The Road to 1066: Anglo-Saxon Apocalypse (TRIH ep 548, part 1)
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Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce a multi-episode series on the Norman Conquest, centring on the dramatic year 1066 and the three principal protagonists: Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada and William of Normandy. They set the conquest in longer context, tracing the development of an unusually centralised, wealthy English polity under Alfred the Great, Edgar (crowned 973) and Athelstan.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 978
- Norman Conquest of England (1066)
- Holy Roman Empire (962)
- Song dynasty (960)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Holy Roman Empire founded (962)
- Christianisation of Kievan Rus' (988)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)