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1066: the battle for England | 3. Three kings and three battles

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The year 1066 is the most famous in English history. It was marked by not just one, but three major battles, and saw three different men ruling as king of England. Marc Morris, in conversation with David Musgrove, outlines how the tumultuous year played out and charts the fates of the key contenders in the fight for England's throne. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The year 1066 is the most famous date in English history, when William Normandy defeated Harold II of England and won himself a crown and the epithet, The Conqueror.

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But there is a lot more to it than just one bloody battle at Hastings.

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You'll find half a century of invasion and political manoeuvring before it and decades of brutal

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subjugation afterwards. Medieval historian Mark

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Morris is an expert in the subject. His books include The Norman Conquest and the Anglo-Saxons,

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and in this four-part podcast series he talks to me, David Musgrove, about the full story of the

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