The Vikings Knew Something Nobody Else Understood

On Substack the ideas go further than YouTube lets me take them: https://michaelbutton.substack.com/ Everyone knows the Vikings as fearless warriors who terrorised medieval Europe. But their greatest advantage wasn't their brutality or even their famous longships. It was something far more important... This is the hidden strategy that let a small collection of Scandinavian raiders outmanoeuvre kingdoms, reshape Europe, and leave a pattern that powerful organisations are still repeating today. Follow the show on Spotify! 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7GlXSYMoOpcw41YGRCpjJB?si=cc2e479ee34d4167 Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!! Follow me on X: https://x.com/MichaelButtonX Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelbuttonx/ Sources: https://cdn.britannica.com/32/191032-050-D33C4B61/Illustration-Viking-longship.jpg https://www.britannica.com/place/Byzantine-Empire https://penelope.uchicago.edu/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/anglo-saxon/lindisfarne/lindisfarne.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin#/media/File:Raban-Maur_Alcuin_Otgar.jpg https://www.britannica.com/topic/Viking-people https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2018/features/viking-great-army/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Heathen_Army https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/The_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle_%28Giles%29.djvu/page64-1280px-The_Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle_%28Giles%29.djvu.jpg?utm_source=en.wikisource.org&utm_campaign=index&utm_content=thumbnail https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2691/battle-of-edington/ https://www.medievalists.net/2023/07/charlemagne-mass-murderer/ https://www.executedtoday.com/2012/09/23/782-4500-saxons-by-order-of-charlemagne/ https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/visit-the-museum/exhibitions/the-five-reconstructions https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/lindisfarne-priory/History/ https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/viking-ships https://www.worldhistory.org/Viking_Ships/ https://www.medievalists.net/2022/04/viking-sieges-paris/ https://www.historyonthenet.com/vikings-history-overview-culture-history-viking-age https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/KingsQueensofBritain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edict_of_P%C3%AEtres https://www.hampshire-history.com/king-alfreds-navy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/29/the-viking-age/ https://spartacus-educational.com/MEDstamford.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/fyrd https://www.worldhistory.org/Anglo-Saxon_Warfare https://www.britannica.com/topic/Battle-of-Edington https://www.historyextra.com/period/viking/varangian-guard-byzantine-empire-kievan-rus-vikings-basil-ii-vladimir-great/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Aethelflaed,_Lady_of_the_Mercians/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Viking_Raids_on_Paris/ https://deremilitari.org/2014/02/the-frankish-tribute-payments-to-the-vikings-and-their-consequences/ https://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/2761/ https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/members-area/kids/saxons-vikings/vikings-in-england/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maldon#:~:text=After%20the%20battle%20Archbishop%20Sigeric,1.8M%20at%202022%20prices). https://www.royal.uk/canute-great-r-1016-1035 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld https://www.historyatlas.com/topics/tara-battle-of/ https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspire-me/the-history-of-vikings-in-england/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-war/scandinavian-world/DB0F16BCD2669305FD50FBB6B8FE4FB2 https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/viking5.htm https://access.historyhit.com/videos/in-search-of-the-great-viking-army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varangian_Guard https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rollo-duke-of-Normandy http://viking.archeurope.com/settlement/france/normandy/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/caravel https://www.napoleon-series.org/military-info/organization/c_armycorps.html https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/4-keys-to-understanding-clayton-christensens-theory-of-disruptive-innovation https://www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/the-vikings/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23977443359 https://sagnlandet.dk/en/the-viking-age/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Five-Boroughs-Of-Danelaw/ https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/bayeux-tapestry