The Rise And Fall Of The Vikings | The Vikings | Complete Series | Chronicle

Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries ^ | June 2022 | Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries

[Morgana]

The Vikings opened trade routes, founded cities, created new feats of engineering and captured ancient hubs. This complete series chronicles the incredible rise and fall of the Vikings, revealing new discoveries that turn Viking history on its head. We tell their incredible history with the help of the foremost experts on Viking warfare and way of life.

[Morgana]

Because you all love Vikings.

May want to bookmark for later, it's a bit long.

[Red Badger]

LOOT! then PILLAGE then BURN!.... NOT BURN, PILLAGE LOOT!..........

[DoodleBob]

[Obadiah]

A lot more "fall" than rise.

[dfwgator]

Should never have moved indoors.

[joshua c]

lose the horns

never happened

[WMarshal]

The Vikings didn’t disappear, they took over most of Europe. Most don’t know this but the Germans were a tribe that originated in southern Sweden before they went south and eventually conquered Rome. Following the Germans came the Vikings. They took over all of Europe and ruled it as royal dynasties up until World War I.

[fidelis]

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Viking is a verb, not a noun.

[Morgana]

Yea but can we still identify as a Viking?

[Varda]

I’ll give it a watch, thanks. Hopefully it’s not a PC version.

[dainbramaged]

lose the horns
never happened
You're right of course, no Viking helmet has ever been found with horns. Wasn't that from Wagner's opera or something?

[Red Badger]

There was something rotten in Denmark................................

[BenLurkin]

[gundog]

[Don@VB]

I read recently (How the West Won, by Rodney Stark) that the Vikings occupied Ukraine for 600 years and named the city of Kiev. Quite surprising to learn how expansive their influence was.

[Gay State Conservative]

IIRC the Vikings visited my ancestral homeland,Ireland,at least briefly about 1000 years ago.

[Mariner]

Mark

[21twelve]

The Vikings were the “founders” of the country, bringing all of the various tribes under one rule. There is a statue in Kiev of the Vikings honoring them as the founders. I was surprised when I learned that.

That was back when there were the riots and fighting in Kiev for a change in government, and they would gather in the main square and I saw the statue. “Hey - those guys look like Vikings!” Which led me down the interweb rabbit hole.

[PapaBear3625]

The Vikings didn’t disappear, they took over most of Europe.

And England. The Vikings became the British aristocracy.

Some Vikings settled in Northern France, and became known as the Norman ("North Men"). In 1066, they invade the British Isles and conquer it.