Views : 893,307
Genre: Education
Date of upload: Feb 10, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.911 (839/36,964 LTDR)
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You obviously point out the sagas are hard to believe, but one of my favorite translations states that when he fought with Lagertha he "thought she was pretty and wished he could marry her" but never talked to her. He later married Aslaug who gave him his sons. This is different from translation to translation but I love the idea that this famous warlord had a crush he was to nervous to talk to 😂
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Just a few corrections. "Ayla" or Ælla was king of Northumberland, not England, a small kingdom in the north of the modern kingdom. He was also most likely NOT executed via blood eagle, but killed in the Battle of York in 867, at the hands of Ragnar's son's army. This is stated in the Anglo-Saxon accounts of the war, and modern historians no longer believe the blood eagle was even a real execution method, rather being the result of Scandinavian poets misunderstanding historical depictions of men lying dead on the battlefield (with their backs torn open by carrion birds) as the aforementioned mythical execution method.
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1:39 I had no idea Charlemagne lived long enough to see Napoleon 🤔
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Great video, just noticed a small mistake at 1:38 . King Charlemagne died in 814 not 1814.
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You have several historical inaccuracies in this video. "English Empire" was not a thing. England at the time was made up of several petty Anglo-Saxon (NOT "English") kingdoms, controlling multiple fragmented parts of the island. You also may have pointed out Paris as the 'capitol' of the Carolingian (Frankish) Empire, which is not true.
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The last words you said about the show being a modern saga made me think a lot. Even though I dislike the series, it sunk on me why it got so popular; indeed people seem to keep enjoying the stories and tales that have been with us for centuries.
Anyways, great video and great work. Keep it up!
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@unga571
1 year ago
I thought this was a channel with a few million subs
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