I understand the Oseberg reconstruction team then sailed South and plundered the British Museum and the Louvre. When asked why, the scientists explained they were going for "authenticity".

Im on a team that has made a 100 accurate replica of the Oseberg shown here and now we are making the Gokstad ship. We Will be done 5 - 6 years

@tobilikebacon

2 жыл бұрын

in what country?

@mobilegamersunite

2 жыл бұрын

I would kill to sail that ship! Sounds like a fun job.

@mobilegamersunite

2 жыл бұрын

Can you build me one that's motorized? 😂 Now that would be a badass ship....fuk a yacht ⛵ 😂

@thisguy8100

2 жыл бұрын

What is your life lol

@fredenord2411

2 жыл бұрын

@@thisguy8100 its pretty good. Could not wish for a better job

Big plus for mentioning the importance of wetstones.

the intertwined art on stone carvings and metal work always make me wonder about how much more inscriptions and art that was probably carved into wood that we will never know about, and the historical and mythological events they may have described the metal work is so much more complex than the stone carvings, and since wood is easier to work with than either of them, i bet we have lost some of the most complex and amazing artwork humanity has ever produced

@TrapperAaron

2 жыл бұрын

I would argue that something like our contemporary spacecraft are far more complex than anything produced by the Norse peoples of 2000 years ago. Just saying.

@MlSHKlN

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrapperAaron artwork

@civroger

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrapperAaron Yes, because spacecrafts are filled with thousands of years of history and art...Way to miss the point entirely XD

@kylegreene1356

Жыл бұрын

@@TrapperAaron learn to read.

@bobjohnson1633

Жыл бұрын

Aside from China, the only generally literate people where citizens of the Roman Christian empire starting with normalization of Latin bibles in the 5th century. If you weren't one of a few advanced societies prior to 1000 years ago, your people likely had barely any writings of any kind.

I'm just a lowly welder. But in awe of their ability to forge iron hot enough to create these awesome mighty fearsome weapons.

@chrisdeal9945

2 жыл бұрын

Welders aren't lowly , carnies and roadies are lowly lol ! A lot of roofers also. Im a welder too and we are watching stuff like this over cartoons, netflix or bookface

@mattl3729

Жыл бұрын

I've forged stuff like this for a long time and sure, it's cool but just like anything else, it's mainly only amazing because you can't do it yourself (yet). It's not actually all that difficult with some training and practice. I'm not a great welder so seeing how some people- let alone professionals- do it kind of amazes me LOL

@kolspok6125

Жыл бұрын

Ur not lowly imo engineers are the most important jobs humanity has ever mby farming is its only equal think about it in the last 4000 years engineers have been responsible for almost every innovation in tech we buildt the world we live in today and we would all be cave men without them theres not many jobs u could say that about so be proud to be a welder ur trade had carried humanity into the modern age

@TheNguyenGiap

Жыл бұрын

From a time when the ships were made of wood and the men were made of iron...

@bobjohnson1633

Жыл бұрын

Expert engineers were far more limited in the scope of their skills compared to a welder that has 26 hours away from work to sleep and screw off.

The Viking fighting axe is very similar to hewing axes used to square logs and timber. Quite similar. A bearded axe and adze were integral to boat building. The iron age provided the technology to make larger boats. The tools {axes} they used to build boats were instantly utilized to raid and pillage.

@thomasclerke4725

Жыл бұрын

I agree. When an axe is used and mastered to cut trees, it then would be most deadly. The force and aim is practiced to do the most damage efficiently with the least effort. They were certainly woodsmen.

@simen6637

Жыл бұрын

They had at least 27 different types of axes for ship building. We know about sets of 27 but it might have been more.. It is true that the bearded axe is mostly for carving shipwork but also bigger bearded axes was used to fight with. They were mostly sharp both in front of the axe as usual AND underside of the axe head. They used that to cut anklels under shieldwalls.

Fun fact... There is records that a sharpening stone was used as a weapon in war. It was a large stone.

@ReasonAboveEverything

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's a heavy thing. Propably occured more than once.

