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416 – The Harrying of the North

The British History Podcast

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The Herring of the North

William and the Normans committed murder on a scale that is difficult to even imagine. The bodies of the murdered were left out in the open, not out of disinterest by their neighbors, but because there was no one left alive to bury them. A massacre like this kills more than people. It kills culture. It kills identity. It kills history. After William, the North became poorer than the South. That damage has been passed down for thousand years.

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