Ten Minute History - The Viking Age (Short Documentary)
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Recommended reading:
The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction by Julian D. Richards. A very concise overview which focuses mostly on raiding and not too much on the domestic changes or the Viking Religion. Very good and cheap to boot.
A History of the Vikings by Gwyn Jones - Very in depth and covers basically everything you need. It's getting on a bit and so not all of the research will be completely up to date but as a work this will cover everything you'd need as a beginner. Narrative of the book is a bit of a mess.
So there's been some conversations here about my use of the term 'Viking' and who it refers to. I think it's important to start off by saying that these videos aren't made for university-level history buffs or the like. They're designed for people trying to learn about historical periods they know little about or are revising for exams (A-Levels, GCSEs etc.). Since I base my videos (where applicable) on British teaching standards I think it's important to note that that the use of the term 'Viking' and 'Scandinavian' are allowed to be used interchangeably at this level. At the level of a Bachelor or Masters degree, absolutely not. That level of historical nuance isn't required here.
Yes, the technicalities of historical analysis demand that certain terms be used only under specific circumstances. But not here. These videos aren't for in-depth historical analysis nor do they claim to be a definitive history of the Viking Age. The people commenting that 'Viking' was not used accurately are largely correct. However, in the context of who this video is for, it matters more that other information is included and those watching not be bogged down by technicalities. These videos are here to build a foundation from which people can research further. There are other channels if you'd like in-depth and dry discussions of terminology.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the video.
I suspect one of the other reasons he made this video was so he could use the term "Gormless Denmark" and get away with it. 6:01
You just had to take the accident about the nordwegian ship that crashed on a shore and sunk... didnt u..
The pitching of these videos is perfect for someone like me, which is why this is the only history channel I subscribe to
I think your videos accomplish exactly what they seek to -- helping people "learn about historical periods they know little about". I have used a number of them as jumping-off points for more in-depth research and I appreciate them very much. Good job!
could you do a video about either witchcraft or the scientific revolution pls?
“Gorn, being old, died....”
Hard hitting historical analysis.
Love the channel!
Köld. I died there
Gorm
@@nebojsakmezic9763 So did Gorm.
"The now Gormless Denmark..."
Speaks too fast. No need for that. What's the rush?
"Some Vikings complained the Baptism they were just given wasn't as nice as the last one"
LMAO
That is pretty much still our nordic attitude towards Christianity...
That made me literally lol, such a mercenary attitude
*one
Christianity would have baptized far more converts, in history, if they simply allowed nude, beautiful women to do it, instead of fully-frocked, ugly old-dudes, who spoke a language (latin) hardly anybody understood. Nobody would have ever complained about the baptisms, either.
@@shindari I would complain if they dont go touching my nethers during the procedure. Lmao
Oh boy I sure love being a Monk in Lindosfarne at 793
Monk: Ah, what a beautiful rich monastery we got! Nothing could go wrong.
Danes: Hey there
Me, a viking: That's some nice treasure you got there. It be a shame if someone,
stole it.
*thud*
Vikings : hello there
Monks : thane bloodtooth you are a barbaric one
"REVEREND, THERE'S LONGSHIPS APPROACHING, WE NEED TO RU- OH FUCK HE'S GOT AIRPODS ON HE CAN'T HEAR US"
When you go in one succession from a king called "Bloodaxe" to one called "The Good," you're either getting better or totally screwed.
I just love these names so much. Living in those periods would have been hell but now reading about them makes me laugh
@@tastes-like-straberries I left this comment three years ago. Never checked back in on it. Just now I glance over to it from my YT history, and the one and only comment is yours, from one hour ago today.
I'm freaking out now.😳😳😳😳😳😳
@@RJStockton Richard are you still live
@@Chadius_Thundercock Much to the chagrin of the Saxons, yes.
"Was ruled by a man called Gorm the Old. Gorm being old, died in 958" had me laughing
“This went pretty well… for his enemies because Hardrada got himself killed”
Gorma 958
How about "Greycloak did basically nothing except dying in 970" 😂
😂
"The now Gormless Denmark". I laughed. A lot.
