If this comment gets 100 likes I will build a Viking longship, gather the boys then sail to England, then we will steal something and sail back to Denmark concluding the last Viking raid in history.
I can't believe that you didn't mention that the Norman "French", who conquered England under William the Conqueror in 1066, were actually Danish Vikings who had been bought off by the French king and given Normandy ("land of the North men") 200 years earlier in exchange for agreeing not to invade France/Paris anymore. Those are my people!
By the time of the Duke William conquered the Kingdom of England the Normans had ceased to be culturally Vikings and had become almost entirely integrated into the religious, sociopolitical, linguistic and economic landscape of the surrounding region of Gaul.
there is no doubt that the majority of the people setling in Normandy were Danish and when these people came in need of protection from the French it was the Danish king Svend forkbeat who sailed down there and forced the French to guarantee their independence and their DANISH laws just like in the Danelaw area of England. The Norwegians mainly went to Iceland , Greenland, the Faroe and Orkney Islands, Scotland and Ireland. The Swedish mainly went to Russia The Danish mainly went to England and France None of this was exclusively but it was definitely the most common and if you look at the geography it is also logical@@elvenkind6072
it is not quite so simple, look at the Bayeux tapestry it is made in normandy perhaps around 1070 and is often used to illustrate the Vikings@@Kanfachan
Anglo Saxons having Longbows ???? ( Longbows are Welsh back then Not "English"........... There where no English back in the 850th only Angles, Saxons and Jutes. And they used the same type og weapons as the Vikings did ( The Jutes came from what is now Jutland. ( west Denmark today )The Angels came from southern Jutland ( what is now southern Denmark and northern Germany. The first English Longbowmen came from Wales. BUT that was first long time after the Normans Conquered England. ( Hastings 1066) shields, spears, swords and even Dane axes where used on both sides. during the Viking raides. Please dont make one party look stronger as they where. Just to make the other party that defeated them look more Awesome than they where.
🔥Vikings loved their families and were loyal to those they loved and those who were loyal to them. They did what they had to do at the time. They just did it better
Ironically the word law itself and the concept of a jury was introduced to the English by the pillaging invading Danish Vikings, thus the name Danelaw, where the Danes settled.
Fiercest warriors who most of the time attacked monks and civilians and places not defended, and I am speaking as someone who has always loved history. Vikings lost most of the times when consitions were fair to both the parties with the except of the Varangian Guards / Jomsvikings.
BS History written by Catholic Monks. Danes knew about England pre-Viking and in fact pre-Roman times. Even the Greeks knew about the tin in 500 BC, "Old Europe" was shipping ingots of the stuff- and it has been found in Cyprus and Israel.
Sometimes facts become legends then those become myths, of course they probably knew at some point there was land but the newer generations had no idea after a long period of time. All they had to rely on were myths of a land far West and that’s all it took for them to set sail.
What the vikings did, when they raided and fought battles, is not different from how many Christian armies acted. They got a large part of their salary from the rights to plunder the lands, they conquered. Non-christians were not considered worthy equals, so y4es, the vikings did plunder and kill, but they did not have a monopoly on that. The Christians and muslims just had a written language to document and tell tales of the fierce warriors from the North. And btw, Regnar Lodbrog is still not confirmed as a historical figure. He's only mentioned in the stories about the battles in France. His lineage has not been documented yet.
Sorry- have to hand it to the Norwegian vikings of Trondhem: our Norwegian family's ancestors. They bypassed Britain, hitting Ireland instead. Any vikiings represented a real threat, though.
"While they weren't savages"- please define "savage". "They weren't... advanced". Who was "advanced" in 750 AD? Again, please define "advanced". I'm afraid your assumptions and your biases are showing.
