I love it that ive watched 5 or six reanacment battles of hastings, And NO actors have the balls to Shave there heads like the normans, there head in the back was shaven like a skin head, there fronts look like the dude who is playing , william the bastard, but the backs were shaven closer to the skin...shit if your gonna play a role try to look more authentic, thats what i think,
Also, it seems to be that - the Saxons conquereds Eng. fr the Celts. 600 yrs before. Now they themselves were conquered. They were already Briton/Saxons, to become another admixture. WOW! How many? Celt - Saxon - Angles-Norman (Norse), Frank ?
Normans back in 1066 were clean shaven and had the backs of their hair shaved. They looked weird to the Anglo saxon, of whom sported long flowing hair and moustaches.
The main culprit for the demise of Anglo Saxon was down to Edward the Confessor. He never laid out a clear plan to choose a successor, when he remained childless.
Harold II is a true anglo saxon, but has no lineage to the throne, whilst Duke William had a blood relationship to the throne, whilst being a total foreigner to England. The lack of a clear chosen heir truly was setting the stage for a power struggle and boy were there claimants ready to take the biggest pie of Europe.
@EarthaKit2 Yeah, he's a tyrant. Even before the invasion of England, he was known to be ruthless to the French and his Norman rivals. This was due to the power struggles he encountered since he was a young boy. Norman France, though civilized as the French are, are a more brutal society.
Without the Norman presence in England, there won't be claims for French territory. Because of William I and then the Plantegenets, England had vast territories in France.
England would not be the same without the Normans and the Anglo Saxons. They are both involved with the heritage of England.
The Normans brought the continental culture to a "scandinavian" Britain, fusing a new community that will be known as the English. The French influence on the old English is also significant in the formation of England.
Many of the best Monarchs of England had Norman ancestry, Henry II and Richard the Lionheart (ceour de lion), spoke little or no English.
I like how they make the Saxons out to be the victims here. Only 500 years earlier they did THE SAME THING to the original inhabitants,the Britons. Karma
@19sole You are wrong. A gambeson may provide good protection against sword cuts and blunt trauma, but it is not nearly as effective as mail at providing protection from spear thrusts. The manufacture of mail requires an immense amount of manual labour and if a thick gambeson truly provided better protection then most warriors would have chosen to wear gambesons which are both cheaper and lighter.
@CptPicard832 Wrong on your first statement. The Danes actually allied with the English in the years of 1067-69, to fight off the Normans. However the Danish invasion was not successful intially, and in the end William offered Sweyn II (King of Denmark) a payment to leave England, which the Dane accepted. It was the Norwegians that invaded in 1066, but they probably had no deal with the Normans. They both just saw their chance at the same time, as there was a crisis in England.
@24michiganironbrigad the english spared his life, and they let him send his dead, wounded and remaining men home. He was in their debt. His viking honor left him no other option but to fight with them against the Normans.
@lxgiwylgta He's not watch the whole series he's names in french but its translates as "God's Wolf" you even here him say "The Duke" a couple of times referencing to William, and besides this series is ment to be seen through the eyes of the ordinary soldier, you hardly see Harold Godwinson or Harald Hardrada and don't even here them talk. Again ment to seen as though you're one the common soldiers.
WTF? are the vikings on the side of the Anglo-Saxons in this battle? Cuz that one guy with the crappy plate armor was fighting along side them. And Orotund, any army that there ever was raped, pillaged and burned villages to the ground
Yes, alot of Vikings fought with the Saxons at 1066. If the Saxons won they were set to get alot of gold, war booty, and a good saga to tell to their children. Also it meant the Saxons didn't kill them.
I'd really like the music of the choir that swells up! Sounds amazing, it's really distinctive with an own recognisable sound, love it! Anyone know the name of the song, or if it can be bought?
I Have a lot of respect for the Anglo-Saxons but this film was a bit ridiculous in portraying my Norman forefathers as mindless brutes. And the only good Norman just happened to be Breton hehe. I understood some of the Icelandic spoken since I lived in Iceland to learn Icelandic it was nice. But they should not have had the Normans speak French they spoke Norman and still a minority of us do. We have a lot of Saxon elements in Normandy (place names ending with HAM) and Nordic so we are family ;)
Ofcourse the Normans would be potrayed as mindless brutes, they were the invaders and the invading side is always depicted as such. I was always taught that the Normans raped and killed most of the english villagers but that is the english side so it could be biased.
