How Did the Viking Age Start in Frisia? | History of the Netherlands c. 700 - 810 AD

The Vikings are famous for their raids in Britain and Ireland, making places like Lindisfarne and York, Dublin and Wexford famous names for people into shows like Vikings on HBO and The Last Kingdom on the BBC/Netflix. But somewhere that doesn't get a lot of attention in the Viking Age is the Netherlands, known as Frisia during this time, even though they have a fascinating Viking Age History of their own from Holland to Friesland. In this video I'll be looking at how the Viking Age started in Frisia, what the situation was in the Low Countries in the Migration Era and the Frankish Conquest over King Redbad's pagan kingdom and how this spilled over into the Viking Age with Danish King Godfred's first raid on Dorestad in 810. This video is being made in connection with the Leeuwarden Cultural Capital 2028 Project and is part of a series on the Viking Age in the Netherlands that will be hosted here on my channel History With Hilbert. Hi! If you enjoyed this video and want to find out more about, or perhaps even learn to speak Frisian, why not check out "Frisian with Hilbert", a brand new channel that aims to do just that: Frisian with Hilbert Where is Frisian Spoken?    • Where is Frisian Spoken?   What is West Frisian?    • What is West Frisian? (Standert /Afûk Frysk)   Music Kindly Provided By: Baldrs Draumar: http://www.baldrsdraumar.com/ Danheim: https://danheimmusic.com/ Mentioned Videos: How Big Was Denmark In the Viking Age?    • How Big Was Denmark in the Viking Age?   Related Videos of Mine: Why Did the Viking Age Begin?    • Why Did The Viking Age Begin ?   Why Didn't The Vikings Colonise North America?    • Why Didn't the Vikings Colonise North Amer...   The Netherlands, Holland & The Low Countries:    • The Netherlands, Holland and The Low Count...   How to Tell Apart Dutch, Afrikaans & Frisian:    • How to tell apart Dutch, Afrikaans and Fri...   What is the Frisian Heart Sumbol?    • What is this Symbol? - The History of the ...   The History of the Vikings in England:    • The History of the Vikings in England (AD....   The Frisians in Beowulf:    • The Frisians in Beowulf - Analysing The Ba...   Why Did the Frisians Conquer Rome?    • Why Did the Frisians Conquer Rome in the 9...   Viking Age Helmets:    • Why Do We Know So Little About Viking Helm...   Further Reading: Online: Central Because Liminal: Frisia in a Viking Age North Sea World - Nelleke IJssennagger: https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/en... Books: Luit van der Tuuk - De Friezen Luit van der Tuuk - Noormannen in de Lage Landen Nelleke IJssennagger & John Hines - Frisians and their North Sea Neighbours Primary Sources: Annals of St Bertin Annals of Xanten Annals of Fulda Frankish Annals Beowulf Life of St Boniface Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon):   / historywithhilbert   Dive into Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/UMzHMtA... Join in the Banter on Twitter:   / historywhilbert   Enter the Fray on Facebook:   / historywhilbert   Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop):   / historywithhilbert   Music Used: Baldrs Draumar - Fan Fryslâns Ferline Baldrs Draumar - Hardagrim's Fertriet Baldrs Draumar - Of Slogma That Saxum Danheim - Mannavegr Danheim - Holmgang Danheim - Heljarfor Danheim - Vanheimr Other music by Mozart, Kevin MacLeod and myself. Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! [email protected] #Nederland #Viking #Frysk