How do we know that's where the original term of 'Gormless' came from? Without Gorm, the Vikings could have been doing some pretty irrational things by their own standards.
@transylvanian unbelievable which sort of baseless stupidity being shared on the Internet...
Ever read a book?
Try it, kiddy!
Gorm was my ancestor, I should be a king by now.... sigh.
I went to the comments and saw this post as soon as he said it...
If there's one thing to take away from the viking age it's that everyone had better nicknames.
“Bloodaxe” is somebody you won’t want to mess with. “Greycloak” ... not so much. “Forkbeard” ... ? Was there really nothing else he was known for?
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 It is said that he would seperate his beard in two, so he didn't get food in it when he ate.
I don't know if that really is why, but...
@@christiansebastianlauritse2404 so menacing.
Wait till you hear that Ragnar Lodbrok’s name meant ‘Leather Pants’
I'll pass. Mike the Bald doesn't do it for me.
"Your navy is weak! All too easy to raid."
-Harald Hardrada
(Denounces you)
Stupit AI
No shit im landlocked!
< Just piling ships into a small pond to shut up Harald. >
I see someone else played that Campaign in Age of Empires II
I love vikings, because they gave us Bluetooth
Same.
And the Aryan race
@Anders ᛖᛚᛁᚨᛋᛖᚾ That's amazing
@@Cjnw Aryan come from india.
Wasn't Bluetooth invented by a Dutch guy
Q: How did the Vikings send secret messages?
A: Norse code.
*insert crickets here*
Heaven is now closed off to you.
I thought they used Bluetooth...
Why do you exist?
Cipher!😁
"Harold did nothing except died in 970" you made my day
In Scandinavia we actually say "Harald" and not "Harold"
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 Nobody cares
@@John_Jim Scandinavians do.
This made my day too lol.
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575 he may have said it as Harold cause A:he’s English and simply didn’t know. Or B: wanted to separate harold from Harland Hardrada who was pretty famous globally
"Great Heathen Army" has to be the most epic name ever for an invading force
"Gorm the old, being old, died..." 😂😂😂
"This went pretty well...for his enemies" 😂😂😂
It is always interesting to see which names get translated, and which just gets anglicized. Harald Bluetooth fx is Harald Blåtand originally, but gets translated, while Harald Hardråde gets changed to Hardrada instead of translated to Harald "Hard ruler"
I agree, it's pretty interesting.
in German literature his name is frequently translated into "Harald, der harte" (meaning Harald the hard (or tough or stern, depending on context))
"Harald Bluetooth fx is Harald Blåtand originally"
Well, it wasn't that "originally" but something like "blatan" or "blátǫnn" according to Wikipedia (though probably should be written with runes and not Latin alphabet).
I now wish Pfizer had been like the bluetooth thing and named it Hardrade instead of Viagra.
@@seneca983 translated to the latin alphabet with the Danish/Norwegian letters it becomes Blåtand. But with the runic alphabet it looks different
My favourite bit of Scandinavian history is that in the C12th the Swedes just made up about 15 kings in order to give the kings of the time more legitimacy. They started with Eric the IX (he was actually the first) and Charles/Karl the VII (again actually the first)
Yes, a priest wanted to trace the Swedish kings back to Jesus. Which is just a little less crazy than the Swedish priest or monk who claimed that the Garden of Eden had been in Sweden.
@@TorIverWilhelmsen I've never come across that one, but they certainly weren't the only ones who claimed something like that though. The English had a 'theory' that Joseph of Arimathea visited England with a teenage Jesus. Japanese, Indian and Russian Christians have claimed similar visitations. To say nothing of the Mormons.
@@TorIverWilhelmsen Id believe that, if it wasn't for knotts 😂
@@nafnist they are clearly what really drove Adam and Eve out.
@@NotThatJojjo that would be 17th century Olof Rudbeck.
