A Historian Reacts - RAGNAR LODBROK VS. RICHARD THE LIONHEART - Epic Rap Battles of History

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Komentáře • 405

  • @TheLibermania
    @TheLibermania Před 3 lety +890

    I love the "I'll twist your spine like the end of the Plantagenet line" line because the end of the Plantagenet line was Richard the Third, who had Scoliosis.

    • @a.hassanhale3326
      @a.hassanhale3326 Před 3 lety +41

      Damn I can feel that bar

    • @slayden2737
      @slayden2737 Před 3 lety

      @@a.hassanhale3326 same

    • @MeanBeanComedy
      @MeanBeanComedy Před 3 lety +4

      That's the one I descend from. 😓😓😢

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +5

      @@MeanBeanComedy He also (probably) murdered his two young nephews. So there's that.

    • @sundoga4961
      @sundoga4961 Před 2 lety +8

      @@SRosenberg203 Iffy. There was a disease outbreak at the time as well - It would have been easy for them to fall victim to that. A lot of the assumption of their murder centers on the dislike of Richard III.

  • @metalfly.
    @metalfly. Před 2 lety +248

    I think the reason why Ragnar's insults hits harder is because Richard's life are much better recorded; whereas Richard's insult towards Ragnar are mostly based around his myth and TV series, which just don't land quite the same.

    • @theblaze5530
      @theblaze5530 Před 2 lety +21

      This is true for a lot of rap battles

    • @mike04574
      @mike04574 Před rokem +1

      The person who gets the last laugh/lines and starts off second usually wins these battles, it’s unfair

    • @bremjo7929
      @bremjo7929 Před 7 měsíci

      Similar thing in Deadpool vs Boba Fett, not a whole lot is know about Boba in the first place, so Deadpool didn’t really have any super hard disses

    • @AurioDK
      @AurioDK Před 12 dny +1

      @@bremjo7929 A bit late to the party, but yes, one would think Deadpool would be born for these rap battles.

  • @Kartoffelkamm
    @Kartoffelkamm Před 3 lety +466

    This was kind of unfair. Flyting, aka medieval rap battles, were a hobby of vikings, so Ragnar clearly has more experience in roasting his opponent than Richard.

    • @OddHunter5504
      @OddHunter5504 Před 3 lety +71

      I think thor mentioned it in his battle with zeus
      “Valhalla at ya boy, and we’ll flyte it out”

    • @Kartoffelkamm
      @Kartoffelkamm Před 3 lety +55

      @@OddHunter5504 Yep.
      And he totally won.
      Also, Zeus' line "You're joking, Loki must've written your lines" is kind of a double-edged sword, because Loki was a master of flyting and has apparently defeated all the Gods in Asgard at some point.
      So, while Thor wasn't the one who came up with his lines, Zeus still admitted that the lines were good.

    • @nosfonader8792
      @nosfonader8792 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Kartoffelkamm with that Loki bit I feel that should be in the Loki show to show off his flyting skills

    • @Kartoffelkamm
      @Kartoffelkamm Před 3 lety +1

      @@nosfonader8792 I haven't watched it yet, but it'd be awesome.

    • @knittingnickel
      @knittingnickel Před 2 lety +7

      Low key, Vikings may have been some of the first rappers 🤔

  • @domain2genus
    @domain2genus Před 3 lety +630

    I think the Saladin reference was a really nice part. It gets overshadowed by the Monty Python joke, but still it's nice to see.

    • @GannerRhysode
      @GannerRhysode Před 3 lety +5

      I had to go back and watch it. Nice catch

    • @dandybus1582
      @dandybus1582 Před 3 lety +15

      The first time I saw this, I noticed Salad was capitalized, but didn’t connect it with “in.” Excellent catch!!

    • @heikoribbrock8461
      @heikoribbrock8461 Před 3 lety +3

      I can't believe I didn't catch that! Well done

    • @TheNeonParadox
      @TheNeonParadox Před 3 lety +4

      I missed it the first time, then I watched Mr. Terry's reaction, and he caught it. It's a brilliant line for sure.

    • @T1hitsTheHighestNote
      @T1hitsTheHighestNote Před 2 lety +1

      "Couldn't beat a Salad-in a fight"

  • @acvaticlifE
    @acvaticlifE Před 3 lety +187

    I am surprised you didn't catch the "Shaggy little pants" refference thrown by Richard. Ragnar's name was Lothbrok, which translates to "Shaggy breeches" :D

    • @SCP_Wandsman13_13
      @SCP_Wandsman13_13 Před 3 lety +17

      He also said Zoinks! afterward, referencing Shaggy from Scooby-doo.

