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Reconstructs the year's crucial events and each phase of Duke William's Norman landing and victory at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Historical background of the tapestry, and detailed narration of it's story.

"THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND is a brilliant and fascinating reconstruction of the events leading up to the most dramatic moment in British history - the victory of William the Conqueror over the Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Out of a bewildering mass of fact, Mr. Linklater has produced a compelling narrative which places every event and personality in historical perspective and brings to vivid life an age long dead" - Publisher....

The events of 1066 are perhaps the most famous in English history, and their consequences for the British Isles and for Europe as a whole were profound. In this book, the author provides the most accessible, challenging and up to date introduction to the subject available. It contains a strong blend of political, economic, social and cultural history; excellent chronology of key dates and a guide to further reading, and engages with recent historiographical...

The English language, taste and sensibility, and of course government and law changed drastically when the Norman William the Conqueror beat King Harold of Wessex at the Battle of Hastings. This program explains the background of English history, the Viking role in England and in Normandy (where the conquering Vikings became more French than the French they conquered), as well as the battle of Hastings itself, which in many ways stands as the beginning...