Actually, Iceland was inhabited. Before the vikings settled there, it had Irish monks, called Papar in the Sagas. In addition to the Icelandic sagas, recent archeology confirmed the monks' presence.
yeah but they were just a bunch of dudes chilling there. You need ladies and stuff for it to be really inhabiteded
@@someguy7723 "chilling" pun intended?
@@wanitooo i choose to lie and say yes
Lmfao I had a save on CK3 as Harald Hardrada winning the English throne and Iceland in my game eventually became inherited by descendants of Irishmen. Funny that
Actually there has been no proof that they were settled there, the main theory is that they were just there for a short while and then left.
The swedish KÖLD
The Danish KOLD
@@Eclipse-mf6hc i wish it got proper cold here
Kallt som fan
Someone had to teach the english to english.
I dunno if it's just me, but seeing that "Køld" thing kinda bothered me. I see it all the time, companies, groups, brands, etc. just like to use "ø" or even "ö" simply because it looks cool. Examples include Mønster Energy Drink, RØDE and Twenty Øne Piløts. It actually really bothers me, and I do think it's a mild form of cultural appropriation. It is so incredibly ignorant of them imho.
6:47 i like that Bluetooth sign on the carving.
Ethan Republic Fun fact. It’s the initials of Harald Bluetooth in the Latin alphabet.
@@manheap12 Runic* alphabet
Harald Hardrada was such a badass. Spending 15 years as a mercenary, then as a military commander in both Russia and Byzantium, only to then become King in his homeland. I sometimes wonder how history would have looked like if he and his army would not have been surprise-attacked at Stamford bridge. Maybe in an alternate universe he became King of Norway-England. Such a legend!
It would have changed the entire landscape of European history to say the least. Centuries of English-French tensions would never have occurred, and who knows what path that could create.
Yea playing chelsea was really hard back then. Jose Mourinho was a beast.
@@cantdebunkthetruth I disagree with that but of pop-history. Would have happened regardless.
Yet another great video. The amount of information you pack in 9:59 blows my mind. Thank you.
James Baker you broke the early birds stratagem dammit
My apologies good sir. Think of it as a surprise Viking raid?
I didn't realise William was descended from Rollo. That was pretty interesting.
Given how long ago he lived, I won't be surprised if everyone in the British Isles is related to him.
@@ravioli3807 He is tracable up many family trees, including mine. If you trace birth certificates and the paper trail that is. However due to DNA we know that the official paper trail is wrong in my case, and went wrong as recently as the 1920s due to a bit of deception by my great grandmother. We've worked out what must have happened and corrected it, but it turns out the line linking us to the kings is one of the ones we lost. We would never have known this if it weren't for DNA.
My mother had spent almost 40 years researching a line that it turns out we aren't actually decended from (even if officially we are), before discovering this, so it was a major blow to her. Who knows how many other times something like that happened in the near 1000 years between now and the Norman conquest, not just for me, but for everyone. Tracing your family tree back that far is technically possible sometimes, but it's likely to be wrong somewhere so you need to take it with a truckload of salt.
On the topic of Vikings, we have noticed a few links with some very Swedish and Icelandic sounding names, but no idea where they fit in. It would have had to be centuries ago, but it seems a bit of a stretch to think it goes back as far as the Viking Age. DNA just threw up more questions than answers...
A lot of royal families are related to Rollo too
Yeah, go figure. William was fighting his own relatives. The Norse ancestors settling in France (William), going across the channel to fight the Norse ancestors that settled in England. A somewhat repetitive theme over the centuries.
Scandinavia was considered by some medieval historians to be a "cradle of civilization" due to the hugely successful bronze age here. With a climate similar to current day Mediterranean and ample sea routes, it had a thriving bronze age culture. Around the bronze age collapse, exacerbated by climate change, there was a major exodus from the region. A ton of Germanic peoples are descendants from the region.
