To deliberately remove the hair from ones’ head when living in often icy conditions and sailing the open seas, would be insane.ģ. Anyone who has lived in Scandinavia would be aware of the incredibly biting cold. There is no historic evidence that Vikings did that. Many of the Vikings are depicted as shaving their heads, including Ragnar, who apparently has his head covered in tattoos.
Many of their key actors, such as Rollo, survives despite wearing no armour at all and are presented as fighting wearing only trousers!Ģ. Presumably, the filmmakers wanted their stars to be easily identified and so have dispensed with helmets entirely. Most, when faced with these Viking warriors emerging from the sea, with helmet, shield, chain-mail armour and sword, or axe, and spear, fled without even attempting to oppose them. Viking helmets were effective at intimidating their enemies. Viking helmets were advanced and effective, presenting a terrifying visage to their enemies. Considering that most combat fatalities come from head wounds, the helmet was the single most important piece of armour for any veteran warrior. Where are their helmets? Inexplicably, none of the Vikings seem to wear any helmets in combat. One understands that some artistic licence needs to be made for films, but the Michael Hirst TV series for the History Channel is awash in serious inaccuracies.ġ. VIKINGS is now in a fourth season, and they are already working on their fifth season. Indeed, most of the enthusiastic fans of the VIKINGS series were probably not even aware of much of the history of the Vikings before this series were launched March 2013.
The life and times of Viking Ragnar Lodbrok, “a farmer who rose to fame by successful raids into England and eventually became king of Denmark,” has gripped popular imagination and renewed interest in the Vikings. VIKINGS, an Irish-Canadian television series written and created by Michael Hirst, for the History Channel, and filmed in Ireland, has been tremendously successful. 11 Horrible Historical Inaccuracies in The History Channel’s VIKINGS Series
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