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44. 1066

It is perhaps the best known year in English history. But why has it endured in the national consciousness? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook talk the Battle of Hastings, the end of the Anglo-Saxons and wonder if King Harold really was killed by an arrow in the eye.

Series
Standalone
Topics
Medieval England: 1066
Published date
2021-04-19
Year span
1066

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King Harold II (Harold Godwinson)England

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