@davidslor7103

2 жыл бұрын

@Hamsteren 2 In the duel between Thor and the jætte (giant troll) Hrungner, Thor had Mjølner and Hrungner had his trusted and - until then - highly effective sharpening stone. They both hurled their weapons and Mjølner crushed both the sharpening stone and Hrungners skull in one go. But a splint from the sharpening Stone embedded itself in Thors forehead. It stayed there and it said that every time a human in middle earth sharpens a knive, sword or axe the splint vibrates and disturbs Thors thoughts...

@raimundotorres44

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidslor7103 I found sharpening my knives on a whetstone a bit therapeutic, but now that you said that I feel bad for Thor.

@davidslor7103

2 жыл бұрын

@@raimundotorres44 Hehe. Maybe that's why you should never let your tools go completely dull so they need a thorough overhaul, but just a very gentle touch up. Otherwise you might get an unpleasant visit from a headache ridden thundergod.

The wood carvings are some of the most exquisite I have ever seen.

Dude just think how incredibly amazing it would be to build a Viking ship, from start to finish, completely the way they used to do it and sail it on the seas! I can't wrap my head around it.

@ZuNk

Жыл бұрын

Just awesome! And sailing up rivers and stuff. In Norway we have a viking ship called ''Draken Harald Hårfagre''. Look up ''Draken in the north sea storm'' on youtube :D they sail it through some rough sea. They sailed it to the U.S aswell :)

@shanechambers9529

Жыл бұрын

One day I'll know

@henriknielsen9674

2 ай бұрын

We do it in my town, we got loads of real viking ships. (Roskilde viking ship museum)

2:14 "Vikings went to war equipped to kill". As opposed to whom? No other army had done that before? Tha facts man.

@givemegrape1688

2 жыл бұрын

as opposed to those who didnt obviously, silly question really

@mattiaswennerhult9451

2 жыл бұрын

@@givemegrape1688 Those who went to war not equipped to kill? Would that be people like you maybe? "I'm going to war equipped to plant flowers!"

@givemegrape1688

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattiaswennerhult9451 pfft, nah, someones gotta run the hotdog stand when time out is called. Come on dude, get with the picture here.

@MyBinaryLife

3 ай бұрын

there is no one who didnt. everyone went to war equipped to kill@@givemegrape1688

This is fascinating! Thank you so much for this beautiful documentary!

Both the Oseberg Ship, at Oslo, and the Roskilde Museum in Denmark are so worth seeing. Next to the Oseberg ship, there are some fragments of textile that really make you marvel at how sophisticated such people must have been. Don't miss them. How can we comprehend that such people evolved with such finesse?

@Apeshaft

2 жыл бұрын

And if you visit Sweden, you should really visit the Wasa museum. It's not a viking ship, but it dominated the Baltic sea completely for over 15 minutes before it sank.

@orionrodi

2 жыл бұрын

As an "old" shipbuilder, i'm impressed, that some of the ships, could sail up to 22 knots.

@tim1398

Жыл бұрын

@@Apeshaft That's what happens when absolute rulers design things.

33:03 give these two a whole documentary

@j.p.foleyjr.6333

2 жыл бұрын

That head strike will cost him later lol

31:47 The guy doing the translation is definitely going above and beyond to have a strong warrior's voice! LOL

@TheMattc999

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@VulcanM61

2 жыл бұрын

wtf was that. why was he a cartoon 😂

@waynegray675

2 жыл бұрын

I know right! I was hoping to find a comment pointing out the translator's hyperbole 😂🤣

38:50 - The Vikings did NOT "Capture" Constantinople. Are are they being conflated with the 1204 capture by Latin forces? If anything, the Vikings were very friendly with the Eastern Romans, and even provided Imperial Bodyguards.

@kalebloshbough1551

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah wtf is he talking about unless he means crusaders had Viking mercenarys

@unicornstuffing4831

2 жыл бұрын

you're right, they did try to sack Constantinople or at least Bjorn Jarnsida (most know him as "Bjorn Ironside") did, but they never captured it. After they tried Basil II was so impressed by them he created the Varangian guard. Only capture I remember on the top of my head is by Latin forces in the early 13th century and then later the Ottomans in mid 15th (1445 to 1450's)

@wishnow3802

2 жыл бұрын

Poor script writing combined with editing. Try not to blame the historians

@Georges_Haussmann

2 жыл бұрын

What its referring too is the swedes of Kiev, who on behalf of the deposed Roman emperor retook it

