1066: The Shadows of War (TRIH ep 554, part 1)
1066 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the lead-up to 1066, beginning with Edward the Confessor’s declining health, the dedication of Westminster Abbey, and the Witan’s hurried election and coronation of Harold Godwinson.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1066
- First Crusade (1096)
- Norman Conquest of England (1066)
- East–West Schism (1054)
- Angkor Wat built (1113)
- Domesday Book (1086)
- Reign of William the Conqueror (1066)
- Crusades (1095)
- Battle of Hastings (1066)
- Capture of Jerusalem by First Crusade (1099)
- Bi Sheng invents movable type (1040)