@@thethinredline4714 Nonsense. There was never a single Norman individual who could convincingly trace his ancestry back to a Danish father, tribe or farm. The Normans were illegitimate sons of nobility from regions of France such as Champagne. They were shunned by their local communities and had no career options other than becoming mercinary marauders. They invented and used the term "More Danico" to circumvent local regulations and create a false ancestry and genealogy to hide their low status of being sons of prostitutes and servants. The Normans were French/Franks to the bone. None of them could utter a single word of Danish. All of them had French names. Raul, Roger, William, Bernhard etc.. Their cult were build upon lies and deception. We Danes do certainly not claim them.
Great images, but there are so many errors in this video. It was not William the Conqueror who repelled the Danish invasion in 1066. It was Harold Godwinson, a Saxon, who successfully repelled Harald Hardrata and Tostig and their Danish and mercenary army. A few days later Harold Godwinson fought (and died) against William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. And Trelleborg is not in Sweden, it's in Denmark. Several other discrepancies as well...
Off by 50-100 years on the birth of Vikings, my friend. Viking battle graveyard was found on the island of Saaremaa dating to around 650-700 A.D. All said though, i really enjoyed the video. Well done. Impressive how much info you managed to condense into such a short video.
They did not conquer Europe the Danes had their Ass handed to them By the Irish in 1014 The Battle of Clontarf Dublin. Clondalkin in Dublin was a Danish settlement the King of County Laois brought his warriors to it and slaughtered the Danes .
So no mention of the fact that England was fully conquered by first Svend Tveskæg (Sweyn Forkbeard) and then again by his son Knud den Store (Canute the Great)... Okay then
My Grandfather was a Danish and my Grandmother was German on my Father side. My Mother’s Father was Irish and his Mother was German . The Family I was raised in was Wonderful with cousins and Aunts and Uncles all Blessings to Me. The state of American at this time causes Me Sadness and the State of the World is Truly Sad. The World of Today is Truly A Battle Field Between the Battle of Good and Evil
Wilhelm the conquer was descendant to the viking Rollo, so the viking was the ones ruling over England in the end. Normandie was populated by vikings to defend France (they got Normandie to do that from the king of France). Wilhelm killed all nobility but spared one family he also happened that he killed a whole village just to show people who the ruler was. Not kind but effective. Queen Elizabeth II is the 27-x-great-granddaughter of William the Conqueror (if you go through the Henry VII route which descends from Edward III's son John of Gaunt.) So they still rule...
Very nice video, Midgard appreciates your deed, here, gpt4, has confirmed, this is legitimately, midgards, origin, not a myth from heaven, old garden of eden mythology. William was a Viking, descendant, not ablation priest, and he, sent those 1066 hastings , and Stamford Bridge veterans, packing, to Constantinople on a pilgrimages, they established, Bohemia, etc, Poland, Hungary, when King William won, there was a Treaty, not a massacre, and those he defeated were Varangian Vikings, Mercenaries, they were , very employable.
Any one who has any knowledge of this period and has done a little research knows the Vikings who ever they where did not conquer Europe, They Conquered or where invited to settle in small parts of Europe and then assimilated with the culture that was originally there or the culture around them.
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Norwegians were much stronger & fiercful than Danes. Norwegians destroyed Holy Roman forces in Battle of Danewirke, but when they left Danes lost to Holy Roman army & forced to accept the christianity.
Norwegians weren't nearly as effective as the Danes, while it's true that they were wild. They had no structure and were late to unite. That's why Denmark had by far the most significant settlements and raids while Norway is mostly famous for settling in barren lands. Also Norway mostly third-partied areas that were already in conflict, for example Denmark during summer when they were busy fighting the HRE and/or England or France. Norway also didn't succeed in taking England in their attempts. I'm not trying to belittle Norwegian viking age in any way, but they can't compare to the Danes. Who had much more success.
