A History Of Britain Pt1 Beginnings 6

IIRC my comment was in response to his flippant, overly broad statements about Norse culture as a whole. He could easily have made quick mention of who the Norse were, what drove them abroad, and what, beside raiding, their impact on Britain was (e.g. Danelaw). Instead, he uses that time to try and justify his decision to disregard their literary, legal, artistic, and general cultural legacy and feed us? the "evil Viking raider" trope, which is anachronistic in its simplicity and bias.

What you? forget is, that this series is about the history of britain and not about the history of the danes or the norwegians. The inpact of these people on the british islands was raiding and conquest and in that, the term "Viking" is accurate. You can't expect a extendend view on foreign invaders, for a "yes but there were very nice ones too", it would extend the series to infinity. The Vikings, where an episode and fact is that they didn't shine with curtral grandeur but with steel and blood.

fliying dragons ? ? :O ALIENS!!!!!!!!!? lol

He moves a lot when he talks =[? But i like it so far.

People do their own storytelling and pass down their history to their children.It would be interesting for descendants of Vikings then to tell their stories.I am a female Canadian. Father's heritage are newer immigrants from? Italy.Mother is a mixture of French,Scottish,Cree, Ojibway,a Can history dating hundreds of yrs.Ive listened to many stories from a busy dinner table to a pow wow.Each their own perspective. Ive learned: "man has dominated man to its injury"

Thanks for sharing some piece of information OrderofWhiteKnights. Very good for my english lessons as well as to get to know a little bit about each of these countries history. And @keylllogdark Shame on you man, every one has beliefs and it's no one's job to judge it.? Just keep it to yourself, do not offend no one and be happy with your beliefs. Respect and religion freewill is the most important thing among us.

they just? believe in bullshit...

I? hate Christians of shit...

I didn't say that the Vikings deserved our sympathy. I suggested that A) they don't deserve to? have their entire culture written off because this single raiding aspect is distasteful to us, and that B) Vikings seem to be demonized disproportionately because it is easier to pigeonhole them in the "bad guys of history" role than it is to have a nuanced understanding of them. They are far from unique in their killing, stealing, pillaging.