Episode 146 - 1066 and all that: What happened after the Battle of Hastings?
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The North and the Outlaws
Heerawadiy is an early element of the proto proto outlaw stories that will feed what becomes o robin hoodmith's so parts of it are very definitely not true, but you've got him attacking the abbey at peterborough. You've got really quite significant military action within this rebellion. But also it's kind of like guorilla warfare, they're retreating into the fenland areas where it's very difficult for william to bring his army because of the difficulties of the train. The danes are only there until june of ten 70, and continue activity around ely for some time after that. So effectively, the north has been harried, but
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