@salrivera7578

2 жыл бұрын

Jjj viking never even conquer galicia spain but I can tell they start to work for the Christian kingdom and by the end of the day they return back home talking they found the real God in the south plus they still have the cross hanging in there neck the only reason they went through the water gate in south spain because a deal was made with the Christian kingdom first and then they start going east to get everything was needed and they still work for the bother hood princess

Excellent documentary 👏👏👏. It filled my thirst for history

After doing geneology research, which I began years ago, I have found out and need to let others, including the curator at the Oslo Viking Ship museum, know that the female older lady was indeed, my direct ancestor, Asa Haraldsdottir, Queen of Norway, and my 40th great grandmother. She was the daughter of Harold, The Redbeard, born in 743 in Norway and died in 834. LOL, I startaed kayaking in the 1990's, which have a very similar build to these Viking ships, generally, in terms of being able to navigate shallow waters. Also, my skeleton is almost the same as the one of the "older lady" found in the ship! 🙂Also, I have a battle axe, which is very comfortable for me to hold, as well as other classic Norwegian traits, included being "addicted" to being in the water, for all of my life! Reply

Love how ornate the ships were and the fact that both half of the ship is identical, split in half like a mirror from the same stock wood.

@2003evodave

Жыл бұрын

What??? Why would any ships hull be different from the port side to starboard side?

@george2113

Жыл бұрын

@@2003evodave the shipwright who built like Jake Lingerfelt would have been given the blood eagle. This guy built a house with the east side a cinder block shorter than the west side. His measuring tool was a yard stick with the first three inches missing. My brother and I put the shingles on the roof.

Earned a sub and another notch in the algorithm. Thank You!

We have the first Gokstad Viking Ship replica here in the USA. Norway built it and sailed it here in 1893 for the Chicago Worlds Columbian Exposition. My friend Max was key to getting it put away and back under cover from the elements saving it. Before they moved it inside he took me to see it ware they had it sitting outside just under a tin roof canopy for years. I climbed under the cheep fence and went aboard taking many cool pictures.The ship is still intact but needs restoration. Max Hansen has been to Norway and brought it to their and everybody's attention to save it. That is how it got moved indoors. I felt my heritage when I was on that ship.

I loved the series where the celebrities became how people lived in certain times. Would love to see it done in different times again. That was excellent.

This is so interesting. This is the kind of Absolute History episode I really like, second only to watching Ruth & Co. live and work in historical settings.

@varden506

2 жыл бұрын

They’re actually not produced by absolute history, all these history channels are owned by Little dot studios who pay to relicense other companies documentaries for monetization on KZread. You can actually find all of the ones they haven’t released on KZread , some are even on their other channel “Timeline”. Just incase ya wanna find the rest of some of these series!

@ExkupidsMom

2 жыл бұрын

@@varden506 I had no idea! Thank you so much! I will keep my eyes out. Your explanation makes so much more sense. I couldn't understand how this lovely calm show sometimes went completely off the rails into sensationalism. Now I know. :-)

@varden506

2 жыл бұрын

@@ExkupidsMom my pleasure! Yup that’s exactly how that ends up happening 😂 I had a similar experience before I found out. The channels of theirs I’ve found besides this one so far are : a Odyssey-Ancient History channel, Timeline, Perspective, and Tracks. and they’ve all got super fascinating documentaries on there depending on what one is looking for!

@ExkupidsMom

2 жыл бұрын

@@varden506 Thanks! I'm going to go check them out. Not that I need any more distractions from work, but I'm going to take my chances! You're a peach, RV.

@garyfordham4447

2 жыл бұрын

@@varden506 hvhb no

"Vikings believed that everything had its place and purpose; there was a deity for practically everything. Their religion was polytheistic, animistic, and pantheistic; in their belief system, even inanimate objects had souls. They held old-world magic in high regard, and there were elements of shamanism in their religion. This list explores the key elements of what Vikings believed." - Lyra Radford

@jakevoss7885

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds remarkably like Shintoism

@woodspirit98

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you knew a whole lot of them.

@LegendStormcrow

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakevoss7885 I thought the same thing. Weird that I know more about Shintoism, yet I'm decended from the Norse.