if you danes was so inportent as vikings the creaters off viking films and series should stop use our beutefull fjords and mountains inn the series and films,they should show your boring nature@@nordicpatriot
it's not really fjords or mountains that decide who is most fierce, it's certainly beautiful but it's not what makes a nation, that said I don't compare the Vikings that way, they all made a mark Norweigians, Danes and Swedes @@rogerolsen8012
@@rogerolsen8012 as a dane i too am tired of danish vikings being portrayed as coming from norway. it probably has something to do with the movie makers thinking that rugged mountains of norway somehow better fit the image of these tough vikings than flat danmark. its easier to grow crops on soil than mountains and cliffs. in the viking age 50% of the scandinavian people were danes ;25% norwegian and 25% swedish
overhovedet ikke enig, fx foregår Beowulf efter sigende på Sjælland og den Danske kongeby i tidlig tid har altid været set som Lejre og iøvrigt glemmer du skåne landene som er den sidste af de tre Danske løver og alle spillede en omtrent lige stor rolle. Du kunne fx læse Adam af Bremen beskrivelse af Danmark fra omkring 1060@@heinedenmark
Real Jutes were kicked out by Danes causing the English migration period around 500 AD along with the Angles. We still call them Jutes now cause they live in Jutland.
the norwegians did'nt invade iceland, or greenland as they were mostly empty of people living there to begin with. instead they colonized them . nor did they invade vinland which did have an indigious population. they were peacefull immigrants until the indians got rid of them. the danish vikings attacked both london and paris,not just small villages and monasteries , they invaded england many times finally conquering the whole country twice. first by danish king svend forkbeard and later by his son king knut (canute) the great ! before that the angles , saxons and jutes -all of danish dna and not german genetics also invaded england etc.
Maybe its where your hart lies and so is everyone a bit bias, but I can almost say "know" that the Norwegians at one time surpassed the Danes, not in influentional ways but definetly in brutallity and warfare, look at the marine battles. The Danes had larger numbers but they could not get a win over the Norwegians. It was even so that the Danes asked the Norwegians for help in certain battles,.. look at the Vikings from Trondheim and Halogaland. BADASS MOFOS!😂 look up the battle of 'Hrjorungavag' where the Danes even called upon the Jomsvikings and lost. But there is much passion in what you told mate,... keep it up!
Thank you! Many actually believe that the term 'Danes' did not exclusively refer to the country of origin, but that it was more of a title given to certain Vikings. This is supported by the fact that DNA and archaeology suggests that for some Viking bands, "Viking" was a job description, not a matter of heredity. So it's very likely that many Norwegians and Swedes could have been mistakenly identified as 'Danes' by the Franks and Anglo-Saxons, simply because they either didn't know any better, OR that it became a title given to certain Viking bands. It's hard to say! The Viking saga is so complex!
@@hugin4178 i never said they weren't under Danish rule, but the Norwegians LET the Danes rule over them, it was not done by force. The Norwegians were lose groups/ kingships and were not United as a country. King Harald united Norway and ruled it as one country. The Danes did not surpas the Norwegians in force, as i said in influence and numbers, YES but not in brutallity and warfare. So YES they were under Danish rule but only because the Norwegians LET the Danes rule them. If i'm wrong, please give me a Saga or battle where it is mentioned that the Danes defeated the Norwegians.
@@penguinhistorymedia well thats true but thats mainly in Historic 'England' They were also called the Norsemen, which was more of a reference to people from Historic Scandinavia,.. Danes were more in the picture because they had the geographical advantage over the rest of Scandinavia, and could move more freely into Europe
@@diabollikealldaddy Are you Norwegian 😊 here is a artikel in Danish. A Norwegian and A Danish professor talk about the Danish, Norwegian Viking period
Just wanted to suggest a topic for a new video. As for the Vikings, there was only one battle between the Vikings and the Georgians, where the Vikings were defeated. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sasireti Throughout its history, Georgia has been distinguished by the strongest fighters with amazing victories in wars, because the history of Georgia from the beginning was a struggle with the biggest empires of the world to save its land and religion. However, little is known to the world about this small wonderland. Georgia has many incredible victory stories, and I hoped that people interested in military history would find it interesting to learn about the history and culture of Georgia, with its independent and centuries-old identity.
True, but we dont know how many georgians fought in that battle. And it was in the late viking age where most of the scandinavians were converted to Christianity, what in MY opinion was the downfall of the Viking succes and strength..
