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Dan Snow's History Hit

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Reflections on Historical Events and the Feeling of Helplessness

The speaker explores their motivation for writing a history book during the lockdown, drawing parallels between the COVID pandemic and the arrival of Vikings in Anglo-Saxon England, discussing feelings of helplessness and individuals' attempts to attribute agency to historical events.

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