Ironically when the Crusades became a thing, the Viking's direct descendants, the Normans. were its backbone.

Simple answer: Crusading wasn't really a thing until after the Christianization of the Norse was already well under way.

As an English major who studied early Anglo-Saxon literature in college, I can confirm that Christian preachers described Jesus to the northern Germanic peoples as a young warrior who endured his torments showing scorn and defiance to his torturers. Jesus' death on the cross was also described in similar terms to Odin's self-sacrifice on the tree. So yeah, they went out of their way to explain Christianity in terms that were familiar to them.

I've also read that Gunthrum was extremely superstitious, so his army's defeat by the Christians was a "sign" that he needed to convert.

Me watching this video: Wow, a discount on Viking jewelry!

Norsemen: We're Christians now, so no crusade please.

Keep in mind that the Norse worshipped far more than just warrior gods. A lot of the gods, especially the very popular Vanir, were more fertility gods than anything. The notion of good harvests and bountiful resources was probably even more promising to them as far as religion goes, than war prowess, even if that was perhaps relevant to actual viking raiders.

The monks even had a prayer, "God save us from the fury of the Northmen"😎

When you are playing breath of the wild and get the sudden urge to talk about a crusade against vikings.

I thought it was because they hadn't unlocked the Crusade tech yet.

There's no way Metatron is reading off a script, so this is prepared but narrated and explained flawlessly. A very good episode!

I could see the Idea of Ragnork melding well into the Book of Relavation.

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I live in norway and we where tought and shown in school how jesus was paired with norse gods and put in the same pantheon, old stave-churches including icons of jesus alongside odin and the other gods

Remembering Rolland's(the viking that converted to christianity and became a duke of Normandy) biography, before his death, he donated some gold to monastaries, while also sacrificing some slaves for the sake of Odin. So he had believe in both religions, and maybe he was not hte only one

I really appreciate that the word Viking is used to describe an act here, "going on viking". That is the first time I've heard it used that way in a non-Scandinavian language.

Thank you for the mention my dude - loved the video!

Thor vs Jesus might be the only Marvel film I'm looking forwards to.

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Another very interesting take. Thank you for everything, this channel is a gem :)