Then, in the first few centuries after the fall of the (western) Roman Empire, Saxons, Frisians and Jutes - all Germanic groups tied closely with Scandinavia (Jutes being from Jutland, Denmark) - settled the British Isles, edging out or ruling over the native Britons and the semi-native Celtic peoples there. At the same time, central European descendants of the Scandinavian bronze age peoples were overtaking much of the Roman Empire.
In all, Scandinavian peoples have had a major cultural and ethnic impact on much of Europe, even before the Viking age.
Scandinavia 2019: Most developed and one of the happiest places on the planet, with the friendliest and most laid back people you can meet.
Scandinavia ~870: Pillaging and raiding coastal villages and monasteries for fun and profit.
doubt the first part.
Ahh yes I sure do love being raped in Sweden what a friendly country
@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 The reason the rape rates are high in Sweden is because they expanded the definition of rape.
E.g. in the some countries, a person who rapes 5 people is treated as 1 case, whereas in Sweden it is treated as 5 separate cases. Also in many countries there is still a stigma in reporting rape, so many instances of rape go unreported.
@@donquesewilliamswilliams3497 i'm sure if Trump was swedish he would had 10s of rape convictions.
@@johnnyslokes2712 Only Trump can grab women by the pussy without their consent, right?
Your intros are always the best
"Little bit on fire." xD
5:31 "Harold died around 09:30"
The level of historical detail we are able to glean today astounds me
Ik right? Someone immedietly looked at their watch when Harold died.
Love the oh so subtle sinking of the modern warship when talking about Norway (1:45 ish)
1:36 Nice reference to HNoMS Helge Ingstad (F313) XD (In case you didn't know, Helge Ingstad is a Norwegian frigate that collided with a tanker on November 8, 2018 and sank on November 13, 2018)
Sad story
9:35
“Oh Rollo,” says the old monster, “If you truly knew what the gods had in store for you, you would go down and dance naked on the beach.”
Myyyyyyyy mother told me
@@jessevernonwheeler887 someday i would buy....
5:07 Never forgetti
Got to love the blue tooth logo on the stone at 6:49
TKDMIKEP thats his initials
Well, the Bluetooth logo is the runic script B.
Yes, the bluetooth logo is actually the rune from that particular viking king.
@@TorIverWilhelmsen No, it's a combination of H and B which was not used before Bluetooth made their logo.
6:07 didn't know they had Bluetooth back in the day
Lol
They raided England and Scotland so hard that they ended up in Ireland. Absolute madlads.
Fun Fact:
Bluetooth was named after Harold Bluetooth becuase I believe when Bluetooth was fired made it was originally used to connect all of the internet I think Estonia and the creator named it after Harold Bluetooth cause he brought together all of the danish kingdoms under his control, also the Bluetooth logo is a mixture of Harold Bluetooths initials in runic.
Also *HINGA DINGA DURGEN*
Harald Bluetooth*
@@youraveragepizzaenjoyer4575
Haraldr Blåtand
Haraldr blátönn*
And technology was invended in Sweden, Hence the Scandinavian reference :)
I should find a mocking commend about them Swedeners, but I'd feel bad about it, now they used a Danish king for the name.
@@kimh9337 Well, there is always Gustaf Volvo. (I kid!)
How was this not sponsored by Vikings the app?
Don't do sponsorships, for what it's worth.
He has integrity
Wait why is it shameful to do sponserships?
@Mbathroom1
Ah ok, cause everyone said it is bad but no one said why so I was curious to see what everyone thinks of it
plus maintaining creative control over YOUR channel over sponsorship money is something everyone can appreciate.
My Swedish grandmother was baptized at her parish church in the early 1880's. The back door of her church was recycled from earlier religious bldg. It had a dragon motif.
Another fun thing about 1066 and Willy's invasion from "Northman" aka Normandy, (an example of Vikings gone native). The British Isles were basically considered part of the Scandinavian world until that little bastard got lucky with a bow shot. As recorded on a French blanket.
“Quick, we need to record history”
The guy using a blanket to keep warm: “Oh no…”
That's quite a "fun" opinion you have there!
