Lost Worlds: The Vikings 5

[BayAreaOrBust]

And we keep calling them violent and barberic? When have we ever focused on the antagonismthat Christianity brought? How abou the Crusades and the forced conversions in the Americas?

I just wish Viking culture took over Europe instead of Christendom, it would've been so vibrant.

[talbot5445]

The Vikings' indigenous polytheistic religion was far richer and far more culturally fertile than the arid, desert religion of Christianity, which was forced down their pagan necks.

[TheOneCalledSloth]

They forgot to mention how the icelandic vikings colonized greenland and north america long before the rest of europe.

[alemanloco1]

NEVER CHRISTIAN ALWAYS GERMANIC/PAGAN PRIDE!

[criticman123]

Christianization = Loss of huge amount of culture :(

[TheaterRaven]

Fascinating documentary, and I have to say, the religious debates in the comments have been quite amusing. I'm American, I'm Christian, but my great-great grandfather was from Sweden and I've always felt a connection to it and love learning everything about it, Norse mythology included. Just like any civilization's tales of old, it IS possible to enjoy the stories purely on an artistic/cultural level without following a certain religion. Now everybody just relax and enjoy the videos. :)

[bratwurst080808]

its a shame that they didnt mention the gods of the vikings :( because its really awesome

[dudeonthasopha]

ok at 1:59 that cross is not a christian symbol. it has four equal arms and is circular. that cross would actually be a pagan cross.

[PPiTTislakatamia]

sounds like my penis

[MurdocLC]

Wikings - Masters of raid and wood.

[MurdocLC]

It's a shame how much Christianity spread. I'm so so happy it didn't take over east Asia.

And I'm glad Sweden isn't a very religious country.

[kachow234]

4 people got invaded by vikings

[lolmasta100]

trelleborg is in of sweden!

[TheKristian1984]

@lolmasta100

oh yes but the Trelleborg in Sweden is a few hundred years younger

[Microglia1]

Vikings should wait for another 300 years...then you can rape and pillage Portugal and Spain monasteries (all that gold from the new world)! Converting to Christianity was stupid.

[Vexille1983]

It was the rulers that saw Christianity as politically useful. Or rather it was bureaucratic structure of the Church and its monks that were useful as civil servants. Forget this bullshit about Christianity "bringing peace". Peace was brought to the kingdom by a large royalist army, while foreign-born priests and monks helped to revise the legal codes, and ministered to the local populace with the swords of the king's Housecarls and Gestir to back up the missionaries.

[rugbyboy198127]

@Vexille1983 yes that's right - the vikings used christianity when they could take advantage and didn't give a toss about it when it didn't suit them! the balance of power was very much in favour of the vikings not the christians - inferior people quickly become superstitious and live in fear - christianity in a nutshell for me! ofcourse they will try to take credit for anything they can - but the vikings played/toyed with the christians and did no more than pay lip servive when it suited them!!

[Snipe4261]

So the moral of the story is that the bloodthristy Viking barbarians found Jesus and settled down? Thats just stupid.

[Bothorth]

@Snipe4261 It was :(

[funnystarchild]

What if Christian dogs wouldnt have screwed it up? What if we still would worship Odin! Imagine what awsome culture it would be?? Hail Odin!!!!!

[TheCoxblox]

What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!

[JayHiding]

I don't like that they portray the Christianization of Scandinavia as a positive thing.

[MurdocLC]

@JayHiding Word.

[shaolinadr]

Loki must be behind this shitty doc

[Bigdawgaz1]

The so called "cross" in the middle of the fort is the Eye Of Odin at least they could get that part right!

[RealityChickRCRU]

Dragons on the horizon

[HaakonTheViking]

Shame they didn't mention that the comming of christianity alls brought great conflict and WAR! The pagans didn't convert easily.

[haramacad]

that is what i call aok land

[wpaxton]

I don't like when documentaries have narration over the end credits. Would it be so great a loss of chiched performance to have the program be a minute shorter so as to avoid distracting words cluttering the screen? I can't wait until they stop this ridiculous practice.

[human20freedom]

4.05...hohohohoho hey beavis...he said wood....hohohoho wood...

[Bjerhof]

Being a dane I can never get used to the english pronounciation of city names, oh well.

Watching stuff like this really makes on proud of being a northman!

[fread194]

Wonder why Haralds "empire" didn't include Sweden. Probably because the people in sweden were super Vikings which is a newly adopted term in scientific research

[ant12375]

@fread194 Let me guess....you are Swedish?