@woodspirit98

2 жыл бұрын

Even their shoes had souls

@TrapperAaron

2 жыл бұрын

TLDR Don't mean to be a dick but doesn't polytheism cover the rest of the adjectives listed?

32:00 took me so off guard. That voice actor had a lot of fun lol

Thank You for the knowledge.

In all the talk of the modern reproduction of viking ships, no mention of Gerhard Folgero's cross-Atlantic voyage in 1927, or the Hjemkomst's in 1982?

@ovehall6359

2 жыл бұрын

Hjemkomst means homecoming

@bufordhighwater9872

2 жыл бұрын

@@ovehall6359 It was also the name of a ship built in Minnesota by a school guidance counselor, whose children sailed it from Duluth, Minnesota to Bergen, Norway in 1982.

@OpalBees

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving me another rabbit hole to fall down, haha. I can already see where this voyage would have proved… a lot

@MrVvulf

2 жыл бұрын

You left out the "Viking" which sailed from Bergen, Norway to Chicago in 1893, and was an exact replica of the Gokstad ship. The Atlantic crossing portion of the journey took around a month, and then a couple months (with publicity stops) to navigate the riverways up to Chicago. It was sailed by Captain Magnus Andersen and 11 crew members. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_(replica_Viking_longship)

The Vikings are my biggest influence in knife design. I can’t wait to get the forge up and running to start making them.

Excellent job and a joy to watch!

I remember reading a scientific study on Norse swords from burial mounds that actually disagrees with a few of the points here. The scientific teams analyzed the composition of the swords and discovered they were much to brittle to have been used in battle. The teams surmised that the swords were much more likely a status symbol than a battle weapon. I guess it kinda plays into the Viking love for axes theme.

@pjschmid2251

2 жыл бұрын

But most of the time then we were referred to as ceremonial swords which would seem to indicate that they were swords that would not have been carried into battle and therefore being brittle would not be a consideration.

@juliamorales6620

2 жыл бұрын

If the Vikings were pirates, how could yhey

@grendel_nz

2 жыл бұрын

And those swords could have been captured from defeated ppl rather than wasting the good weapons they passed thru their families.

@Redbird1504

2 жыл бұрын

@@grendel_nz I don't think you'd bury your loved ones with someone elses shit. Plus these were made in the Norse style not the English.

@Redbird1504

2 жыл бұрын

@@abcdef-qk6jf Pretty sure anyone with access to the actual grave goods and scientific equipment to analyze the make-up can tell the difference.

Absolute History weapons of the Viking & Ships Listening from Mass USA TYVM 💙

These were farmers and fishermen that were tough and had to be creative just to live. They left their homelands in search of a better life. They took it. And most of the times left no witnesses. Creative and intelligent.

33:00 😂 when he hits the guy on the head. The look on that guy face, like wtf bro.😂

I had a beautiful stick and poke tattoo done at Kai Uwe Faust’s studio in Copenhagen. Good to see the old sod in his glory!!

At least in the beginning, not many Viking Warriors had Swords. Swords were very expensive, and the first raids were done out of pretty much desperation for resources. The most common weapons were axes and spears. The outspread use of swords came later. And when it came to armor they used whatever they could get their hands on. In later period the chainmail were much used, once they had resources to get them. But they used whatever they could get their hands on, however they could get their hands on it. They were practical, in the way that they did not just keep using whatever they always used. If they could get their hands on something better, they used it.

The Vikings also stripped the dead foes of weapons and armor

Thank you!

Nice. But...the Vikings did not "Capture Constantinople."

A simple stick wielded by a master will always defeat, a masterful sword wielded by a simple man

Why were Vikings so prolific in battle? Well, I certainly don't want to fight someone whose highest goal is to die in battle 😂

My grandmother came here from Oslo ,Norway when she was 14 years old. I love learning more about my heritage.

@bobjohnson1633

Жыл бұрын

9th century Norwegians and 21st century Norwegians are not really the same people. We raped, pillaged, and took all the hot ladies from other countries we invaded. After a few hundred years, Norwegians are more genetically diverse for homosapiens, which is a plus

@dinogovender5074

Жыл бұрын

I hope you also love you original religion as well. It is just as important!!!

