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    Here's something my roommate questions, how do they not know the existence of England?



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    Quote Originally Posted by ☩Lord Inquisitor Derpy Hooves☩ View Post
    Here's something my roommate questions, how do they not know the existence of England?
    They were traders so I am sure they came into contact with people coming up through Denmark who would have obviously been aware of further lands to the west and across the sea from France.

    No one has answered my question on how long it would have taken to sail from Norway to northumbria.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EireEmerald View Post
    They were traders so I am sure they came into contact with people coming up through Denmark who would have obviously been aware of further lands to the west and across the sea from France.

    No one has answered my question on how long it would have taken to sail from Norway to northumbria.
    That's not the question. The question is, how did they not know the existence of England?



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    Just too good. The beach fight was bang on the money, the way it was shot, the formation calling during the battle, reforming their lines. I agree with those who've mentioned that shield wall is generally attributed to Saxon military tactics, but who's to say they didn't first see it used by a small band of Vikings with a very astute leader. It's a small point either way.

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    Are we sure Eric is dead? He's listed as being in the next episode, maybe a ghost.. Sad to see him killed, though agree with EE's point, no one is safe bar Ragnar.


    No one has answered my question on how long it would have taken to sail from Norway to northumbria.
    Sailing times are estimated at 2-4 days dependent on weather/winds and where exactly they were going to. Vikings preferred to spend as little time as possible in open water, most journeys would have been from one point to another and then along the coast until they found inlets to sail inland. I think the show keeps pretty much to schedule in that regard..

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    Quote Originally Posted by ☩Lord Inquisitor Derpy Hooves☩ View Post
    That's not the question. The question is, how did they not know the existence of England?
    How did nobody in Europe know the existence of three more continents?
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    Episode 4 is by far the best one!

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    The last episode was great! Loved it! Can anyone explain why, when the chieftains wife, and himself were about to "get it on" why they stopped? Is it because the child the chieftain lost or do you think it could be something else?

    That tavernkeeper, the one with the blonde hair is the most epic of them all. If I saw their warband I would immediately believe he was their commander.
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    only good thing gustav skarsgård has ever done...

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Norseman View Post
    The last episode was great! Loved it! Can anyone explain why, when the chieftains wife, and himself were about to "get it on" why they stopped? Is it because the child the chieftain lost or do you think it could be something else?

    That tavernkeeper, the one with the blonde hair is the most epic of them all. If I saw their warband I would immediately believe he was their commander.
    The way I interpreted it was that he is "impotent" in his old age. In ep4 he also mentioned how his sons are already dead and the whole thing with marrying off his daughter seems to indicate he is very worried about his heir, or lack thereof.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Norseman View Post
    The last episode was great! Loved it! Can anyone explain why, when the chieftains wife, and himself were about to "get it on" why they stopped? Is it because the child the chieftain lost or do you think it could be something else?

    That tavernkeeper, the one with the blonde hair is the most epic of them all. If I saw their warband I would immediately believe he was their commander.
    Im under the impression he is impotent.
    In anycase good episode this last one.
    I turned my nose at the rape scene a bit but overral great episode. ragnar wil make his move soon. I find the earl a bit too much agressive for my taste, but i get it.
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    I get the feeling that Ragnar is not well liked by most of the other oath men in the series, hence they are taking the Jarl's side against him.

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    Haraldson holds all the cards, for now. But Ragnar's popularity is growing fast. TBH though I can't see someone as well known as Gabriel Byrne being removed that easily, he's basically the only really well known actor in it. I dare say they'll be a good few twists and turns before Haraldson gets the chop..

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    It's a pitty that the first season has only 9 episodes, so only 5 are left. I hope they make at least 12 next year.

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    Yeah they usually start up slow with the amount of episodes in case the show fails. I just hope lots of people are watching this.

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    Loving this show, though I'm a bit bewildered by the Saxons' appearance.

    Did they purposely choose skinny, under-developed ectomorphs with hardly a shade of stubble on their faces? For crying out loud, I have a deskjob, eat too unhealthy and spend way too little time exercising and I have 20 pounds of muscle (and about 40 pounds in general) on them. It makes the Viking victory rather meh, even considering they were outnumbered.
    It seems to be a rather silly trope to use muscular paragons of testosterone for one side and portray the others as wimpy, emasculated and ineffective peasants; in such a fairly down to earth series.

    Maybe they were just a levy, or an unseasoned troop of fresh recruits, but then their equipment doesn't make sense from what little I know of the period.
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    In case of the ratings the show will be surly get a second season. I read the show has 12 mio regular watchers which an excellent result for History.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manco View Post
    Loving this show, though I'm a bit bewildered by the Saxons' appearance.

    Did they purposely choose skinny, under-developed ectomorphs with hardly a shade of stubble on their faces? For crying out loud, I have a deskjob, eat too unhealthy and spend way too little time exercising and I have 20 pounds of muscle (and about 40 pounds in general) on them. It makes the Viking victory rather meh, even considering they were outnumbered.
    It seems to be a rather silly trope to use muscular paragons of testosterone for one side and portray the others as wimpy, emasculated and ineffective peasants; in such a fairly down to earth series.

    Maybe they were just a levy, or an unseasoned troop of fresh recruits, but then their equipment doesn't make sense from what little I know of the period.
    I think it can be reasonably assumed that they were just a local levy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manco View Post
    Loving this show, though I'm a bit bewildered by the Saxons' appearance.

    Did they purposely choose skinny, under-developed ectomorphs with hardly a shade of stubble on their faces? For crying out loud, I have a deskjob, eat too unhealthy and spend way too little time exercising and I have 20 pounds of muscle (and about 40 pounds in general) on them. It makes the Viking victory rather meh, even considering they were outnumbered.
    It seems to be a rather silly trope to use muscular paragons of testosterone for one side and portray the others as wimpy, emasculated and ineffective peasants; in such a fairly down to earth series.

    Maybe they were just a levy, or an unseasoned troop of fresh recruits, but then their equipment doesn't make sense from what little I know of the period.
    Yeah I found that surprising too. Anglo-Saxon warfare was little different to that of Scandinavia at the time with the shield wall being a tactic that would've been used by both sides(as was the fashion across Northern Europe at that period in time). In addition, there would've been similarities in regards to weapons, clothing and equipment. The margins between victory and defeat would've come down to whichever side contained the most skill, experience and determination.

    I also found it difficult to believe that Ragnar and his compatriots didn't have any idea where England was, despite there being quite a bit of evidence for links between England and Southern Scandinavia during the early Middle Ages. But to be fair these are minor gripes - after all this is a drama series loosely based on history (a piece of entertainment) rather than a serious documentary.
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    I was surprised that the levy had what looked like really good equipment, more so that the vikings apparently didn't take any of it.

    It seems like the earl is going off the deep end, I'm going to guess that his demise is the season finale; still a very good episode though.
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    You actually do see them taking swords and spears, or at least you see bundles of swords later on when they're presenting the loot, wouldn't be a stretch to imagine they're taking armour as well
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