[hwplugburz]

lol :) my thoughts exatly hehe

[petkol]

They make it so romantic when they talk about vikings and christianity. They should read about King Olaf the St. and his half brother, Harald Hard-Ruler converting Norway by the tip of the sword.

No wonder we are the least christian post-christian nation in the world.

[Crux4nsata]

It's an American documentary don't get your hopes up. They usually make lowsy documentaries, but it was interesting non than less :)

[MrJizmonkey]

Good shit, I enjoyed it, by the way the Vikings DIDN'T settle North America, although many believe they did travel there, which is incredible seafaring.

[ficklefackle]

oh so the viking settlements in novia scotia and new england were indians... indians building forts and houses with the exact same way the vikings did.. even though the way the scandinavians constructed them was unique... of course. oh and all the sagas were wrong too, the thousand year old runes were all lying as well =)

[MrJizmonkey]

So what happened to them then??

[anotherelvis]

The North American settlements were abandoned fairly quickly. Their remains have been found.

[petkol]

3-4 settlers trip. 200-400 people on that largest fleet, and they most likly stayed for a century in North-america.

[MrJizmonkey]

@petkol Didn't know that fair enough, it just baffled me that there wasn't any when Columbus got there, I thought "settling" somewhere meant you made your home there and stayed there.

[MacLeamh]

@MrJizmonkey -- That's true, but then you die. And small numbers of settlers tend to not leave a genetic footprint. Same thing with the Anglian-Norse settlement of England -- a male war-lord elite who took over the Romano-British systems of governance (including their Latin titles). You leave the "natives" largely intact (warlords don't plow or clerk) and you marry or consort with local women; your grandchildren will start to "go native" and their progeny will be regarded as such.

[silentsoliloquy82]

*Valhalla

[ahmadclk]

I'm pissed at how this documentary barely mentioned the fact that the vikings settled North America, that's the most interesting thing I find about the Vikings.

[18Porchmonkey]

I would have like to have seen that too. Maybe even mention more on this 'rebellion'. I think they skipped a heap right there. Oh suddenly there was a rebellion. No there wasn't it was more than that.

[PureJordal]

yeah and the raiding in france too

[QuantumProphet]

@ahmadclk they also made it into mars, if ya dont believe me ask Carl Sagan ;)

[sploonsta]

thor could beat down jesus :3

[xburnyoutoashesx]

I kinda think that this video is BULLSHIT. It actually sort of pisses me off. They make it seem like the vikings fought against all christians because they were christian. What the fuck. It was no "holy war" like the christians used to conquer a lot. The vikings just straight up conquered and raided, there was no certain way of deciding who they'd go after. But on the other hand, i think that the video is somewhat good. Grrr

[william22250]

but all sin is equal in God's eye's. so technically, we're as bad as the vikings

[ghostriderblack89]

well the ppl of sweden isnt the same as in the viking age because i have read that the vikings had larger brains then the modern sweds have today however i have a larger brain then most sweds though so i might still have a large viking brain :D

[QueenRaeni]

Having a larger than usual head doesn't indicate greater intelligense. As in your case, it points to being thick as fcuk.

[ghostriderblack89]

excuse me? :D

[titan5000]

It's probably just a tumour making your head bigger

[ghostriderblack89]

No.

[ghostriderblack89]

all christians brake those comandments :D

[SwIsHeRsAndOpTiMoS]

u dont know if they did any of those fag shut up

[julienkip]

blutstrudel, go back and watch the part of this with the talking to the dude about the long boats. Look at the damn boat, notice the obviously metal rivet heads? Now re-watch the same part, but this time listen to the guy say what type of IRON they used to build the damn boats. Write that crap down and google it Mr Butstrudel, after reading up a bit on what you found ask yourself " does this type of iron rust?" dumbass.

[ateapotist67]

Lame documentary. Could have been much more in-depth. Two stars.

[jettbugg]

Just had to watch all 5 episodes...thanks for posting!

[madsdahlc]

I from the area where fyrkat is built , close by lies by lies the town of hobro , my home town

[madsdahlc]

after harolds death the fortreses fell into decline

[thorleifspoon]

lol.

Leif Ericsson did a hell of a job to make it to america without sails. Vikings were strong people but wtf? Longboats had sails because it´s impossible for the vikings to establish such a big trade/rading "empire" with just oars. I meen if ju have to use oars to get to england you would have to rest a year before storming the monastary.