    • @PresterJohn420
      @PresterJohn420 Před 2 lety +2

      @@SCP_Wandsman13_13 Now the scooby one we all should have caught

  • @Chihuathan
    @Chihuathan Před 3 lety +264

    There's actually quite a nice line from Richard which often gets overlooked when he says "I see you shaking in your shaggy little pants" to Regnar. It's quite genius since the name Loðbrók means could be translated to "shaggy breeches". According to the sagas, he wore unique breeches to protect himself from the poison of a serpent who guarded his first wife. Some mention that he covered the breeches in tar, and others add how he let the water from the ocean freeze into an icy armour which could reference the shaking part. Pretty cool reference.

  • @Last555555555
    @Last555555555 Před 3 lety +272

    I'm a bit surprised you missed the "Salad in a fight" (Saladin)

    • @IamnotfromUSA
      @IamnotfromUSA Před 3 lety +3

      But he did beat a saldin and then got scortched earthed on by saladin..

    • @Last555555555
      @Last555555555 Před 3 lety +12

      @@IamnotfromUSA don't know why you're telling me this

    • @IamnotfromUSA
      @IamnotfromUSA Před 3 lety

      IDK

    • @a.hassanhale3326
      @a.hassanhale3326 Před 3 lety

      He couldn't beat a salad in a fight?

    • @TheMyrmo
      @TheMyrmo Před 3 lety +1

      He caught it, I saw that grin.

  • @michaellavan5802
    @michaellavan5802 Před 3 lety +116

    Highly suggest you take a look at Julius Caesar vs. Shaka Zulu. That's an extremely underrated battle chock-full of historical tidbits. Would love to hear your take on it

    • @bre7931
      @bre7931 Před 2 lety +2

      @@mattb3920 A rap battle frightened you? 🙄

    • @calebboersma4717
      @calebboersma4717 Před rokem

      @@mattb3920 you get unnerved very easily

    • @calebboersma4717
      @calebboersma4717 Před rokem

      @@mattb3920 I closely examined how easily unnerved you get

  • @fleetstreet11
    @fleetstreet11 Před 3 lety +59

    "Acre and Jaffa like a piece of cake" - reference to Jaffa Cakes

    • @HenSt-gz7qj
      @HenSt-gz7qj Před 3 lety +4

      there's also Acre cake.

    • @hazardous0887
      @hazardous0887 Před 2 lety

      I didn’t pick up on that till now. Good eye

    • @billwhite515
      @billwhite515 Před 2 lety

      Is this a reference in stargate that the jaffa are second to the goauld(kings/gods)

  • @williamtheconqueror7807
    @williamtheconqueror7807 Před 3 lety +114

    I thought at first the old lady Ragnar referred to was Eleanor of Aquitaine, given how she never loved Richard's father. :P

    • @Luanna801
      @Luanna801 Před 3 lety +18

      She does seem to have loved him at first, their relationship just went to pieces on an epic scale in the later years.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +5

      It seems very likely that she did love him, in the beginning. If she hadn't loved him originally, his affair with Rosamund Clifford wouldn't have pissed her off NEARLY as much.

  • @patrickspaceman305
    @patrickspaceman305 Před 3 lety +10

    "Monks in chunks on Northumbrian lawns" also the Viking raid on the Island of Lindisfarne in 793, the church of St Cuthbert in particular.

    • @Tank1711
      @Tank1711 Před 2 lety

      Man, I need more Lindisfarne mead, they still have a brewery there that dates back like 300+ years

  • @orlandohernandez3723
    @orlandohernandez3723 Před 3 lety +77

    You should react to eastern vs western philosophers erb

  • @thelastarcadegamer6655
    @thelastarcadegamer6655 Před 3 lety +52

    Was the ding ding dong also a reference to frere jacques/brother john? “Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Brother John? Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing! Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.”

    • @johnhuffman9533
      @johnhuffman9533 Před 2 lety +1

      Nice catch!

    • @MrGBH
      @MrGBH Před 2 lety +6

      Ding Dang Dong is from the French version, which makes sense with Richard being more French than English

    • @frankjuggaloheathen1035
      @frankjuggaloheathen1035 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes, I notice a lot of people miss that reference

  • @FlintandSteel94
    @FlintandSteel94 Před 2 lety +9

    "Chopping through your family like Boneless wings" was actually in reference to the Blood Eagle. They chopped through the back of your rips to get another your lungs, which were placed outside the body. All this happened while the victim was still alive, and they would eventually suffocate to death. They believed that if the victim didn't scream during the process, they would be permitted into Vahalla.

