talking in Mongolian for example the guards can be heard saying things like "make way peasant", "the king has arrived". The biggest gripes i have with the series is how Mongolian wrestling is shown, my god is it horrendous, its showing 2 people basically just slapping each other back and forth. In actual Mongolian wrestling, you get up close and personal with one another and try to drop the other to the ground whether it by sheer power or by using techniques. The other thing is that Khublai Khaan never executed his brother Arig.

@centurionyt4472

5 жыл бұрын

Peter it’s a shame it got cancelled I really liked it

Found a new favorite channel

I would love to see you reviewing “The Last Kingdom” pls

Love your channel, such a nerd fest! Have you thought about doing The Last Kingdom, since you already used material here? :)

Spoiler alerts for stuff that happened 1200 years ago

I subscribed. I'll love to see more

love history buffs there was just a clip from the last kingdom when can we see a review??

Love this stuff! Would love to see you review the accuracy of Netflix’s “The Last Kingdom”. Maybe it’s already been done and I missed it? Anyhow, The Last Kingdom is like Vikings on steroids! I saw that you used some clips, and got excited! Please!!?

The description of the blood eagle torture concluded with the statement that the victim had to stay "that way" (back open, lungs removed) until he dies. That seemed to imply that the victim would suffer a long, slow death, but, once his lungs were removed (bilateral pneumonectomy), he would no longer be able to oxygenate his blood and his maximum survival time would be no greater than three minutes and the extreme stress of the pain would cause a greatly increased oxygen-demand and he would rapidly exsanguinate from rapid blood-loss from his severed pulmonary arteries, so he'd likely die sooner than three minutes after the bilateral pneumonectomy and mercifully lose consciousness even sooner.

@rmmario3396

8 жыл бұрын

"Now that's an important piece of information!" Even non medical professionals know you can't live long after receiving that procedure. It is, however, an effective way to dissuade others from trying to usurp a king!

What is the scene around 9:58 from? With the horned vikings? Ps, great videos! Really, REALLY enjoyed your Band of Brothers video, was excellent! The King if not already done! Stay safe.

I take it you'll also do "The Last Kingdom" sometime, considering you included some clips of it in this review?

11:00 "Brother Maynard, thatch the holy hand grenade"

When watching the show, I was so surprised that I could understand the when they spoke Anglo-Saxon (?). As it was very similar to old Dutch! Very nice details!

@arinhoad2936

4 жыл бұрын

I definately saw traces of German there (although given that German and English are the only Germanic languages I speak it could have been Dutch). I thought it was a very nice touch as all Germanic languages had a common ancestor which would have been only a few centuries before the plot of vikings, so it makes sense for anglo-saxon to have traces of German.

@davidmchugh4962

3 жыл бұрын

Going even further back Scandinavia ( named after Scania in Sweden) is an area known as the womb of nations along with the Altai mountain region so all Germanic languages and people's originate there

I am really interested in hearing your opinion of the show how it is now in a updated video ;D I am really disappointing in how they handled The great heathen army plot and Bjorn's travels in the Mediterranean in the latest season.

Nick, please do a follow up for the later seasons please!!!!!

Thank you for the recommendation. I must check this out. To be honest was expecting wank like Ironclad. Any show that has the balls to make the main characters horrible people, especially in the name of authenticity, has to at least be worth a go. Also that Child Lover part went a completely different direction to what I was expecting.

@matheusb.dambrowski4639

8 жыл бұрын

ikr

@revinaque1342

8 жыл бұрын

I just started watching Vikings on his recommendation, and it is fantastic! Normally, I don't have much patience for TV series, but I've been watching 5-6 episodes a night! I'm going to run out of episodes before the week is through. Lol. Totally worth it. Like Sherlock, it's a series that doesn't underestimate the viewers' intelligence.

@matheusb.dambrowski4639

8 жыл бұрын

Revina Que Yep

@marypigott5213

8 жыл бұрын

+Revina Que Same here. I started watching last week and am half way through season three..I love historic shows and this one is one of the best I've seen.

Regards sends his Carmine

the Bayeux Tapestry shows stirrups being introduced into England in 1066 at the battle of Hastings or about 300 years after the time frame of the TV show

Suggestion for review: 'The Warlord'! The ' Boneless chieftain: Valentin le désossé?

Vikings got me listening to Fever Ray. That alone won it lots of points.

You should totally review the Last Kingdom!

If you're going to show clips of The Last Kingdom (like at 21:35) then you should definitely do a review of its first 3 seasons. I know there are some inaccuracies, but it too deals with a lot of historical figures like Alfred the Great and Earl Ragnar the Fearless

Well done!