Very very good comment Anquetil79, now if i could have your help in persuading a certain dickhead called regnumfrancum of what you stated in your comment id be very grateful.Maybe he will believe me if he heres it from the mouth of an actual Norman. We are blood brothers, we English hail from the same area as you Normans,we are all of Scandinavian/Germanic origins and have fuck all to do with France!I salute you!!
@Anquetil79: You do not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified Nancy boy, who is afraid of wars! You are indubitably no sea-dog but the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to you limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when you forgot to put sugar in your porridge!
Shut you mouth you cockhole. The Normans has nothing to do with primitive Viking animals. Why are you insisting the Norman aren't French you dirty traitor.when i go back to Normandy on holiday, I'll make an effort to find you and strangle you a bit for calling a Norman a dirty viking. I'm no dirty Viking.
norman basically means ''northman'' and normans are Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy ans later on adopter local ways and culture. Norman explorers also made their way into southern italy/sicily and theres probably more places where they gained footholds.. so that's pretty much the case
@doippa123 You are very wrong. First Norseman means Northman after which the name Normandy is derived. Normans means people from Normandy which is different. Second, the Viking never conquered Normandy but was granted land after their defeat at Chartre. In exchange, they'd have to convert to Christianity and have the French king as Overlord. By 1066, the small number of Viking settlers were all but assimilated. they spoke French, were culturally French and little to no connection to Scandinavia.
@TemplarX2 Fully assimilated at 1066? Keep on dreaming. The viking settlements further away down in russia had connections to Scandinavia all the way upp to the 13-14 hundreds. I aint saying they were "all viking", but they for sure wasnt fully assimilated. Just take a look at the vast diffrences between the normans and the rest of french from that period and onwards. It also scandinavian traces in the language, which would be impossible if they were assimilated that fast.
@JimmyReptile1 Yes as i said fully assimilated to the Norman culture (Norman as the land of Normandy) and they had zero connection to Scandinavia by 1066. If a viking were to speak to a Norman, the Norman will simply stare at him. And what do you mean by Norman and other French? Define other French. If anything a Norman, Angevin and Francilian had more in commons than they would with say a Breton, Burgundian and Aquitainian. In fact the former speak Oil French while the others not.
@TemplarX They spoke a "mixture" of languages were "scandinavian" was Included. And the vikings were a big part of the foundation of the norman culture( wich was seperated from ordinary french culture). final. Btw, William was a direct descendant from Hrolf/Rolf (aka Robert I).
@JimmyReptile1 They didn't speak any mixture of languages. The language they spoke is Oil French with a few scandinavian words that are mostly associated with the sea. Middle English is a mixture (French and old Eng) I can read old Norman text and I read standard modern French!Those Scandinavians words also was used by other French. When I say no connection I meant by 1066 Normans had no dealings with Vikings and were they to appear in Normandy they would be viewed as aliens if not killed.
@doippa123 The Normans arent Scandinavian you idiot. The Norman are racially almost similar to the surrounding French. Only a few vikings settled in Normandy and were assimilated. Beside the Viking never conquered Normandy; they were defeated at Chartres and in the peace treaty were given the land of Normandy in exchange they had to convert to catholicism, defend the land from future Viking raids and had the french king as Overlord.
@TemplarX2 You are too over the top, its obvious that you let your emotions get above the facts. Sure they werent all viking at 1066, but they for for sure had viking connections. They coungured and settled there 100 years before the battle you mention.
Its like some nation is counqured by muslims and even rules a land for a centries and then claim "no muslim/arab connection", its ridiculus! just take a look at a country today with 20 years of immigration. The word youre looking for is Intig.
@JimmyReptile1 It's 150 years not 100 years and there's no comparison with the Muslim as the Vikings never conquered Normandy but were granted land their after their defeat at Chartres. the Vikings by marrying their daughters to local lords forged a new elites which are the Normans. Where you are wrong is that the viking influence was not limited to Normandy but to the entire France. Everyone in France (and England!) used long ships because they were superior!
@JimmyReptile1 You are also very selective of non-important facts that suit your agenda. You notice the long ships (used everywhere), yet you hardly paid any attention to the more important details like the fact the Norman referred to themselves as French (Franci) and their armour, hairstyle matched exactly the Frankish style common in France, while the English and Vikings had long hair and different weapons such as axes.
@TemplarX2 The Bayeux Tapestry shows normans in pure dragonships. Longships was a viking invention and everbody didnt use it, only people that were influence by the vikings and even they didnt use the distinct viking style, like the normands(translated northmens btw.)
