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  • 1066: The Battle for England | A HistoryExtra podcast series

The year 1066 is the most famous in English history. But there's a lot more to the story than one bloody battle at Hastings. That fateful year was preceded by a half-century of invasion and political manoeuvres, and followed by decades of brutal conquest. In this four-part special series, medievalist Marc Morris talks David Musgrove through the full story of the Norman Conquest.

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Episode 1 The VIKING king of England: the story of King Cnut and the Danish conquest of 1016. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2The LAST Anglo-Saxon kings of England | Harold II and the road to 1066. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3How 1066 altered England’s fate FOREVER. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4How William the Conqueror brutally secured rule of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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