"Take that Columbus"
Lol you made my day
Europeans were in North America 6500 years before this too. Before the NA indians.
@@timyumichuck9262 source?
You completely forgot the Middle Eastern primary sources on the norse, which are often far more netural and sometimes even positively in favor of the norse as compared to western European primary sources of this time. Arab and Persian traders had extensive trading ties with the Swedish vikings and Ahmed Ibm Fadlan is perhaps the most well known Middle Easterner to have lived amongst the norse (he was portrayed by Antonio Banderas in the 13th warrior).
He did not live amongs the norse, but the encountered them when they were there to trade. They were described as "Tall as dade trees, with blonde/red hair and with a perfect body"
@@johan8503 is that why immigrants come to Sweden?
@@seannieminen1369 What?
@@Fantasia-em5rs its a thing online. Mention sweden and someone us bound to bring up immigrants.
@Franz Styles it should be 1 in 4. I wonder why you make that kind of mistake. Bias perhaps? Or you are just stupid? Or something else?
I went to Birka, near Stockholm last year.
I was told that they find more ancient Persian coins in Scandinavia than in actual Persia itself!
The swedish vikings were very effective in their rading in the east and west, so it's actually not that surprising that foregin objects are a common thing in sweden.
@@darnoc7460 It was mostly garnered through trade, but you're right in that too
@@omologo95 yeah of course. But since most people refer the vikings as raiders, i thought it would make more sense to describe them as raiders. But yeah trading was also an important source of income. Together with raiding, vikings that returned to sweden came home rich with foreign luxuries
Yes it's true, a consequence of Scandinavia not having a monetary economy at the time otherwise the coins would have been melted down like in the middle east.
The Scandinavian mercenaries hired by the Byzantines - the Varangian Guard - were well paid, and had first rights to loot when they fought - e.g. against the Persians.
1:20 "No one will believe you" 😂
8:15 That death scene tho
It drives me crazy knowing there are such gaps in history in certain areas of the world that we may never have a clear, certain picture of. Still though, this vid is great, as usual!
Every time I watch these Viking videos im taken back to an era of fearless explorers and groundbreaking discoveries. Its not just the battles that is so captivating, but the rich culture and indomitable spirit that defined the Vikings. Who else feels the call of the sea whenever you dive into these stories?
KNM Helge Ingstad cameo at 1:36 gave me a good chuckle
I know I'm late to the party here, but there is also a thing where the Swedish vikings were the founders of the kingdom of Kievan Rus, that was a historically significant thing in eastern Europe which became a large power of its time and later inspired the founding of Russia.
Interesting, thanks! Also mention that the attack on Constantinople & Mediterranean raiding, the Rus of Russia were from Roslagen in Sweden, the Greenland settlement active until the 1400s and how the Vikings discovered and settled the Azores.
The drawing of Odin with one eye! Subtle, but absolutely brilliant!
Poor Harald Greycloak! I'm sure he did lots of important things but no one wrote them down
I knew almost all of this, but the dry humor and witty way of bringing history is a short video is really brilliant and entertaining!
after leif Eriksen returned from north america, Thorfinn Karselfni settled northern Newfoundland after 50 or so years, not half a millenia
1:03 'And over here, we see the very first empire in existence... it was a work in progress.'
When you're a monk at Lindesfarne in 793 and you see some ships from Scandinavia heading to you.
surprised pikachu.png
Κωνσταντινος Σαρδανης nah, it's more of that one black midget guy that looks concerned.
*chuckles*
I'm in danger
"Ooh look- visitors, I'd better put the kettle on."
@@edwardcollier7218 you.. you mean the black child?
Damn they really made Vinland Saga a real thing
This is when Vinland starts 7:49
6:16 I’m pretty sure the biggest reason he’s famous is that his nickname (Bluetooth) was used as the name for a wireless technology, which is meant to unify devices the same way he unified Denmark.
R/woosh
I love how every time something happens in Iceland and the scene is about to cut a volcano goes off in the background 3:50. Your little details are wonderful!
5:24 LMFAO that's so funny.