You got dragonships, you got the land named after the vikings, you got scandinavian adopted words and you got more. Im sorry only there the viking connection is proved, game over templar. (Zero viking connections.. yeah right!)
@JimmyReptile1 Your comprehension level is very deficient. Viking longships were adopted by the French, German, Dutch and English! And who is denying a connection of Normans to the Vikings. There is a connection because it is marginal or insignificant by 1066. France is named after the Franks does that means the entire France is German? No! You know the Burgundy was named after the Burgunds (Norse); does that mean Burgundians were Vikings too? LOL. You fail.
@TemplarX2 Franks werent Germans they were Germanic and even tougth the Normans had mixture of Frankish they still had Viking aswell so i dont see how that would dissapear you know that NOrman Language had nordic words rigth?
@TemplarX2 Dont understand what you mean you referiting to what? "@ImperialGuard9001 Just like modern French, so what? Contact with foreigners brought new words into Old French. "
@TemplarX2 Franci doesnt meant French means Frank and Franks doesnt necessary means French since there was not such thing as French in this time I would say yourself are pushing an agenda. French were never a people like the English or Dutch or Danes they are colection of peoples united under one goverment you think that Bretons? The Flemish? THe Gascons? The Burgundians were french? Many of wich spoke different languages not french!
Long hair was adopted by Normans after Conquest and axes
@ImperialGuard9001 LOL Franci sure means French. By this the French people were known as Frank (not to confused with the original Frank). It was much later that Frank became Frankish (Franc became Francais). French is actually anglicized "Franc". The English is not a people but a collection of peoples as well (Angles, Saxons, Celts etc). In an Ethnic sense French would include Francilian, Angevins, Normans and most of Northern France excluding the Bretons, Flemish and Alsacians.
@TemplarX2 How about the Occitans? That are themselfs a colection of peoples? Or perhaps Catalans or Basques aswell? All of tree spoke different languages but now are consider French. Is like I said French were never a people they are a colection of peoples a lot more than English for example since example yo used the English are majory "Germanic" of Jute Angle and Saxon background can you say the same about French with Franks? Nop..
@ImperialGuard9001 Well you are wrong again. The French were an ethnic group that originated around Paris an d inculde the Francilians (Parisians), Normans, Angevins, surrounding Duchy as well as the Non-Flemish Belgian (now not French). The English just as varied as not all Germanic are similar. The Franks orignated East of Danubes while the Goths from Scandinavia. The English also had a Briton and Romans that contrary to believe form the majority although ruled by a Saxon elite.
@TemplarX2 The Saxon Elite theory isnt yet proved if you go to the "recent" genetic studies they say that British people was always the same that in fact all peoples that were seen as Britiish afterwards like Kelts Germanic Anglo Saxons Vikings Normans whatver were in fact "invaders" that were put as elite and replace the culutre language etc but that core of population never change since prehistoric age for me thats a lot of rubish!
@TemplarX2 And Occitans Catalans Basques Burgundians etc. I never hear about Francilian and Angevid people tough xD. In this time Frank could be anyone from the "Old Frankish Empire" aswell so a Saxon (not English)a Flemish a Dutch could be considered Franks. Muslims consider Frank anyone from Europe xD
@TemplarX2 excuse me sir , but the flemish are entirely different in an ethnic sence from the normans or bretons , and I certainly do not consider myself part of french speaking franks , in fact the word frank does no longer discribe us , as it has come to define people too different from the original frank
@wolfman19892 Who said the Flemish were Franks? only their elites were once Franks. A small minority of Flemish are now French but historically they were never French. Neither were the Breton French. the Norman sure;y were French culturally and on average probably gallic/Frankish with some Viking.
@ImperialGuard9001 thank you for proving my point , I am flemish , and the flemish to me were more likely to be like the saxons than they weree to be like the roman speaking franks or normans. correct me if i'm wrong please
@doippa123 normans settled down to normandy in the 9th century not 10th. Rollo had besieged Paris but in 911 entered vassalage to the king of the West Franks, Charles the Simple, through the Treaty of Saint Clair-sur-Epte. In exchange for his homage and fealty, Rollo legally gained the territory which he and his Viking allies had previously conquered. The name "Normandy" reflects Rollo's Viking
The bravest f Englishman died on that day. We were extremely unlucky, had our exhausted depleted army not had to fight off the viking invasion first, and run the length of the country twice, the lucky Normans would of been annihilated.