@laurienevells8301

Жыл бұрын

My pagan roots are firmly planted.

@dinogovender5074

Жыл бұрын

@@laurienevells8301 Do you still follow the Pagan religion or Christianity?

@laurienevells8301

Жыл бұрын

@Dino Govender I don't practice any organized religion. More Shamanism, honor the Mother Earth and all things . Some may say ,I'm a witch. Nature is best. I don't believe in sacrifice.

The Warriors wielding them

i really enjoy the roskilde vikingeskibs museum if you ever visit near the area it's a place filled with information about viking history!

Wood that comes from bent logs can have what is known as reaction wood. The wood on the convex side can be very brittle and crack easily. I would imagine that they had a sharp eye for such features, but must have rejected a lot of wood.

@kezzler9556

2 жыл бұрын

They used the same method when building the 17ct man of wars. They would study the natural curve in each piece and use it to gain strength.

@dougyfresh198095

2 жыл бұрын

It's really not hard to see the planks one can get out of each individual tree. Because just like everything else no two are the same. Especially since living in true nature was life. I sometimes wonder what they would think of the world today if they could see it.

@Fenrir.Gleipnir

Жыл бұрын

They where craftsmen and the wood they choose is very very very strong!

Did not expect to see Kai-uwe Faust from Heilung in this. A nice surprise.

@garethtudor836

2 жыл бұрын

My immediate thought when I saw him: "He looks very familiar." Then the name...

read a book called "Byzentium" that had Vikings that ventured all the way to Central Turkey were they were slaves until they were freed and went back to Scandanavia. It was a great book!!!

@LegionTacticoolCutlery

2 жыл бұрын

I thought they were paid mercs.

@TheKnitch

2 жыл бұрын

Byzantium?

@cliffwoodbury5319

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKnitch by steven r. lawhead

@primovictoria353

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKnitch pretty sure that’s the name for Constantinople before Constantine the great renamed it, reason Byzantine empire was called Byzantine

@Cardan011

2 жыл бұрын

@@primovictoria353 eastern Romans never called themselves Byzantines, that was invention of 19. Century Anglo Germanic historians

As a blacksmith I'm always baffled by how the Vikings forged there swords amazing people so much art went into everything they did

@mickryan2450

2 жыл бұрын

Not hard when u know how

i love this channel so much it gets better and better. how do I work for you? I live in Idaho and have recording experience and have been on tv and the radio a few times in my life. Anyway, my name is Sandon Sims and I'm a 9th generation Idahoan.

Why is the voiceover actor hamming it up and taking the piss?

@SecretSquirrelFun

2 жыл бұрын

YES. Thank you, it’s so weird. I’d like to know what the brief was, because they really really got it wrong. One of the voices translating, sounds like the guys had a little bit too much caffeine or way too many red lollies ha ha,

Wet stones and their proper utilisation is still to me so important to sharpen my tools. I never realized before where this habit came from. Thanks for clarifying it for me. I am partly Norman and Scott’s.

Everyone should have the chance to swing a Viking ax against an enemy at least once in their life!

You could say “atleast” 100’years before. But let’s be real. The Angles, Saxons, and jutes were basically Vikings about 6 centuries before the first recorded “Norse viking” raids.

The courage of the arm that weilds them.

I think Ive heard that "the sword is for play, the axe is for work" was a Viking proverb. The axe was the iconic weapon. The spear was the second most used. But that goes for all cultures on earth almost. They had a god of archery "Ullr" that gave name to alot of places in Sweden. But is not mentioned much among the outflown vikings. Bows where made of a lesser material than down south and where probably used more for hunting.

Great video, Lathom house ( Lay thumb) Lathom.

The one thing that bothered me in this documentary was when the Narrator say's at 2:11 *víkings went into battle equipped to kill" it kinda explains itself that when you go into battle you kill. What else would you do plant doilies.

wow incredible

Nice👑💎

I had been given to understand that the Norse method used in the Viking age was done using needle and thread. A needle was threaded and the ink applied to the thread and the pattern literally sewn into the skin,the thread was pulled through, and the ink was deposited. The method demonstrated as the Vikings method was one I've encountered amongst Polynesian and western Pacific people. I'm no expert if anyone knows for sure please put it into the comments.

