What If The Danelaw Survived?

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[MineONite]

Would be really nice if you did a “what if the first Chinese republic under sun yat sen survived”. Seeing that with your own way of how it would happen would be really cool!

[stormtrooper]

It would put a smile on my face if you made a “What if everything went perfect for Scotland?”

[NovikNikolovic]

Ooh, interesting ideas:

What if Asturias unified Iberia, fighting off the Caliphates rather early at about 800-900AD or so?

What if Gwynedd united the British Isles and Ireland, making a Celtic Roman Empire?

[TheImmortalGod]

Bruh why I got this recommended after literally finishing to watch vinland saga

[flyingsquirrell]

I love that depiction of Alfred where he let the bread burn.

(There was a tale saying that when his army set up in a village he was asked by a widow to watch her bread so it didn’t burn - but so focused on planning how to deal with the Vikings that he let the bread burn. The widow then drove him from the house and according to legend it was then he came up with the plan on how to deal with them)

[Merikat]

I think there are some huge changes you may be missing.

First linguistically a permanent danelaw would probably cause standard English to become much more similar to the Scandinavian languages. Jackson Crawford and Simon Roper did a great video about what a conversation between an Anglo-Saxon and an Old Norse speaker may have looked like. The languages were already almost mutually intelligible, hundreds of years of proximity would probably cause them to be even more so.

The second big change I think is possible is a larger sphere of influence for Scandinavia as a whole. Jorvik would essentially make the British isles an extension of Scandinavia and may allow them to culturally hold onto some of their further colonies. Many of the Norse cities in Ireland could maintain their Norse identity much longer. Normandy may end up like the England of our timeline with a Norman language which is mostly Germanic but has been heavily influenced by French because it has access to greater Scandinavian support.

Finally Jorvik could ally itself with celts in general as a buffer for its sphere of influence. Supporting the Welsh against the English like you said but also possibly the Bretons against the French to help keep the Normans out of the French sphere of influence. It could also allow for Norse colonialism to get the head start it almost had in our timeline. Maintaining the Greenland and Vinland colonies or even just the knowledge of those lands would be much easier with a large kingdom so much farther west than Norway was. Further on into the timeline a more powerful Scandinavia as a whole might cause the low Germans and Dutch to gravitate more towards Scandinavian culture and influence rather than German and HRE influence but this is maybe a stretch.

I love your videos btw and don’t think that youre wrong about what you said I just think the implications of this scenario should look more at the areas that Viking age Norsemen as a whole we’re interested in rather than mostly England and Jorvik. I also understand Scandinavia was by no means unified at this time but I don’t think that matters too much because of how much more far reaching their cultural influence would be with a permanent base in Britain. Thanks for the video!!

[Baizenberg]

Interesting ideas :
What if the Reconquista never happened

Aztec Empire if Spain never discovered America

What if Switzerland never became neutral

What if the HRE Remained united

[chaosmaxkim]

This vid is what I have been waiting for months, POSSIBLE HISTORY IS SO BACK

[eoinharrington]

I expect you to make good on your promise of 'what if everything went perfect for Ireland', the absolute devastation of England's non existence not benefitting Ireland demands it.

[danielsantiagourtado]

Been waiting For this one! Thanks For all your hardwork! Your maps are getting better and better

[LouisOmega]

Waht if evrything went perfect for japan ??

[jytrrvv]

Video suggestion : What if Ireland joined ww2 on either side. You could split the video in two to cover either Ireland siding with the allies or the axis.

Love your videos and keep up the amazing work. The maps look amazing. ❤

[vadertrap]

Ideas:
-> What if everything went PERFECT for Egypt? (Muhammed Ali and after)

-> What if the Ottomans won the siege at Vienna

[slightlywavydonny]

What if everything went perfect for Ireland, possibly beginning with a sort of unification pre-Norman invasion in 1167, would be really cool to see! Love the videos

[Carlos_cheh]

Day 347 of asking what if burgundy never fell

[faxfromfred]

Possible History vid in the first 2 mins lesgo

[specil-k]

I love medieval alternate history and this is a good example of it. I would support more wholeheartedly, especially far-flung outside of Europe - we need more medieval Indian and medieval Chinese scenarios

[thesebastanian]

This was awesome! We need to see more medieval videos!

[Aerostarm]

Love medieval possible history, you should do something in the mongols next

[TheAltMapper]

Please do a "What if Everything went perfect for the Swedish Empire" and one for Japanese Empire as well