Well King Harold had a choice, he could of went to London and stayed there whilst more men arrived, and to rest his army whilst the Normans destroyed many of the villages in the south and killed countless people. To do this would of been the wise choice, but i guess Harold did what he thought was best. Must be hard knowing your people are being murdered and just sitting there doing nothing. But if he did we would of won...
Very very good point HarryGodwinson, we need'nt have bothered fight of the Norse invader we should have waited for William because lets face it, against a fresh English force he would have had no chance, he wouldnt have even got off the boat! The Norse (beit Dane or Norweigian) were our kin so quite simply they should have been left and then delt with at a latter date as did Alfred and so on.England would not have changed remarkably under them as it was harold himself who had a norse mother
sry, I cant find it. The end credits doesnt list up the name. only the director, cast and crew. I tried searching around google, but couldnt find much there either. I hope someone who watches this knows it. I would like to know aswell.
u suck
nobody301098 6 days ago 3
I love it that ive watched 5 or six reanacment battles of hastings, And NO actors have the balls to Shave there heads like the normans, there head in the back was shaven like a skin head, there fronts look like the dude who is playing , william the bastard, but the backs were shaven closer to the skin...shit if your gonna play a role try to look more authentic, thats what i think,
winningtrolls 1 week ago
if the vikings and english spilt the land they could have made a deal to fight with each other to beat the normans
scvboy2 1 week ago
Excuse me, but how do ....how does anyone know the battle lasted 21 minutes?
There weren't any watches then, and the fighters - maininly the expendable "peasants" could only tell time by the sun...like my granpa, a farmer.
Anyway, it was 1000 yrs ago. You know in a pitch battle, time does not run in a normal way.
The duration of the battle, obviously was made up by "historians."
And remember, ea. faction, writes what happened differently.
EarthaKit2 1 week ago
Also, it seems to be that - the Saxons conquereds Eng. fr the Celts. 600 yrs before. Now they themselves were conquered. They were already Briton/Saxons, to become another admixture. WOW! How many? Celt - Saxon - Angles-Norman (Norse), Frank ?
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EarthaKit2 1 week ago
Tell me, pls, I've read that the Eng. were just fr another battle and were exhausted. That's why they were defeated.
EarthaKit2 1 week ago
what's with the star trek references in the top comments?
conor845 2 weeks ago
At school i'm studying about the bauexy tapestry. it's amazing!!!!!!
MrTssssp 1 month ago
Odd responses on this video once more.
lopezjackie515 2 months ago
Normans back in 1066 were clean shaven and had the backs of their hair shaved. They looked weird to the Anglo saxon, of whom sported long flowing hair and moustaches.
ConstantineJoseph 4 months ago
The main culprit for the demise of Anglo Saxon was down to Edward the Confessor. He never laid out a clear plan to choose a successor, when he remained childless.
Harold II is a true anglo saxon, but has no lineage to the throne, whilst Duke William had a blood relationship to the throne, whilst being a total foreigner to England. The lack of a clear chosen heir truly was setting the stage for a power struggle and boy were there claimants ready to take the biggest pie of Europe.
ConstantineJoseph 4 months ago
@ConstantineJoseph
"the biggest part of Europe"
The Bastard was psychotic, slaughtering even peasants in villages which had done NOTHING to him.
But isn;t it strange, that 2 or 3 hundred years later, it was England that owned most of France!? That's the story of the Maid of Orleans, btw.
EarthaKit2 1 week ago
@EarthaKit2 Yeah, he's a tyrant. Even before the invasion of England, he was known to be ruthless to the French and his Norman rivals. This was due to the power struggles he encountered since he was a young boy. Norman France, though civilized as the French are, are a more brutal society.
Without the Norman presence in England, there won't be claims for French territory. Because of William I and then the Plantegenets, England had vast territories in France.
ConstantineJoseph 1 week ago
England would not be the same without the Normans and the Anglo Saxons. They are both involved with the heritage of England.
The Normans brought the continental culture to a "scandinavian" Britain, fusing a new community that will be known as the English. The French influence on the old English is also significant in the formation of England.
Many of the best Monarchs of England had Norman ancestry, Henry II and Richard the Lionheart (ceour de lion), spoke little or no English.
ConstantineJoseph 4 months ago
I like how they make the Saxons out to be the victims here. Only 500 years earlier they did THE SAME THING to the original inhabitants,the Britons. Karma
dmaclady 5 months ago
would it be strange if Keane brought me here?