  • @ivanluisguia2577
    @ivanluisguia2577 Před 3 lety +14

    "Circle of life", "can you feel the love tonight"
    Good Elton John reference to Lion King hahaha

  • @fleetstreet11
    @fleetstreet11 Před 3 lety +36

    "couldn't even beat a Salad in a fight" -find the hidden word, Crusades edition

  • @christopherdavies2921
    @christopherdavies2921 Před 3 lety +39

    Honestly can’t get enough of this channel! The community! The education! Everything! Can’t wait for you to come to Britain and visit some sites! (you should come to Wales :) ) honestly keep up the good work !
    P.S the ‘salad’ lines was a reference to Saladin

  • @danielrichwine2268
    @danielrichwine2268 Před 3 lety +70

    I really liked the Sicily on his day off reference. While he was going to the third crusade, he stopped in Sicily and conquered it more or less for the sheer heck of it.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +15

      Well not "for the heck of it". King Tancred was denying Richard's sister Joanna her rights and inheritances as the widow of Sicily's previous King, William II. Richard only really took the city of Messina from Tancred, and then they reached an equitable settlement where Tancred ended up contributing ships and money to the expeditionary force that Richard was taking to the Holy Land.
      I think a better reference for that joke about "conquering on his day off" would be Cyprus. He was literally blown there off course in a storm, and conquered the island in like 10 days because Isaac Commenus was a dick to some of his shipwrecked men.

    • @danielrichwine2268
      @danielrichwine2268 Před 2 lety +8

      @@SRosenberg203 You're right, I got the two confused.
      Richard may not have been a great king of England, but honestly at the time he was alive that's not really what he was primarily known for. His holdings in France were far more important than his in England at the time.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +13

      @@danielrichwine2268 Exactly. He wasn't "English", he was Aquitainian by culture and choice; he had been raised to believe he would be the Duke of Aquitaine growing up, and he spent a lot of time there during his formative years. If we want to get super technical, we could call him Angevin, but even that seems inaccurate, since he was much closer with his mother and her lands, than with his father.
      To malign Richard because he didn't give a shit about England is a very English-centric perspective that I tend to reject. He didn't care about England, except insofar as it allowed him to call himself King. The vast majority of his income came from his lands on the continent, and consequently that's where he focused his attention.
      Plus, let's be real. If you could chose to live in Bordeaux, or England, which climate would any sane person choose? It's not even a contest lmao.

    • @danielrichwine2268
      @danielrichwine2268 Před 2 lety +2

      @@SRosenberg203 right. It's sort of like calling Napoleon a Corsican. Anyway that's sort of why I gave the battle to Richard. A lot of Rothgar's hits don't land quite as well upon closer inspection.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danielrichwine2268 I did like the reference to Richard III and his hunchback/scoliosis though, that was a good one.

  • @hlacoille
    @hlacoille Před 2 lety +15

    “Robin Hood Men In Tights” is the best Robin Hood movie by far.

  • @malcolmferguson4869
    @malcolmferguson4869 Před 3 lety +83

    I think Richard had the better flow, but yeah, those disses from Ragnar gave him the victory here.

    • @vrknyght8207
      @vrknyght8207 Před 3 lety +5

      Many of Richard's disses go over people's heads, like the snake pit, the shaggy pants...meanwhile Ragnars were all obvious and direct.

    • @munztere6426
      @munztere6426 Před 3 lety +2

      Richards first diss about being second place is about the most probable reason or motivation for ragnar to who he will be because he wanted fame and glory and not be overshadowed by others

    • @nicolasg8091
      @nicolasg8091 Před 2 lety +1

      The hardest-hitting disses from Ragnar were about Richard ignoring his wife, but who cares? So Richard I preferred fighting to women, funny that a Viking would bother him about it.

    • @vrknyght8207
      @vrknyght8207 Před 2 lety +2

      @@nicolasg8091 or the lines about how Richard died, which never got the attention from Richard it deserved. When Ragnar called him out for getting killed by a 10 year old, I wish Richard had come back with how it wasn't that big of a deal, about how he paid the kid 100 gold coins.

    • @frankjuggaloheathen1035
      @frankjuggaloheathen1035 Před 2 lety

      Nice Peter usually has a pretty kick-ass flow, so that one goes to whichever character he plays on almost every other ERB

  • @christophertornow6482
    @christophertornow6482 Před 3 lety +37

    I was not well educated on either of these guys. That being said, a big thank you for putting this reaction up so I could better appreciate it! Also, Greeting from Toledo!