@goose4454

Жыл бұрын

my Samoan friend had his tattoos all done with a hammer and chisel like device.

@nothanks9503

Жыл бұрын

The thread technique was used by native Americans as sort of transformation through pain ceremony but it’s likely people did this in multiple places as people in prisons all over the world still use this method

@nothanks9503

Жыл бұрын

@@goose4454that’s an under statement it’s more like a paint brush of needles than a chisel

@goose4454

Жыл бұрын

@@nothanks9503 sorry mate didn't mean to belittle the way it was done.

@nothanks9503

Жыл бұрын

@@goose4454 really tenderizes the meat

Those weapons are glorious, perfect for almighty warriors

I've always heard about the Vikings' reputation, but this gives a whole new perspective on their effectiveness in combat. Still, I wonder how much of their 'invincibility' is mythologized by history.

@Vikingocazar

3 ай бұрын

It’s interesting. Not all the Viking nations were tempered the same. My people were Danes. They were incredibly vicious by reputation. The Norwegian Vikings basically got their asses handed to them by the natives in Newfoundland and turned tail to run away. So no, they were far from invincible.

They definitely did NOT "capture" Constantinople. Also, the overstatement of "Vikings" reaching the "farthest steppes of Russia" would mean Lake Baikal region, which they certainly never even approached. They descended the Volga, and much later, the Dnieper.

I'm just here for the "I'm descended from Scandinavia so I'm a viking" comments....😂😂😂

@MyBinaryLife

3 ай бұрын

you dont even have to be scandinavian to be a viking, it was more of a culture and lifestyle, one that many scots adopted around the year 900 despite having no shared ancestry.

It ain't the bow, it ain't the arrow, it ain't the quiver, It''s the injun.

I’m studying bearded axes to know how to properly use them in Blade & Sorcery VR.

I may be wrong but i believe there has only been one fully in tact Viking Helmet? I saw a tool used for making decorations fro 700-800 A.D. that shows a man on the left with giant horns on it in a very Japanese style helmet and to his right a Ulfhednar. A type of Berserker dressed as a wolf.

What a legendary people 😳👿

if you have a crew of 30, plus a helmsman and lookout, you have a crew of 32

@thedude8046

2 жыл бұрын

Aha!

@juliamorales6620

2 жыл бұрын

If the Vikings were pirates how could they also be tradesmen? I for one, would be terrified enough not to want any contact with them other than to kill them.

@SK83RJOSH

2 жыл бұрын

@@juliamorales6620 I wonder if maybe history isn't so black and white, and that perhaps just as we do today, they had different alliances and relationships with their neighbors? Not to rain on your parade or anything of course.

@noahway13

2 жыл бұрын

You have a PHD in math ?

@citin7829

2 жыл бұрын

@@noahway13 i do

Axes and hammers are for carpentry work and very durable. Also very effective as impact weapons.

I am a proud "Born Again Pagan" of Viking ancestry.

I love it. They thought that the bones of their ancestors made their swords stronger and the bones did. It brought carbon into the mix and therefore the swords were made of steel. Maybe the first steel. Accident, or did their ancient wisdom know something?

@bobjohnson1633

Жыл бұрын

Humans hadn't been there long enough compared with societies in north Africa, Asia and southern Europe. Steel is definitely older than Nordic peoples.

Great Doku but only one tiny mistake, the sworts get bent only of enemies , because on that way they cant fight u in Walhalla with that . Not because of stealing. Greetings from a danish viking.

@andykapsar4667

2 жыл бұрын

was it that? or did they bend them because they thought swords carried mythical power, snd bending it broke that power?

@laun4724

2 жыл бұрын

Why did they have to fight in Walhalla? Where can I read how the imagined the afterlife.

@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479

Жыл бұрын

@@laun4724 they fought each day in the courtyard as practise for Ragnarök, though the most common reason to bend swords of the dead was so they don't come back as Draugrs, or if they did they would do so without a good weapon

I can't imagine crossing the North Atlantic in a long boat. It's been years since I read about it but the long boats didn't come out on top everytime fighting the sea. I believe Leif Ericsson set sail with 22 ships and 14 arrived in Greenland if I'm remembering correctly. I don't think the story mentions if the sailors and families were rescued from the ships that foundered. Life was dear and cheap at the sametime.