Akabari100 7 months ago
And how come Ordgar who seems to be an earl is wearing a leather vest?? Someone like him would have been wearing mail.
Kingofsomething87 8 months ago
@Kingofsomething87 No, a thick gambeson protects even better than chainmail.
19sole 7 months ago
@19sole You are wrong. A gambeson may provide good protection against sword cuts and blunt trauma, but it is not nearly as effective as mail at providing protection from spear thrusts. The manufacture of mail requires an immense amount of manual labour and if a thick gambeson truly provided better protection then most warriors would have chosen to wear gambesons which are both cheaper and lighter.
Kingofsomething87 7 months ago
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What is a black guy 5:47 doing in the Norman army??
Kingofsomething87 8 months ago
966
SaadisPro 8 months ago
no accuracy in historical details , a 'lord of the rings' like scenario ... well just rubbish.
this important date of english history shouldn't be spoiled this way !
MrSanguinelis 8 months ago
damn music is annoying!!!
the screams of my foes is sweet music to my ears and the crunch of bone!!!!
yyaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
keithehlert 10 months ago
The Normans were too scared to attack England alone, they had to get the Danes and Vikings to help them, Willian could have never taken England alone
CptPicard832 10 months ago
@CptPicard832 Wrong on your first statement. The Danes actually allied with the English in the years of 1067-69, to fight off the Normans. However the Danish invasion was not successful intially, and in the end William offered Sweyn II (King of Denmark) a payment to leave England, which the Dane accepted. It was the Norwegians that invaded in 1066, but they probably had no deal with the Normans. They both just saw their chance at the same time, as there was a crisis in England.
MartieD 9 months ago 2
poor saxons
vidmizz 1 year ago
I don't get it, why is the Viking now on the side of the Saxons?
24michiganironbrigad 1 year ago
@24michiganironbrigad the english spared his life, and they let him send his dead, wounded and remaining men home. He was in their debt. His viking honor left him no other option but to fight with them against the Normans.
bodypowr 11 months ago
The Mead Oath gives me chills lol
Amarksyhk 1 year ago
lol william the conquer looks like spock
lxgiwylgta 1 year ago 10
@lxgiwylgta He's not William he's a commander
Amarksyhk 1 year ago
@Amarksyhk he has to be dude.. then where the heck is william then?
lxgiwylgta 1 year ago
@lxgiwylgta He's not watch the whole series he's names in french but its translates as "God's Wolf" you even here him say "The Duke" a couple of times referencing to William, and besides this series is ment to be seen through the eyes of the ordinary soldier, you hardly see Harold Godwinson or Harald Hardrada and don't even here them talk. Again ment to seen as though you're one the common soldiers.
Amarksyhk 1 year ago
@lxgiwylgta to me he is still william the bastard
CptPicard832 10 months ago
@lxgiwylgta
thats not william. you dont actually see him at all in this series
htfc93 2 weeks ago
@htfc93 yes, i've been corrected a year ago lol but my point is that he looks like spock. haha
lxgiwylgta 2 weeks ago
@lxgiwylgta
true haha :-D
htfc93 2 weeks ago
@lxgiwylgta
Didn't the Normans have a special look? Straight across the forehead and straight in line with the helmet?
The Bastard was a psycho, unforgiving & relenting- even to his own children, not to mention the Saxons.
EarthaKit2 1 week ago
@EarthaKit2 true.bowcuts.
lxgiwylgta 1 week ago
Well... there goes the Viking era :( ... and :)
Stariod1994 1 year ago
By the way Templar, how do you explain the longships on the the Bayeux tapestry? No viking connection there huh?
JimmyReptile1 1 year ago
pure fiction the only true fact is the result ....the rest is guesswork
QPRTokyo 1 year ago
Thanks for this upload!
Poor saxons. Brave but misleaded and hopelessly outnumbered. Another german tragedy...!
86ToKiMa899 1 year ago
the reason is Harold had no archers when he faced william.
rubiofeo23 2 years ago
that was an advantage but this wasn't agincourt
epearl8 1 year ago
why Harold start the battle without archers ?
it wasn't wise
Emerych135 2 years ago
In that time and area it just wasn't a common tactic
epearl8 1 year ago
WTF? are the vikings on the side of the Anglo-Saxons in this battle? Cuz that one guy with the crappy plate armor was fighting along side them. And Orotund, any army that there ever was raped, pillaged and burned villages to the ground
RICE4azns 2 years ago
Thats right after the Battle of Stamford Bridge all the remaining Vikingr fought for the English
IIIZ3ROIII 2 years ago
Yes, alot of Vikings fought with the Saxons at 1066. If the Saxons won they were set to get alot of gold, war booty, and a good saga to tell to their children. Also it meant the Saxons didn't kill them.
