The Weaponry of the Blood Thirst Viking Raiders!

The Weaponry of the Blood Thirst Viking Raiders!

Channel:
United States Simple History
Subscribers:
4,740,000
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_86TFTtT3I8


Duration: 3:46
268,140 views
12,265

Though we often think of the Vikings of Scandinavia as being barbarians, when it came to warfare they were quite advanced warriors, as well as being highly practical. So they tended to favour weapons that served a purpose in everyday life, as well as on the battlefield.

Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory

Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media.

SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE

Get the Simple History books on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/

T-Shirts

https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch

Simple history gives you the facts, simple!

See the book collection here:

Amazon USA

http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/


Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/


https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/

https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT


Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Conan White
Narrator:

Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard

Music Credit
Crusade - Video Classica by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100884

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Sources:

Weapons of the Viking Warrior
By Gareth Williams

The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, and Customs of the ..., Volume 2
By Paul Belloni Du Chaillu

Ancient Weapons in Britain
By Logan Thompson



Other Videos By Simple History


2021-09-04The 6 Year Old Red Army Lieutenant of WW2 (Youngest Soldier of the War)
2021-09-02The Plague that made People Dance until they Dropped Dead
2021-08-28The Fall of Saigon (April 30th, 1975 - The End of the Vietnam War)
2021-08-25Why were these 2 planes stuck together? (World War II)
2021-08-23Uniform of the American G.I. on D-Day
2021-08-21Why were Italian Tanks so bad? (World War II)
2021-08-18The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Pompeii DISASTER (79 A.D.)
2021-08-12The Rotten Royals of Old England
2021-08-05The Oldest WW2 Soldier, who died aged 92 in 1946
2021-07-31The Pilot who strapped Bazookas to his Plane (World War II)
2021-07-25The Weaponry of the Blood Thirst Viking Raiders!
2021-07-19Did the Titanic’s Violinists keep playing while the ship sank?
2021-07-13Nazi Rudolf Hess’s Mad Mission for Peace (Strange Stories of WWII)
2021-07-05The Phalanx CIWS - The US Navy's deadly R2D2
2021-06-29Where did Neutral Spain fight in WWII?
2021-06-18Why did the Nazi’s swap their Mausers for Muskets in WWII?
2021-06-10Did Stock Brokers Jump off Buildings during the 1929 Stock Market Crash?
2021-06-05The U.S. M3 Lee/Grant Tank: the Twin Gunned General!
2021-05-30The German impostors hiding in the U.S. Army (World War II)
2021-05-21The British POW who returned to a German prison (Strange Stories)
2021-05-16Battle of Goose Green - 2 Para against all Odds (28–29th May 1982)


Tags:
simple history
animated history
educational
education
vikings
weapons
spear
axes
swords
bows
long ship
round shield
battle
danes
Scandinavian
raids
Knifr
seax
runes
skjaldborg formation