Vikings
For years,Vikingshave been a source of fascination in movies and television.
One of theearliest examples of content related to the Norse fighters was the aptly titled 1958 filmThe Vikings.
More recently, Vikings were portrayed in theRobert Eggers' movieThe Northman.
Now, a key TV series about Vikings is under review by a historian.
Spanning just under 100 episodes, the historical series tells the story of a Viking warrior looking to explore.
TheVikingscastincludes Gustaf Skarsgard, Katheryn Winnick, Alexander Ludwig, and Georgia Hirst.
While reviewing movies and shows withInsider, historian William Short breaks down some scenes fromVikings, evaluating their accuracy.
Vikings were pretty direct about what they did.
Now they did use ambushes quite a bit, that was a very standard battle technique.
But it was very different.
It’s not like you jump out of the bushes, or sneak up on them.
You just wait and then when they arrive, you start fighting.
The shield wall was meant to be a defensive structure thrown up temporarily and then taken down again.
So having archers behind the shield wall, probably not so likely.
Have archers further back from the front of the lines, definitely.
That was very much a thing.
So what they’re using here is some kind of boom chain.
That’s not a Viking approach at all.
That’s way off.
They just sailed up the river.
Viking ships were the technological marvel of their age.
It’s what Vikings had and what other European lands did not have.
And one of the advantages of their ships is they were very shallow draft.
They didn’t need much water to float the ship.
And so sailing up the river to Paris was no problem for them.
Now we know that Vikings did portage their ships, especially in the river systems of Eastern Europe.
When they sailed on trading voyages from the Baltic Sea down to the Black Sea.
It seems likely that the way they would portage a ship over land is with wooden rollers.
Just dragging it, probably mostly with human power, maybe with horses.
I think I would rate this 4.
The Vikings TV show uses historical people, names of people, historical places.
Source:Insider
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