"i don't take christianity seriously, but i don't like that my baptism wasn't as nice as the other guy's"
“This went pretty well...for his enemies” 😂 Nifty video as always guys. Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
1:36 Frigate Helge Ingstad reference. Sad, but true...
Thanks
Another masterpiece from Ten Minute History. Wonder what's next.
It's Mussolini next.
good channel, definitely up in the top ranks for history channels, along with oversimplified and extra credits' history vids
"And things went pretty well.
For his enemies, which is why he died."
1:36 love the Norwegian frigate sinking reference.
I love this channel. The subject matter is great. It’s very informative. But it’s the delivery that makes it so entertaining. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I spy a sneaky sinking norwegian frigate...
You cheeky bugger you.
Love that you wrote "köld" haha :D /from a swedish viewer
So nicely done, simple and informative story/maps, well done!
"Greycloack did basically nothing except die in 917".
8:44 "this went pretty well...for his enemies since Hardrada got himzelf killed".
A video about Vikings?
*_Thor is typing..._*
ROMANS TYPING WE BEAT YOU TO AMERICA SUCK IT GERMANIC TRIBES ... EMPIRE.EXE has stopped working
@@Newbmann Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne!
.....actually you are too far away...*raids sweden*
Normie
Pewds is typing.
Need a follow up on the Vikings in SE Europe and Rus. Great video again
I do like watching and rewatching your episodes. They're educationally entertaining.
Just found this channel and I love the animation and commentary! You did a great job of making it informative and funny. Thanks for all your hard work!
"Destiny is All"....I see what you did there.
Great video! We actually just tackled Viking history last week from a viewer request. Popular culture has definitely skewed the perception of what a Viking is.
yup theyre the worst
When finishing one of your videos, I always feel ever-so-slightly smarter.
Greatest compliment on your work, guys.
"Bloodaxe" is so metal
your videos are amazing, probably the best on youtube for learning history. I'd like to suggest perhaps covering the Mexican Revolution.
I love this channel and was thinking of a possible episode featuring the Kalmarunion perhaps focused on Margareth I of Denmark
Kalmer Union: 3 guys playing all the time when one got too edgy and left. Then one always commanded the tallest one around until he said hah no
I love the writing on this channel. This episode is one of the best.
4:48 Love the reference to The Last Kingdom
7:57 "Hinga Danga Durgin!"
"Where is your beard and where is your axe"
Upon my face and in the shed
As usual, well done! Good series.
Good info, and huge volume of it in 10 minutes. Well done 👍
You should do the seven years war next
Daddy Stalin more like the French and Indian war 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
T M There were multiple theaters of the war. French & Indian is more relevant for the U.S. but not as much for all the European nations involved.
Your humour is lit 🔥
Great stuff as always
Seeing the maps really helps clear up some of the other “Viking” history content I’ve seen . Thanks
Gotta get ready for ac valhalla
I wish you'd mentioned how the rurikid family of Russia was descended from viking raiders
The Viking landers 1976. Were the first successful spacecraft to land on mars.
Great job as always.
Rus Vikings: Are we a joke to you? 👁👄👁
Interesting fact: The Vikings who attacked Lindisfarne, were without shields. Obviously they knew for certain they were not going to meet any armed resistance.
My favourite part of any of your videos is when a character runs through a field of daisies. Brilliant.
nice last kingdom reference there at 4:47
I wish you gave Harold Bluetooth a Bluetooth headset.
At least he had a bluetooth runestone 6:48
@@xal3xmedia Shhh! Dont tell them about the fact we used our rune magic for profit in the telecom industry!
@@xal3xmedia those are his initials ..
@@Omar_ayach *golfclap*
And Rollo a pack of chocolate Rolos?
There was actually some monks on Iceland but thought they'd best be off, iirc
They didn't want to live alongside dirty pagans and left the island.
After what they were doing with the monasteries in the British islands it was a wise move to move out
I really love your content. Greetings from Brazil
James Bisonette is an absolute Legend