Pilscy t1_isifmp1 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:55 AM

Reply to comment by StatikSquid in Anglo-Saxon hall where kings and warriors dined discovered in England by unheated1

Ac Valhalla brought a newfound love for Viking history for me. Well actually Witcher 3 but it was skellige that caused me wanna get into the Viking games and eventually buying ac Valhalla.

Currently watching Vikings. Then I’ll start last kingdom

Pepperonidogfart t1_isin88e wrote on October 16, 2022 at 7:31 AM

Vikings is not a history show. The beginning is decently close to events but it really goes off the rails after ragnar. Last kingdom though.. actually not bad aside from uthred being an insert to follow along with the real events.

Lil_Mcgee t1_isjlsr2 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 2:12 PM

The events depicted in Vikings are much more based in legend than real verifiable history anyway.

Not denying that the show goes off the rails a bit, it's just that the concept of a historically accurate Viking show isn't all that feasible in the first place. This is somewhat the case for any historical fiction but it's especially true when it comes to pre-modern societies who weren't known for writing down their histories.

Pilscy t1_isjbkn1 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 12:45 PM

Yeah I seen a lot of people say this. They said Vikings become another show after a while and it’s not historically accurate

StatikSquid t1_isjd8a0 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Uhtred is based on Uhtred the Bold, who was an ealderman of Northumbria. But the big difference here is the Uhtred the Bold was born like 150 years after the events of the show.

I haven't seen vikings, but now I'm disappointed that it's not historical. Ironic given the show was basically the History Channel's small glimpse of redemption after they went all in on reality tv.

Ok-Train-6693 t1_islgy3q wrote on October 16, 2022 at 9:32 PM

The real Uhtred the Bold lived several generations later, that’s true. He was related to the ancestors of the Nevilles.