Urinesauce 2 years ago
I'd really like the music of the choir that swells up! Sounds amazing, it's really distinctive with an own recognisable sound, love it! Anyone know the name of the song, or if it can be bought?
Atalla2008 2 years ago
I Have a lot of respect for the Anglo-Saxons but this film was a bit ridiculous in portraying my Norman forefathers as mindless brutes. And the only good Norman just happened to be Breton hehe. I understood some of the Icelandic spoken since I lived in Iceland to learn Icelandic it was nice. But they should not have had the Normans speak French they spoke Norman and still a minority of us do. We have a lot of Saxon elements in Normandy (place names ending with HAM) and Nordic so we are family ;)
Anquetil79 2 years ago
Ofcourse the Normans would be potrayed as mindless brutes, they were the invaders and the invading side is always depicted as such. I was always taught that the Normans raped and killed most of the english villagers but that is the english side so it could be biased.
Orotund 2 years ago
Done any research into what the Normans actually did to the English? they were very very very nasty.
Urinesauce 2 years ago
Very very good comment Anquetil79, now if i could have your help in persuading a certain dickhead called regnumfrancum of what you stated in your comment id be very grateful.Maybe he will believe me if he heres it from the mouth of an actual Norman. We are blood brothers, we English hail from the same area as you Normans,we are all of Scandinavian/Germanic origins and have fuck all to do with France!I salute you!!
Saxonsoldiers 2 years ago
@Anquetil79: You do not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified Nancy boy, who is afraid of wars! You are indubitably no sea-dog but the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to you limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when you forgot to put sugar in your porridge!
GreatGrumbledook 2 years ago
Shut you mouth you cockhole. The Normans has nothing to do with primitive Viking animals. Why are you insisting the Norman aren't French you dirty traitor.when i go back to Normandy on holiday, I'll make an effort to find you and strangle you a bit for calling a Norman a dirty viking. I'm no dirty Viking.
TemplarX2 2 years ago
norman basically means ''northman'' and normans are Scandinavians who in the 10th century conquered Normandy ans later on adopter local ways and culture. Norman explorers also made their way into southern italy/sicily and theres probably more places where they gained footholds.. so that's pretty much the case
doippa123 1 year ago
@doippa123 You are very wrong. First Norseman means Northman after which the name Normandy is derived. Normans means people from Normandy which is different. Second, the Viking never conquered Normandy but was granted land after their defeat at Chartre. In exchange, they'd have to convert to Christianity and have the French king as Overlord. By 1066, the small number of Viking settlers were all but assimilated. they spoke French, were culturally French and little to no connection to Scandinavia.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 Fully assimilated at 1066? Keep on dreaming. The viking settlements further away down in russia had connections to Scandinavia all the way upp to the 13-14 hundreds. I aint saying they were "all viking", but they for sure wasnt fully assimilated. Just take a look at the vast diffrences between the normans and the rest of french from that period and onwards. It also scandinavian traces in the language, which would be impossible if they were assimilated that fast.
JimmyReptile1 1 year ago
And Normandy were counqured and settled looong before it was handed over on "paper".
JimmyReptile1 1 year ago
@JimmyReptile1 Yes as i said fully assimilated to the Norman culture (Norman as the land of Normandy) and they had zero connection to Scandinavia by 1066. If a viking were to speak to a Norman, the Norman will simply stare at him. And what do you mean by Norman and other French? Define other French. If anything a Norman, Angevin and Francilian had more in commons than they would with say a Breton, Burgundian and Aquitainian. In fact the former speak Oil French while the others not.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX They spoke a "mixture" of languages were "scandinavian" was Included. And the vikings were a big part of the foundation of the norman culture( wich was seperated from ordinary french culture). final. Btw, William was a direct descendant from Hrolf/Rolf (aka Robert I).
Zero viking connection 1066!? BULLSHIT!
