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14 October 1066, Hastings. Duke William of Normandy takes the battle to King Harold Godwinson, marking the start of a rolling invasion. Dr. Tom Thompson joins us to tell us of the events that led to that battle and its aftermath.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:36 - Why did the Normans and Vikings both want Britain?
00:06:29 - 5th Generation Norman - but not quite
00:08:47 - There's a lot of interconnection
00:13:06 - A shaky succession
00:18:20 - The throne cannot be vacant
00:33:14 - What a "right to the throne" really means
00:41:58 - The Norman army is stuck waiting for the wind to change
00:46:20 - Hardrada's army lands at York
00:50:40 - Harold Godwinson marches north
00:56:30 - The Normans finally get moving
00:58:00 - Harold's army moves south
01:09:59 - Hastings
01:16:07 - William consolidates after Hastings
01:22:28 - Edgar the Atheling
01:25:12 - Robert gets throneblocked again
01:31:07 - An observation about the Bayeux Tapestry
01:35:15 - Cultures and societal differences
01:39:56 - Bureaucracy go BRRR!
01:40:26 - Why Iceland got settled
01:41:38 - Not your grandpa's Vikings
01:44:30 - Thoughts about 1066
01:48:37 - Hardrada would have loved The Godfather
