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Viaplay - The Last Journey of the Vikings (2019) Part 1 The Emigrants

Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe – giving their name to Normandy along the way – before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But what do we really know about them? This extraordinary series tells the story of Scandinavian warriors from their origins in the 6th century to the Norman conquest of England in 1066. Why did they decide to leave Denmark and travel across Europe? Climate change in Scandinavia, land ownership rights and the transition to sailing ships were just some of the reasons that made the Vikings embark on the European invasion, where they attacked monasteries and villages before trading brutality for diplomacy. Most people see Vikings as violent raiders, but they did much more than that. Gain insight into the changes in their environment and society that drove them to leave Scandinavia to become pirates. Experts, research and dramatizations show us the world of the Vikings. We find out why they left Scandinavia, the traces they left around the world and if they were really as brutal as the myths claim. In the documentary series we get an insight into the history of the Vikings that is not particularly well known outside the academic world. It is a story of a long, dangerous and transformative journey that not only changed people, but also politics, trade, religion and entire societies. The series digs deeper and gives an insight into who the Vikings really were, how they changed the world and how the Nordics converted to Christianity. With the help of dramatic recreations and CGI, a group of leading experts examine their actions and explain how cultural integration and the influence of Christianity allowed the Vikings to play a pivotal role in transforming Europe into what it is today. By combining expert analysis with compelling drama, “The Last Journey of the Vikings” tells a new and often surprising story about this complex people.

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Most people describe the Vikings as a people who were dedicated exclusively to raiding the European coasts in search of gold and silver, but in this series we are going to delve deeper into what these Scandinavian sailors were really like. We will follow the Vikings on a journey through the centuries and see how they transformed populations, politics, trade, culture, religion and societies in general. In this first episode we will discover why they left Scandinavia to become pirates.

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Snippet from Wikipedia: Vikings: Vikings were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. They voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Greenland, and Vinland (present-day Newfoundland in Canada, North America). In their countries of origin, and in some of the countries they raided and settled, this period of activity is popularly known as the Viking Age, and the term "Viking" also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a whole during the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries. The Vikings had a profound impact on the early medieval history of northern and Eastern Europe, including the political and social development of England (and the English language) and parts of France, and established the embryo of Russia in Kievan Rus'.
Expert sailors and navigators of their characteristic longships, Vikings established Norse settlements and governments in the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, and the Baltic coast, as well as along the Dnieper and Volga trade routes across Eastern Europe where they were also known as Varangians. The Normans, Norse-Gaels, Rus, Faroese, and Icelanders emerged from these Norse colonies. At one point, a group of Rus Vikings went so far south that, after briefly being bodyguards for the Byzantine emperor, they attacked the Byzantine city of Constantinople. Vikings also voyaged to the Caspian Sea and Arabia. They were the first Europeans to reach North America, briefly settling in Newfoundland (Vinland). While spreading Norse culture to foreign lands, they simultaneously brought home slaves, concubines, and foreign cultural influences to Scandinavia, influencing the genetic and historical development of both.

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