  • @nicoerbschloe3575
    @nicoerbschloe3575 Před 3 lety +10

    There’s a double on “Coming through in the end, Like Sean Connery” as a reference to Sean Connery being in Indiana Jones and the LAST CRUSADE, with Richard being a Crusader king.

    • @nicoerbschloe3575
      @nicoerbschloe3575 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ms_scribbles he mentioned that specifically in the analysis. That’s why I pointed it out as a double.

    • @chrisandras44
      @chrisandras44 Před 2 lety +3

      Possibly the reference, but more likely a reference to at the of Robin Hood prince of thieves Sean Connery makes a cameo as King Richard at the very end.

  • @Halbu803
    @Halbu803 Před 3 lety +22

    "Couldn't beat a salad in a fight" Salah al-Din was ruling over Jerusalem at the time

  • @richeybaumann1755
    @richeybaumann1755 Před 2 lety +13

    I just found this channel about 45 minutes ago by accident through Oversimplified's Henry VIII, but now I'm trapped watching a mix of Oversimplified, Sabaton, and ERB reactions at 2:30 in the morning. Send a rescue team, preferably with more wine.

    • @VloggingThroughHistory
      @VloggingThroughHistory  Před 2 lety +4

      Welcome, and try to get some sleep!

    • @richeybaumann1755
      @richeybaumann1755 Před 2 lety +2

      @@VloggingThroughHistory My airpords went dead about 3 in the morning and I finally convinced myself that that was enough for the night, right in the middle of history of the world.

  • @MagicTurtle01
    @MagicTurtle01 Před 3 lety +3

    I really like the depth behind the lines about the ringing bells. There's an old French song that goes
    “Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping?
    Brother John! Brother John!
    Morning bells are ringing. Morning bells are ringing. Ding Dang Dong. Ding Dang Dong.”
    I really love the depth to that and how he turns it around about himself and then also plays off of brother John sleeping in the song and Richard's brother, John.

  • @sg6988
    @sg6988 Před 3 lety +12

    Just want to give my thanks to all the great content. I really have enjoyed your videos over the past couple of weeks.

  • @xenotypos
    @xenotypos Před 2 lety +16

    Technically Richard didn't really spend most of his time in foreign lands: he felt at home in France, where most of his territories were.
    But it's true he only spent 6 months in England (as a king), and wasn't a very good king for that kingdom in particular.

    • @harrisonjewell6510
      @harrisonjewell6510 Před 2 lety +5

      To be fair. If you’re the king of England, you usually live in England

    • @xenotypos
      @xenotypos Před 2 lety +10

      @@harrisonjewell6510 He was also the duke of Anjou (the first territory his family had), duke of Normandy, duke of Aquitaine and even duke of Britanny.
      He had a lot of possible homes. I've read his favorite territory was Aquitaine, maybe because of his mother.

  • @josephhanicak7922
    @josephhanicak7922 Před 2 lety +5

    One thing you missed was the "Leave your legacy in runes" line. That line is a reference to how very little of Ragnar's life is actually confirmed, so it pretty much only existed in writing.

  • @Joni_Tarvainen
    @Joni_Tarvainen Před 2 lety +7

    I've been studying Vikings since I was kid. I'm Finnish with very distant Viking heritage and my Grandma told me tons of tales from history when I was kid and I picked up from that, so I'll fill what you miss 😉
    Ragnar was very shady from his background and often disputed did he even exists since so many including Ivar the Boneless and Björn Ironside claimed to be his sons even though they lived in different eras. Björn eventually became King of Sweden and Ivar lived to raid. What it comes to his supposed death; King Aella wanted him to suffer and indeed dropped him into the pit of snakes, but Ragnar didn't make single noise and Englishmen were terrified of the sight which only played for the hands of Vikings as a terrifying people whom welcomes death with embrace.
    Ragnar was very exaggerated person, if he ever lived and he was indeed claimed to be Odin's decendant and therefore claims to be his son was fairly common with great raiders since they would have seen godlike.
    Ivar's name "Boneless" is disputed between many historians. There are many hypothesis's where the name comes from and one was that he had some sort of disability which would have been seen as a weakness. Supporters of that version claims that he was carried in top of a shield in battle where he used an bow. Other hypothesis's range from him being extremely huge man to the point of him being impotent. Viking were witty with their nicknames and "Boneless" could have meant that he couldn't get an erection or that he had so huge bones that his name was sarcastic. No one really knows what's the actual truth. Even Ragnar had his name which translates as "Hair pants" (Karvahousu in Finnish), probably due the hairy legs or something similiar.
    Two bonus fact to the end since there was disappointingly low amounts of straight references towards Viking-era.
    It's commonly known that Danes, Norwegians and Swedes (Scandinavians) were exclusively Vikings, but in all actuality Finnish and Estonians were categorized as Viking too on later Viking era.
    Scandinavian Vikings feared Finns as they were extremely superstitious and nothing was scarier than Finnish forests. When King Olaf II tried to raid Finland Finns retreated to the forests and they followed them only to be ambushed between two cliffs and they didn't even see their attackers. Olaf II barely escaped and after that they left Finland alone.
    Later years when they found their ways to Constantinople from Russians rivers, Finns and Estonians whom basically held the Baltic seas were eventually adopted to the customs of Vikings, but their Gods were similiar but different.
    "Vikings" TV-show mashes up a lot of different time periods, for example Rollo weren't brother of Ragnar by any means, but he was ruthless raider who constantly raided Paris and eventually was given part of France nowadays known as Normandia where he grew his armies with Viking customs in warfare while rest of the French kings tried to fill the power vacuum when King of Paris died. After rest of the kings had exhausted their forces Rollo rolled up and just took Paris and even nowadays his blood runs in the veins of Queen Elizabeth and rest of the English royalty.
    Hopefully this was at least interesting read if anyone reads this haha 😅 I just felt like this is my moment to shine since we're dabbling with the historical topics I'm familiar with!
    If the topic interests any further, I really recommend to read Snorre Sturluson's King-sagas from year 1100. Sturluson was Islandic historian who lived during the Islandic Viking era.

