The Last Viking: The Saga of Harald Hardrada (TRIH eps 552-553)
1046 · Resource
“I swear I will not flee from this fight. I will triumph, or I will die!” In the 1066 game of thrones for the crown of England, the most extraordinary of the three contenders is arguably Harald Hardrada: viking warrior, daring explorer, emperor’s bodyguard, serpent slayer, alleged lover to an empress, King of Norway, and legend of Norse mythology. How did this titan of a man come to cross the North Sea with his army, and take on Harold Godwinson, in the titanic showdown of Stamford Bridge? H...
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Around 1046
- Norman Conquest of England (1066)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- First Crusade (1096)
- Domesday Book (1086)
- The Tale of Genji written (1008)
- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Crusades (1095)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)
- Battle of Manzikert (1071)