King Ecbert visits the developing Viking settlement as the first harvest is sown.King Ecbert visits the developing Viking settlement as the first harvest is sown.King Ecbert visits the developing Viking settlement as the first harvest is sown.
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- TriviaIn this episode, Lagertha, having been taught Olde English/Saxon by Athelstan, is now able to converse with King Ecbert without the need for translation.
- GoofsThe King of Wessex turns up with the present of a new plough (plow) for the viking farmers to use. It looks to be of a design not created until the early 18th Century so it is about 1,000 years ahead of its time.
- Quotes
Rollo: [to Ragnar and Floki who are arguing about why they fight for the Christians and risk losing their own people] Both of you, save your breath. We have a mountain to climb. Some of us will not see a dawn like this again... not here on Midgard, at any rate. So, let us try and speak well of each other... no matter how much we have been through together.
- SoundtracksIf I Had a Heart
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Written by Karin Dreijer (as Karin Dreijer Andersson)
Performed by Karin Dreijer (as Fever Ray)
Courtesy of Mute and Rabid Records
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Excellent balancing between myth and political history drama
This was one of the most intriguing episodes of the show that I have seen so far. It perfectly mastered the balance between what seemed to me like a fairly realistic portrayal of political drama anno circa 828 and then a very convincing attempt at making sense of "paganism" as well as the clash of cultures. The dialog between Lagertha and king Ecbert of Wessex as well as Ragnar's dispute with Floki were essential for the story's progression - and also a welcome step away from "soap".
The overall storyline of the show is a cleverly condensed dramatisation of events that actually took place in the period between circa 800 and 880 and led to the birth of the first English kingdom. The fictional Ragnar Lodbrog (Lothbrook) character as well as Ladgerda (Lagertha), Aslaug (aka. Kraka) are described by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus who lived in the 1200s. Most likely, Saxo deliberately used the actual viking king Godfred as his inspiration.
But this episode S3E3 elegantly managed to show what was at stake - and more or less how it really could have happened - when Christian and Asatru cultures made their first - but not last - attempt at co- existence. An attempt that would last for nearly 200 years.
The overall storyline of the show is a cleverly condensed dramatisation of events that actually took place in the period between circa 800 and 880 and led to the birth of the first English kingdom. The fictional Ragnar Lodbrog (Lothbrook) character as well as Ladgerda (Lagertha), Aslaug (aka. Kraka) are described by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus who lived in the 1200s. Most likely, Saxo deliberately used the actual viking king Godfred as his inspiration.
But this episode S3E3 elegantly managed to show what was at stake - and more or less how it really could have happened - when Christian and Asatru cultures made their first - but not last - attempt at co- existence. An attempt that would last for nearly 200 years.
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- feofanova
- Apr 19, 2015
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- Runtime45 minutes
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