  • @roseedge5626
    @roseedge5626 Před 2 lety +2

    Missed reference "one of your things" the Althing is the Icelandic Paliament one of the Oldest parliaments in the worlds. Each viking country had something similar. The norwegians had the Storting
    Jaffa Cakes are a popular English snack.
    Also, please react to Horrible Histories.

    • @Adamdidit
      @Adamdidit Před 2 lety +1

      This one I didn't know. Nice!

  • @valeskatkda
    @valeskatkda Před 3 lety +15

    I’ve been looking forward to this

  • @CommanderTavos99
    @CommanderTavos99 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you very much for the extra backround information! They made this battle this much more awesome!

  • @thomasgallipoli8376
    @thomasgallipoli8376 Před 2 lety +1

    Great analysis of a great video. Subscribed! As a history degree holder, I appreciate both ERB and your channel.

  • @drrakw2432
    @drrakw2432 Před 3 lety

    I've been looking forward for this video for a bit, thanks for posting!

  • @zach_smith
    @zach_smith Před 3 lety +17

    I seen this one recently, I personally thought Ragnar Lodbrok won, but I can't wait to see what you had to say about this one, especially since I don't know much about these two

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před 3 lety +3

      I only know about Richie but I liked Lodbrok

    • @zach_smith
      @zach_smith Před 3 lety +1

      @@APersonOnCZcamsX I've heard about them both, but never really learned anything about the two

  • @chrisidoo
    @chrisidoo Před 5 měsíci +1

    Love how much fun you had with this one.

  • @berserkervtuber6285
    @berserkervtuber6285 Před 3 lety +8

    Funny how we have a Viking v Viking in this battle. Richard is a man from Normandy (A Viking duchey), and Ragnar is pure Viking.

    • @tibsky1396
      @tibsky1396 Před rokem

      The Normans were not Vikings anymore for a long time.

  • @Athereal750
    @Athereal750 Před 3 lety +2

    I love watching these reactions videos... This was the first channel to actually stay on top of all of the references... I knew who Richard the 1st was (and most things thrown at him are fairly self explanatory), but I knew next to nothing about Ragnar...

  • @janAlekantuwa
    @janAlekantuwa Před 2 lety +1

    The "Ding dang dong, morning bells ... putting you to sleep like your brother John," in addition to being a reference to how the bells would ring to warn of viking raids and to Richard's brother John, is also a reference to the English lyrics of "Frère Jacques":
    Are you sleeping, are you sleeping
    Brother John, brother John?
    Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing
    Ding dang dong, ding dang dong

  • @queenieqt2033
    @queenieqt2033 Před 3 lety

    Dude you are great at breaking stuff down. SUBBED.

  • @angussherlock8777
    @angussherlock8777 Před 3 lety +5

    You missed Richard the 3rds spine (scoliosis) also Jaffa cakes and Lothbrook means shaggy pants

    • @matthewmagda4971
      @matthewmagda4971 Před 2 lety

      What was "Things"?

    • @rockymerca
      @rockymerca Před 2 lety

      @@matthewmagda4971 From what I've read up, "Things" are like meetings during the viking age.