JimmyReptile1 1 year ago
@JimmyReptile1 They didn't speak any mixture of languages. The language they spoke is Oil French with a few scandinavian words that are mostly associated with the sea. Middle English is a mixture (French and old Eng) I can read old Norman text and I read standard modern French!Those Scandinavians words also was used by other French. When I say no connection I meant by 1066 Normans had no dealings with Vikings and were they to appear in Normandy they would be viewed as aliens if not killed.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@doippa123 The Normans arent Scandinavian you idiot. The Norman are racially almost similar to the surrounding French. Only a few vikings settled in Normandy and were assimilated. Beside the Viking never conquered Normandy; they were defeated at Chartres and in the peace treaty were given the land of Normandy in exchange they had to convert to catholicism, defend the land from future Viking raids and had the french king as Overlord.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 You are too over the top, its obvious that you let your emotions get above the facts. Sure they werent all viking at 1066, but they for for sure had viking connections. They coungured and settled there 100 years before the battle you mention.
Its like some nation is counqured by muslims and even rules a land for a centries and then claim "no muslim/arab connection", its ridiculus! just take a look at a country today with 20 years of immigration. The word youre looking for is Intig.
JimmyReptile1 1 year ago
@JimmyReptile1 It's 150 years not 100 years and there's no comparison with the Muslim as the Vikings never conquered Normandy but were granted land their after their defeat at Chartres. the Vikings by marrying their daughters to local lords forged a new elites which are the Normans. Where you are wrong is that the viking influence was not limited to Normandy but to the entire France. Everyone in France (and England!) used long ships because they were superior!
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@JimmyReptile1 You are also very selective of non-important facts that suit your agenda. You notice the long ships (used everywhere), yet you hardly paid any attention to the more important details like the fact the Norman referred to themselves as French (Franci) and their armour, hairstyle matched exactly the Frankish style common in France, while the English and Vikings had long hair and different weapons such as axes.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 The Bayeux Tapestry shows normans in pure dragonships. Longships was a viking invention and everbody didnt use it, only people that were influence by the vikings and even they didnt use the distinct viking style, like the normands(translated northmens btw.)
You got dragonships, you got the land named after the vikings, you got scandinavian adopted words and you got more. Im sorry only there the viking connection is proved, game over templar. (Zero viking connections.. yeah right!)
JimmyReptile1 1 year ago
@JimmyReptile1 Your comprehension level is very deficient. Viking longships were adopted by the French, German, Dutch and English! And who is denying a connection of Normans to the Vikings. There is a connection because it is marginal or insignificant by 1066. France is named after the Franks does that means the entire France is German? No! You know the Burgundy was named after the Burgunds (Norse); does that mean Burgundians were Vikings too? LOL. You fail.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 Franks werent Germans they were Germanic and even tougth the Normans had mixture of Frankish they still had Viking aswell so i dont see how that would dissapear you know that NOrman Language had nordic words rigth?
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
@ImperialGuard9001 Just like modern French, so what? Contact with foreigners brought new words into Old French.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
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@TemplarX2 Dont understand what you mean you referiting to what? "@ImperialGuard9001 Just like modern French, so what? Contact with foreigners brought new words into Old French. "
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 Franci doesnt meant French means Frank and Franks doesnt necessary means French since there was not such thing as French in this time I would say yourself are pushing an agenda. French were never a people like the English or Dutch or Danes they are colection of peoples united under one goverment you think that Bretons? The Flemish? THe Gascons? The Burgundians were french? Many of wich spoke different languages not french!
Long hair was adopted by Normans after Conquest and axes
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
were used by Normans aswell
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
@ImperialGuard9001 LOL Franci sure means French. By this the French people were known as Frank (not to confused with the original Frank). It was much later that Frank became Frankish (Franc became Francais). French is actually anglicized "Franc". The English is not a people but a collection of peoples as well (Angles, Saxons, Celts etc). In an Ethnic sense French would include Francilian, Angevins, Normans and most of Northern France excluding the Bretons, Flemish and Alsacians.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 How about the Occitans? That are themselfs a colection of peoples? Or perhaps Catalans or Basques aswell? All of tree spoke different languages but now are consider French. Is like I said French were never a people they are a colection of peoples a lot more than English for example since example yo used the English are majory "Germanic" of Jute Angle and Saxon background can you say the same about French with Franks? Nop..
