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1066: Sailing Into the Storm

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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What if There Hadn't Been Any Norman Conquest?

Rival forces who are trying to undermine the norman regime are all defeated. The normans then launch a campaign of fortification, building new fortresses and walls. And they replaced most of the english nobility with norman loyalists. If harold hardrata had won up in the north, what if the norwegian invasion had been successful? What would england look like? It's impossible to know. But there are certain things we can say.

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