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I understand that there were some threats within the court of treason, and I also understand that he was receiving poor counsel convincing him that the Danish settlers in his land were dangerous, but no matter how I think it, it seems incredibly near-sighted for somebody who was previously a pretty decent king, and had a substantial amount of history fighting against Danes/Vikings, so I feel that it was a given on what would happen. Did he think there was a chance he would win?

I feel like each of the three shows, Vikings, Vikings Valhalla, The Last Kingdom, are good, but I can't decide which is the best.

The Last Kingdom I think was by far the best in terms of writing and historical accuracy. The combat was better, the story made more sense, and historically, it had some backing. I think Alfred was the standout for this show, he was very compelling, both in good and bad ways, and they kept it similar to real life. I feel the character are the weak point, a lot of their choices don't make sense, and a lot of them feel wasted, like Ubba.

I think Vikings was the best in terms of characters. The main characters were amazing, and while some didn't do anything, a lot were great. I think Ragnar, Ubbe and Ivar are the standouts for this one, and I loved how they interacted with each other. I feel writing was weaker on this one, as a lot of times things would randomly happen, and historically none of it made sense. They bastardized Alfred so badly.

For Vikings Valhalla I think the world building was amazing. I loved having viking characters interact with so many people and places. I also thought the main cast, especially Harald and Leif were done super well. The show felt rushed though, and although I understand there are limits in what you can do in 24 episodes, I still feel more could have been done.

These are just my opinions though, and I would love to hear your opinions in the comments, I'm bored.

Season 6, Episode 11. I thought the show had fallen off after Ragnar's death, and aside from the revenge ark and some of the Rus time, I though it was nowhere near as good, but this was astonishing. The music, Bjorn raising his sword, Hvistserk saying the same thing that Ragnar said when he was killed when Bjorn was dying, the fear in everyone's faces. It was amazing.

I'm mostly an Asian historian with some knowledge of the Middle East, but recently I have gotten into vikings, but I have a major question. Obviously some vikings became "Christian" when Rollo took the duchy of Normandy, but obviously that was a ruse, and they likely only followed christian values in public. But eventually, they did become Christian, like with Cnut the Great. And my question is when. I know the how, they had increasing trade with Europe, and took deal like Rollo to take land in exchange for becoming Christian. But how long did this take, and was there and intermediary period where they kind of followed both. And how many of them actually were fully Christian, instead of it being a ruse. My main person I question this for is for Harald Hardrada, he built churches and did stuff with the Kievan Russ, but also there seem to be sources saying that he still had some belief in Thor, Odin and Freyr, and the other Asatru/Asatro gods.

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This is what shows up for both trying to switch to imperial pacifacation and becoming shogun, and I have no clue what it means or how to fix it, does anyone know.