@nothanks9503

Жыл бұрын

Life was in more ways cheap to this it’s still part of Finnish culture to leave crying babies outside in a box the government gives you and to my understanding their weapons and boats were substantially outclassed by almost everyone they ran into they basically won battles out of desperation and they were desperate because they didn’t have many resources back home

Engravings give every tactical advantage

In reference to what the man is saying at 24::45, the Vikings did not have or use Damasc (Damascus) steel. They used pattern welded steel, which is very different, and a person in his position should know the difference, and not conflate the two.

The only evidence of lamellar, the plates stitched together with leather thongs, from the Viking era, is from Birka. But there is no information if it was actually produced locally or imported.

@cloudstrife3083

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i was a little bit triggered considering this is a history channel

@shadpant9255

2 жыл бұрын

the fact that it's made of leather is even more surprising i have a hard time believing someone would choose small pieces of leather stitched together instead of gambeson

@kristofantal8801

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadpant9255 Yes and there is no evidence for Viking leather armor...

@primovictoria353

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristofantal8801 from what I’ve heard, there’s no evidence the Vikings used it, but if they had any at all, it would have been like that one, but it would have been imported from the east not made locally

I'm a decendant of these great warriors mup.

Historical significance of the materials recovered from the earth revealed the ages and how they were built and made of.

LEGENDS & CHRONICLES. Thank you, I am happy to know the Tree and the Rainbow Bridge. "The Vikings belied in a multitude of realms or home worlds in their universe, nine in total, populated by the Gods, humans, the giants and the sinners. These realms were bonded by the Viking world tree, known as Yggdrasil, which was an ash tree with special powers, its home was rooted in the centre of these Norse realms. The three primary realms were Niflheim, Midgard and Asgard, which we go into a little bit more detail about below. Nilfheim Nilfheim was the world of the mist, and literally translates as the ‘land of freezing mist’. Dark, cold and clouded in said mist, Nilfheim was unfriendly if we were to describe it in a few words. Niflheim was located in the far north, and on the lowest rung of the Norse universe. It was reserved for cold blooded murderers, people who broke the Viking oaths and ner do wellers. Midgard Midgard was the middle realm, the land of mortals in ancient Norse times. This human filled land was linked to the home of the Gods, Asgard by the rainbow bridge. Asgard Asgard in ancient Norse mythology and religion was the home of the Aesir gods, led by the mighty Odin. Asgard itself was home to many realms inside its boundaries including Valhalla and more. Asgard was located in the middle of the Viking world, and on the highest rung of the Norse universe. It was populated by the elite gods the Aesir, including such as Odin, his wife Frigg, Thor and many more."

"Because the Vikings did not use Swords, they used axes to cut the wood" ???? Yeah no shit. Wtf are you insinuating?? That you cut wood with swords normally??

@pollauritsabrahamsenjq1618

2 жыл бұрын

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That feeling when you think you're just watching a documentary about Norse sailing and weapons, but then by the end they're even interviewing a guy about the culture's tattooing practices; and not just any guy to boot LOL... Kai Ewe Faust may have just been a tattoo artist back when this was filmed but now he's the frontman of the extremely cool Proto-Germanic historical recreationist Dark Folk music group known as Heilung.

Vikings never conquered Constantinople. There was a major assault in 860, but it was turned back. The only way they got inside the walls was as members of the Varangian guard, the personal guard of the Byzantine Emperor. And there's no hard evidence that tattoos were commonplace in the Viking age.

12:53. “Because the Vikings didn’t use swords, they used Axes to build the ships “ - No one uses swords to build ships - Vikings did use swords for battle.

yes the old argument, chainmail is very expensive, and therefore very rare, because we never find it in graves... yet most tapestries and paintings show armies in chainmail, saga's describe armies in chainmail... maybe, and this is a guess, because it was expensive and difficult to make, (its not, just time consuming) it was saved from the grave? You'll also note that fancy swords are buried in fancy graves, swords that are easily bent... (granted they could be heated and then bent) but rarely do you find utilitarian weapons, the ones that work well got handed down to the grandkids who wear em out and ... recycle them... Also note: rome fielded entire legions covered in armor, yet very few examples have survived, but no one ever questions that roman legions were not armored. Why?

