They Paid Them $50,000,000 to Leave. They Came Back Monday

In 845 AD, a fleet of Viking longships sailed straight up the River Seine and surrounded Paris. Instead of fighting, the King of France gave them 7,000 pounds of pure silver just to pack up and leave. It was the easiest payday in human history. So naturally... they came right back for more. For 300 years, a handful of simple farmers from Scandinavia ran the largest protection racket Europe had ever seen. They had no central army, no cavalry, and no emperor. But they had a wooden boat so shallow it could sail across the Atlantic Ocean and land right on your front lawn. From the disastrous raid on Lindisfarne in 793 AD where monks had literally zero guards, to the terrifying revenge of the Sons of Ragnar, Viking bodyguards protecting Roman emperors in Constantinople, and the tooth-decayed Danish king who accidentally named your smartphone's Bluetooth... this is the absurd, hilarious, and completely real story of the Viking Age. 🔔 Subscribe to Baatar History for more untold, chaotic history animated! ⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 - Scandinavia 790 AD: When 'Viking' Was Just a Job 01:05 - The Secret Weapon: The Longship 01:21 - 793 AD Lindisfarne: Zero Guards & Fiery Dragons 02:40 - The Sons of Ragnar (Ivar the Boneless, Ubba & Halfdan) 03:45 - The Great Heathen Army Invades England 04:15 - King Alfred the Great & The Baptism of Guthrum 05:10 - The Siege of Paris: 7,000 Pounds of Silver Ransom 06:30 - Prince Harald Hardrada & The Byzantine Varangian Guard 08:15 - Harald Bluetooth & Why Your Phone Has His Name 09:30 - 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge: The End of an Era 11:15 - How The Vikings Accidentally Created The Modern World #vikings #vikingage #oversimplified #animatedhistory #historyfacts #lindisfarne #ragnarlothbrok #ivartheboneless #haraldbluetooth #danegeld #baatarhistory #weirdhistory