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
@ImperialGuard9001 Well you are wrong again. The French were an ethnic group that originated around Paris an d inculde the Francilians (Parisians), Normans, Angevins, surrounding Duchy as well as the Non-Flemish Belgian (now not French). The English just as varied as not all Germanic are similar. The Franks orignated East of Danubes while the Goths from Scandinavia. The English also had a Briton and Romans that contrary to believe form the majority although ruled by a Saxon elite.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 The Saxon Elite theory isnt yet proved if you go to the "recent" genetic studies they say that British people was always the same that in fact all peoples that were seen as Britiish afterwards like Kelts Germanic Anglo Saxons Vikings Normans whatver were in fact "invaders" that were put as elite and replace the culutre language etc but that core of population never change since prehistoric age for me thats a lot of rubish!
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 And Occitans Catalans Basques Burgundians etc. I never hear about Francilian and Angevid people tough xD. In this time Frank could be anyone from the "Old Frankish Empire" aswell so a Saxon (not English)a Flemish a Dutch could be considered Franks. Muslims consider Frank anyone from Europe xD
ImperialGuard9001 1 year ago
@TemplarX2 excuse me sir , but the flemish are entirely different in an ethnic sence from the normans or bretons , and I certainly do not consider myself part of french speaking franks , in fact the word frank does no longer discribe us , as it has come to define people too different from the original frank
wolfman19892 1 year ago
@wolfman19892 Who said the Flemish were Franks? only their elites were once Franks. A small minority of Flemish are now French but historically they were never French. Neither were the Breton French. the Norman sure;y were French culturally and on average probably gallic/Frankish with some Viking.
TemplarX2 1 year ago
@ImperialGuard9001 thank you for proving my point , I am flemish , and the flemish to me were more likely to be like the saxons than they weree to be like the roman speaking franks or normans. correct me if i'm wrong please
wolfman19892 1 year ago
@doippa123 normans settled down to normandy in the 9th century not 10th. Rollo had besieged Paris but in 911 entered vassalage to the king of the West Franks, Charles the Simple, through the Treaty of Saint Clair-sur-Epte. In exchange for his homage and fealty, Rollo legally gained the territory which he and his Viking allies had previously conquered. The name "Normandy" reflects Rollo's Viking
RagingBull2A 1 year ago
Hey do you think you could send me a message of the cast in this video? like who played William and harold
ilikewow666 2 years ago
The bravest f Englishman died on that day. We were extremely unlucky, had our exhausted depleted army not had to fight off the viking invasion first, and run the length of the country twice, the lucky Normans would of been annihilated.
HarryGodwinson 2 years ago
Well King Harold had a choice, he could of went to London and stayed there whilst more men arrived, and to rest his army whilst the Normans destroyed many of the villages in the south and killed countless people. To do this would of been the wise choice, but i guess Harold did what he thought was best. Must be hard knowing your people are being murdered and just sitting there doing nothing. But if he did we would of won...
Urinesauce 2 years ago
Very very good point HarryGodwinson, we need'nt have bothered fight of the Norse invader we should have waited for William because lets face it, against a fresh English force he would have had no chance, he wouldnt have even got off the boat! The Norse (beit Dane or Norweigian) were our kin so quite simply they should have been left and then delt with at a latter date as did Alfred and so on.England would not have changed remarkably under them as it was harold himself who had a norse mother
Saxonsoldiers 2 years ago
dose anyone know what the music is called?
s0hil1 2 years ago
Ic gehate fore ðæs dryht ðæt ic sceall feotan to ðe swylt for mine cyning.
Gif mine cyning oððe mine ealdor sceall sweltan, ic sceall niman his stede ond feotan swa se wolde
hæbban feoten
Gif ænig man hider seeð mec genamen mid wacne ferþ ond oð iernan,
se sceall gemyndan mec of ðæs að, benemede hider fore mine mæg
Urinesauce 2 years ago
Search 1066 game on google its amazing its on C4 website
moviemaker2215 2 years ago 17
@moviemaker2215
thank you so much, that game is aweosme
Zoootex 2 months ago
No prob mate ive tried to thanks for trying!
moviemaker2215 2 years ago
Thanks mate
moviemaker2215 2 years ago
sry, I cant find it. The end credits doesnt list up the name. only the director, cast and crew. I tried searching around google, but couldnt find much there either. I hope someone who watches this knows it. I would like to know aswell.
mpc12345678 2 years ago
Love the music at start what is it?
moviemaker2215 2 years ago
I dont know, but its properly listed in the end credits. Ill take a look later on.
mpc12345678 2 years ago
an american slaphead is in the documentary
Alienmad462 2 years ago
which one?
mpc12345678 2 years ago