I think my favorite part of this video is how if the person being translated looks wimpy they have a rather refined almost prissy sounding voice in the translation vs if the dude is dressed in armor and holding weapons the voice is a big gruff sounding voice. Really adds to it in some way I cant explain. lol

Greetings from Norway 🇧🇻 the land of Vikings my decendents are vikings and anglo saxons as I'm part norwegian and british. This is so interesting great video☺️👍🏻

I'm guessing it was sharp and slashy and the men were very shouty.

....no evidence of leather padded armor. Leather would be more used for boots/straps and such. The armor the narrator probably meant was quilted linen (many layers)...super cheap, warm, light, can swim in and offers good defensive properties. A good choice for raiders!

PERKELE best tactic ever

Trading and raiding, true. Trading dried cod from Iceland to the Levant. Boats traded into the United States, the Kensington stone, and and traded with India for crucibal steel. They founded Russia, fought for the Turks of Constantinople, and settled southern Italy for the Pope.

Front of the boat looks like an axe blade

"Imagine if all modern soldiers were be berried with their weapons. The Vikings knew a thing or two, about a thing or two.

OMG the story of the bearded woman viking warrior/witch is so good!

I like how the voiceover sometimes sais totaly different things than the person they are dubbing..

1:48 there is nothing to indicate that the vikings ever used leather armor, especially something as intricate as to be modeled after lamellar. at this point they would have been wearing padded jackets or mail. I'm not sure if the Norse at the time were big on raising cows, but if they were, I suppose there might be the possibility of them using hide for armor if they couldn't afford anything else.

A correction. The vikings never captured Constantinople. They coveted it but could never breach its walls. They may have carried their ships overland to attempt conquering it, but did not succeed. But many vikings were recognised for their skill and hired as bodyguards by the Eastern Roman Emperors, coming to be called the Varangians.

BTW, what do you call a 'ceremonial' sword? I know the Norse liked ornate weapons, but I never knew them to have any solely for display.

@myfaceismyshield5963

Жыл бұрын

They would just call it a sword or a ceremonial sword, there's no fancy name for that, just translation. Some swords had given names, if the weapon was important or said to be magical. Many characters in norse sagas about heroes and gods had named weapons, so many vikings would also name their weapons. An example of a story like this would be the Hervarar saga, where a man named Angantyr and his two brothers were said to have been given three magical swords Tyrfing, Hrotte and Misteltein. Many real norsemen would emulate these stories by naming their own weapons or armour. There were also many ceremonies and rites in the ancient norse religion (many of the rites were inspired by celtic traditions, like most of their ornamentations and crafted items were, after the vikings had raided and traded across celtic areas) and a lot of those rituals would have used weapons as symbolic objects. And often they wouldn't want to use a real weapon in a ceremony, or make a real weapon so ornate, since ornamentation could hinder effectiveness in battle. These impractical weapons wouldn't have been given fancy names, unless they symbolised a particular mythological weapon, such as Gungnir or Mjölnir.

the Vikings wielding them ....

So when on the Great Lakes or the ocean one appears to be: a)immune to seasickness, and b) amused by bad weather; the viking DNA is kicking in?

They had to have knowledge of the weather like we have now. Can you imagine those boats in a storm in the middle of the ocean. Hundreds of feet tall waves😳

@OutnBacker

2 жыл бұрын

Typical N. Atlantic weather was no different then, than now. Waves of 15 feet are normal with swells at least that in summer. In fall and winter, waves can be 45 feet on any given day. I have doubts about Norsemen sailing in such weather. They weren't stupid or suicidal, and they feared and respected fate. Their boats were strong, but mostly for the purpose of coastal cruising, raids, and trade - not for open ocean voyages. Those were exceedingly rare. The Norse were not that different from other sailors at the time and stayed within sight of land for safety and for navigation. Norse ships were clinker planked, shallow draft vessels with low freeboard, meaning they were vulnerable to excessive leaking and swamping in high seas , but very good at coastal cruising and navigating tidal rivers. If things got too rough, they would just run them up on the beach and pull them off the breakers.

WHY did the first replica sink?