  • @sohums.6107
    @sohums.6107 Před 3 lety

    Finally been waiting for this reaction!

  • @WriterGirl90
    @WriterGirl90 Před 2 lety +1

    Have you checked out Horrible Histories? It’s a British TV series based on a series of books and covers a lot of history in a way to make it accessible to kids. The songs especially are really clever.

  • @Weber408
    @Weber408 Před 3 lety +4

    I like when historians react to these it helps me understand more history

  • @rjjone2853
    @rjjone2853 Před 3 lety

    I was waiting for this

  • @rating9392
    @rating9392 Před 3 lety +16

    This is why i love this channel so much. We think so much a like. Just because a king didn't bang his wife or had close male friends doesn't mean they are gay or also liked guys. Ok Richard didn't have children with his wife sure but he did have at least one illegitimate son which means he did the deed with a woman he had no reason to do it with, he just found her attractive and did it. I think people just like to romanticize stuff. I like to stick to the history.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +3

      It has to do with prudish Victorian historians misinterpreting historical sources. Basically there are accounts of Richard sharing a bed with Phillip of France, generally as a symbolic gesture of friendship and alliance. We have very different standards of privacy now than they had in the Middle Ages, and back then people commonly had to share beds without it being at all sexual. But the Victorians couldn't get their heads around that idea, so they decided that Richard and Phillip were lovers.

  • @horzinesecurityagent1732
    @horzinesecurityagent1732 Před 2 lety +5

    i don't think Richard was homosexaual i just don't think he cared he was just a guy who just wanted to be warrior i think like i kinda understand him honestly he probably should have just have been a knight or noble

  • @curlybearington1734
    @curlybearington1734 Před 3 lety

    I know you're always open to suggestions of topics to discuss and speak on...
    I don't know if this one hits too close to home given your involvement with Rachel's Story, but I would love to hear your reflections on the Columbine Massacre, both its place in the zeitgeist and its influence on the country over 2 decades later.
    Love the channel!

  • @BritishLewis
    @BritishLewis Před 3 lety +6

    this is one of the best ERBs in my opinion

  • @Sam-de6qx
    @Sam-de6qx Před 3 lety

    You should also do a react to ERB's behind the scenes where they discuss their writing process and some of the set ups, punchlines and jokes.

  • @NegiTaiMetal011
    @NegiTaiMetal011 Před 3 lety

    It's always entertaining to see ERB back and do their thing.
    Any chance you'd want to listen to Amon Amarth and Serenity? Serenity (among some other bands) sing about history as well and they have the song Lionheart.

  • @stromnightstrider9048
    @stromnightstrider9048 Před 2 lety

    Northunmbrians lawns is also a reference to Lindisfarne, June 8, 793. The first ever raid on England

  • @AustinAllen2002
    @AustinAllen2002 Před 3 lety +6

    Lodbrock means “shaggy breeches” that’s why I like the Shaggy line.

  • @the_names_rob
    @the_names_rob Před 3 lety

    Acre is in the north. Yafo is just south of tel aviv on the center coast. As some credit Jerusalem is a pain in the ass to get to even today from those places. Theres almost impassable mountains protecting it.

  • @ev4079
    @ev4079 Před 2 lety

    Awesome stuff! I love Medieval English history.

  • @sou713
    @sou713 Před 3 lety

    I'd love it if you react to some Third Crusade stuff, the clash between Richard and Saladin whose reference you unfortunately missed

  • @jerichohpe1099
    @jerichohpe1099 Před 3 lety

    I love this channel

  • @Defferleffer
    @Defferleffer Před 2 lety

    9:10 I'm almost certain it's a reference to the raid on the Monestary of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, which is widely recognized as the beginning of the Viking Age.

  • @historiaterra5553
    @historiaterra5553 Před 2 lety +1

    You gotta watch the eastern vs western Philosophy one. I think its one of the best ones.

  • @Joe-tc4hk
    @Joe-tc4hk Před 3 lety

    The Zoinks reference comes from The name Lodbrok which means shaggy breeches and was a nickname, which is the same sort of pants shaggy from scooby soo wears

  • @RM12600
    @RM12600 Před 3 lety +1

    I recommend watching a brief history of the royal family, it’s really good and quite funny

  • @SRosenberg203
    @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +2

    5:00 There's really no historical evidence whatsoever to indicate that Richard the Lionheart was gay. Most of those theories come from Victorian-era historians who were so prudish that they interpreted the medieval practice of people sharing a bed as an inherently sexual activity. There are accounts of Richard sharing a bed with King Phillip of France as like a symbolic display of friendship, and sleeping alone in a bed was something that pretty much NOBODY in the Middle Ages did on a regular basis; they had completely different standards of privacy than we do today. Staying in an inn, for example, would almost certainly result in you being put into a bed with one or more other travelers, unless you were rich enough to rent out an entire room.
    There's also plenty of contemporary evidence referring to Richard's adultery, so this idea that he didn't bang his wife because he wanted to bang men is completely unsupported by history.
    The simplest explanation for why Richard never impregnated his wife is also the most likely to be correct: he was less interested in her than he was in warring and fighting. He was a warrior at heart, and that's what he thought about first and foremost. He always had a war to fight, so he just didn't have time for Berengaria.