[Blutstrupfs]

You know; I was trying to give you people some lesson in history, and boat making. Obviously non of you're an expert,like me in the subject so unless one of you are an expert be quiet. Because it make you seem ignorant to the subject.

[Blutstrupfs]

Godsovs I know that they have some Viking Long Boat replicas, but if you noticed they were retrofitted with under water counter weights, so they could add the sails, because if not the boat will flip on its sides. It's impossible to keep these boat on the water with sails because of their slim built. these boats are made only with oars. because the oars are the only thing that kept them steady on the water without flipping. this is a scientific fact.

[Tanookiru]

Please don't state something is a 'fact' with nothing to back it up. Instead of arguing with folks, spend ten minutes of research time on the web. Then appologize to folks for spreading bad info.

[Blutstrupfs]

You know what I'm expert in the subject Mr Tanokiru or Taco noodle whatever you're name.

[djwaglmuffin]

They had a clever design for the fortress but would have been easy to seige!

[Godsovs]

Blutstrupfs:

In denmark we have reconstructed long boats, and other viking ships, WITH sails, and they seem to be sailing very well. In fact, there have just been a trip from Denmark (cant remember where) to northern england somewhere, with sails.

Having a lot of rescuing ships among them offcourse, if anything should go wrong.

[Blutstrupfs]

That's nonsense that the Viking Long Boat or any Viking Boat for that matter had a sail. It will be impossible because the center of gravity would've flip the Boat on its sides. This boat were constructed to be use with Oars Only,to go up rivers and not for the fairy tale of open Ocean Exploration. The Titanic couldn't cross the same very waters and got hit by an Iceberg, imagine those Wooden Planck Boat crossing the same waters specially when there were more Iceberg on the water than now.

[victor190779]

It is the first time, that I have heard anyone dissing the design of the viking long boats.

If they were so horribly bad, I wonder why exactly the same basic design is still being used today all over Scandinavia. Go to any port and yoy will see, what I mean.

[Blutstrupfs]

My friend; I'm not dissing the Viking Long Boat is the truth, that they were made of wooden planks and not one them used any type of iron nails nor sails because in the burial grounds were they found them their was no evidence of such and to keep the wooden planks together they use wooden pecks and pine tree resin for glue and to protect the wood from rotting. These vessels were clearly use for lakes and river crossing not for Ocean crossing. Remember iron nails would have rotten by sea.

[Tanookiru]

No, they only tied in the ribs, not the hull. The hull was built first, joined with up to 700 kilos of iron nails, then the ribs fitted and secured. This is the reverse of more modern techniques. It gave a springiness to the frame so that the ship would flex when in use to releive strain on the wood.

You might also note that dhows have been sailing in the eastern seas with lashed-together hulls for many centuries.

[Blutstrupfs]

I seeing a Viking Long Boat with my own eyes and let me tell you not one of them have iron nails and they were not tide like you said. I repeat my self for the last time. They used wooden pecks for what will have kept the wooden planks together. If they would've used iron nails the sea water or any water for that matter would've rotten the nails and the boat would've sink nor would we have any Long Boats left to study OK. Mr. Taconuri

[2canines]

@Blutstrupfs: what is your purpose for spreading disinformation like this. you say that the viking didn't use iron nails. but if you had spent the time to watch all 5 parts you would have seen in part 3 the more then 1000 your old viking ship that still had its nails preserved. the vikings was so smart that they could make non rusting nails. so stop claiming your an expert and admit your a lunatic running amok

[Dimmuhead]

A Christian Viking!?!

That totally ruins the point ov being a Viking!

Praise be to Odin!

[xburnyoutoashesx]

I know!! Thats what pisses me off about this video.

HAIL ODIN!

[silentsoliloquy82]

LOL.....it wasn't uncommon for someone to publicly pretend to convert to one religion, but continued to follow their own. I do agree with you that a Viking doesn't seem the same without Odin or Vahalla. :D

[ficklefackle]

vikings were people who left to conquer and kill foreign tribes, essentially the same as the crusaders. just representing a different religion

[ankra12]

Fantastisk:-)

[BraedenRath]

Hail Bluetooth's son! Hail Sweyn Forkbeard!

[bobbymullinix]

Yeah, seriously. Bluetooth was a sellout. Hail Forkbeard!

[Aslaug75]

@bobbymullinix A good year and peace to you. Svend Tveskæg was the -real- hero. Harald was so detested in his own lifetime (uniter of Denmark bedamned) that his own SON could raise a rebellion against him and dethrone him. That really should tell people all they need to know.