Harald Hardrada: The Last Viking (All Parts) - History Documentary

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When the young Viking prince Harald Sigurdsson is violently driven from his kingdom in Norway, he embarks on a globetrotting journey to build his legacy in distant kingdoms and avenge his kin. This is the story of the “last Viking," his rise to power, brutal reign, and the world-changing events in England, 1066: the Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings.

PARTS:
0:00 Prologue
0:33 Part I: The Banished King
3:05 Part II: In Foreign Lands to Fight
9:41 Part III: The Last Days of the Emperor
13:26 Part IV: The Return
16:58 Part V: Vengeance
22:39 Part VI: The Enemy King
26:25 Part VII: The Last Journey
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This video is a combined remaster of two videos released in 2022, which was before I had begun the practice of writing fully-footnoted scripts that I could share with viewers. With that said, I have always shared a bibliography (see below). For further guidance on specific information in the video, feel free to reach out by email.

PRIMARY SOURCES

Andersson, T. M., & Gade, K. E. (Trans.). (2000). Morkinskinna: The earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157). Cornell University Press. Icelandic saga written around 1220.

Bremen, A. of, & Wallace, B. (1978). 39. A Description of the Islands of the North. In History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen (Vol. 4, p. 62). essay, Wormianum. Written around 1075.

Faulkes, A. (Trans.). (2016). Hemings þáttr (The Story of Hemingr). Icelandic saga written in 13th century.

Finlay, A. (Trans.). (2004). Fargrskinna, a catalogue of the kings of Norway (Vol. 7). Brill. Written around 1220.

Ingram, J. (Trans.). (1823). A.D. 1066. In The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. essay, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Retrieved from https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/....

Sturlason, S. (n.d.). Saga of Harald Hardrade. In D. Killings & D. Widger (Eds.), Heimskringla: The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway. essay. Retrieved 2022, from https://www.gutenberg.org/files/598/5....
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SECONDARY SOURCES

DeVries, K. (1999). The Norwegian invasion of England in 1066. Boydell Press.

Lubik, M. (2020). Haraldr Sigurðarson’s arrival in Rus’ and his participation in the campaign against Poland in 1031. Historisk Tidsskrift, 99(1), 6–20. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-29...

Hollway, D. (2021). The last Viking: The true story of King Harald Hardrada. Osprey Publishing.