  • @kianfanella1753
    @kianfanella1753 Před 3 lety +1

    Watching this on way to Gettysburg!!

  • @SoranotRoxas
    @SoranotRoxas Před 3 lety +6

    This was what I wanted to see when the video first dropped! You're opinion lol

  • @noahgibsonspeninsularwarsa1134

    Edward Longshanks vs. Haold of Norway, that should be fun to see.

  • @europeancolony
    @europeancolony Před 3 lety +4

    Please react to ERB Eastern philosophers vs Western Philosophers

  • @ShayTheValiant
    @ShayTheValiant Před 3 lety +7

    Please react to "How Medieval Kings Would See Today" by Fire of Learning.

  • @Defferleffer
    @Defferleffer Před 2 lety

    2:06 A "Thing" is a law assembly from the viking age where noblemen and landowners could make laws, announcements and settle disputes. The Danish parliament is still called "Folketinget" (The People's Thing)

  • @frunkd4drunk274
    @frunkd4drunk274 Před 3 lety

    I got this exact ad while watching this video :)

  • @allys744
    @allys744 Před 2 lety +1

    I love the dig at the Minnesota Vikings, it’s so true.🤣
    I had a friend who’s from Minnesota and he once flipped out over an unsuccessful Vikings game. It was hilarious

  • @yak5438
    @yak5438 Před rokem

    10:00 Fun fact:
    In germany the movie is called "The knights of the coconut" ... the more you know

  • @spencersonnier1
    @spencersonnier1 Před 2 lety +2

    You gotta do Zeus vs Thor! It’s one of the best ones they’ve ever done

  • @RikFTK
    @RikFTK Před 2 lety

    Great reaction! If you want a full on bar for bar nothing missed breakdown, go watch Teacher Eddie's reaction. He caught every reference imaginable.

  • @warthunderenjoyer8542
    @warthunderenjoyer8542 Před 3 lety

    Salad-in a fight refers to saladin (Richard's enemy in the 3rd crusade

  • @metalmadsen
    @metalmadsen Před 2 lety

    Thank you. Finaly some one who knows the stories behind this battle.

  • @aidenbrowes4716
    @aidenbrowes4716 Před 2 lety

    The Sean Connery line is a double reference I think, because Sean Connery’s Bond makes an appearance in the end of “James Bond vs. Austin Powers” as well as the Robin Hood reference

  • @ryanmcleish1498
    @ryanmcleish1498 Před 3 lety

    Ragnar lothbrook is also a character referenced in assassin's Creed Valhalla and you can actually meet his sons as one of the quests that you pick up right off the bat and I'm not sure if this is historically accurate but Ivar mentions that he gets the name because he moves like a reed in the wind someone gave it to him that he was fighting

  • @paulwhitelaw1755
    @paulwhitelaw1755 Před 3 lety +5

    I think Richard gets a bit of the rub of the green because John was so hated so it is the rose tinted specs about Richard. I prefer Sir Patrick Stewart as King Richard in Robin Hood Men in Thighs.

    • @ozzmen4494
      @ozzmen4494 Před 3 lety

      I think the evolution of Robin Hoods Story from just Bandit who gives money to the poor to making him have a moral code who didnt kill and was a geniuine good character who is loyal to the legitimate king Richard who wasnt present had more impact then John himself.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety

      @@ozzmen4494 If you're interested in the development of the Robin Hood Myths, OverlySarcasticProductions has a great video about it that goes into the historical stories, when the likely originated and how they made the jump from oral to written tradition. It's fascinating, and called *Legends Summarized: Robin Hood* if you want to check it out

  • @mewesquirrel6720
    @mewesquirrel6720 Před 3 lety

    I was literally going to ask you to do this because I don't know much about either 😂😂

  • @taskmagician4289
    @taskmagician4289 Před 2 lety +1

    I like when you pause and explain lines. If people want to watch the whole thing then they should go to the original video. 😎

  • @MKDumas1981
    @MKDumas1981 Před 2 lety +3

    "Your old lady couldn't feel the love on any night!"
    "He might have been homosexual. It's pretty hard..."
    Apparently not. 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

  • @BAM_Deadstroke
    @BAM_Deadstroke Před 2 lety +2

    As a Packers fan, I quite enjoyed the "If I wanted to fight loser Vikings I'd go to Minnesota."
    That said, the Viking wins this one in my book. Ragnar absolutely got the dub.

  • @NathanSmith-fl2xg
    @NathanSmith-fl2xg Před 3 lety

    Yall know any videos about the Swiss you would recommend?

  • @spiderfingers86
    @spiderfingers86 Před 3 lety

    New season, new episode

  • @samright4661
    @samright4661 Před 2 lety

    Just Curious do you Cover Romans roads through Brittian? Or the History of Roman Rule in Brittianna? The Roman influence is the one the most events in History

  • @ToddRokely
    @ToddRokely Před 2 lety

    The "Sean Connery" line not only reference Robin Hood Prince of Thieves but also a previous ERB featuring James Bond. The Sean Connery version shows up in the end to battle the Daniel Craig version.

  • @garypalmer997
    @garypalmer997 Před 3 lety

    When you paused it at 9:16 in that pose he does really look like the Vikings actor

  • @elijahfrost5633
    @elijahfrost5633 Před 2 lety

    I play RiseOfKingdoms and I love the history in it but I didn’t really understand the origins so this video really helped so tysm

  • @PJDAltamirus0425
    @PJDAltamirus0425 Před 3 lety +2

    TBH, I think Vikings have been a bit overdone especially in recent years, especially the Vikings that raided England, Jesus, were are the shows Vikings in the new world or Vikings serving the Varangian Guard, or Vikings in the new world? Assassin Creed made game were the trailer painted Alfred the flipping Great, the that kept England from being subjugated the Great Heathen Army as the bad guy. We fucking glamorize the group that chop up priests, robbery and sold slaves for fun. Fuck, when the last time anyone did a series about El Cid, Alfred the Great, or Charlegmage, or Charles Martel?

  • @tatewaki2000
    @tatewaki2000 Před 3 lety +4

    The Historian Rap King has returned.

  • @ms_scribbles
    @ms_scribbles Před 3 lety +1

    I'd say Richard I didn't have kids with his wife because he was never friggin' home to bang her. Also, the reference to "twist your spine like the end of the Plantagenet line" was a reference to Richard III, who had scoliosis (confirmed now that we've found his remains, but not hunchback like Shakespeare claimed), and who was the last Plantagenet king. The "shaggy little pants" is a reference to Ragnar's name. "Loðbrók" means "shaggy breeches" in Old Norse.

  • @FatherTime89
    @FatherTime89 Před 3 lety

    This is a bit of a different request but if you know much about the Cold War then I'd love to see you go over all the cards in Twilight Struggle. It's a board game where one player is the US and the other is the USSR and you play out the cold war and compete for influence over the world. Every card is a reference to an event in the Cold War and its effects on the game mirror what happened in the event.

  • @Kelle0804
    @Kelle0804 Před 2 lety

    Hello from Sweden

  • @rigdigwus
    @rigdigwus Před 3 lety

    they rhymes at 4:04 are really great

  • @silkok6346
    @silkok6346 Před 2 lety +1

    could u please make video where u rank all roman emperors from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus

  • @larryfontenot9018
    @larryfontenot9018 Před 3 lety

    I'm surprised note wasn't taken of the Saladin line.

  • @elijahspradlin8367
    @elijahspradlin8367 Před 3 lety

    Please do Thor vs Zeus!!!! It’s my favorite one and has the best dissed and a ton of historical lines in them!

  • @literatureandgaming-yt9352

    Man i have a question for you... What is the difference between a Civil War And a Revolution? Im Quite Confused..

  • @carrieseymour5197
    @carrieseymour5197 Před 3 lety

    Do you subscribe to the interpretation that Ivar the Boneless was physically disabled then, or was that only in reference to the Vikings version?
    I'd rather like it to be true, because it does make a good story, but I'm not sure I don't find some of the other interpretations more likely, at least with my limited knowledge.

    • @SRosenberg203
      @SRosenberg203 Před 2 lety +1

      It's unclear from the historical record, but there are some accounts (not primary, unfortunately) that indicate he had some kind of palsy or other condition that impacted his ability to walk. I did like how they dealt with it in Vikings though, that seemed pretty plausible to me.

  • @JABRIEL251
    @JABRIEL251 Před 2 lety

    10:24 Definitely recognized that a knockout line.