My latest Substack article #BattleofHastings #WilliamtheConqueror #Normans #HaroldGodwinson #Saxons #England paulburgin.substack.com/p/1066-and-a...
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@paulburgin.bsky.socialMy latest Substack article #BattleofHastings #WilliamtheConqueror #Normans #HaroldGodwinson #Saxons #England paulburgin.substack.com/p/1066-and-a...
@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialOn #ThisDayInHistory in 1066, #HaroldGodwinson, the last #Saxon king of England, may've taken an arrow in the eye at the #BattleOfHastings. A victorious #WilliamTheBastard rebranded himself #WilliamTheConqueror, launching centuries of #NormanFrench rule & this confusing language.
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social960th Anniversary 👑⚔️ #OTD in #History 14 October 1066, at the #BattleOfHastings the invading #Norman forces of #WilliamTheConqueror defeated the #AngloSaxon forces of #HaroldII, who was killed in battle. England underwent a seismic political and cultural seachange as its new King seized power.
@mabelquill.bsky.socialWilliam Lands at Pevensey On September 28, 1066, Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey, beginning the invasion that would transform England. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #NormanConquest #WilliamTheConqueror #Pevensey #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
@worldhistory.org⚓ On this day in 1066 : William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
📷 Images by Man vyi and Myrabella.
#NormanConquest #WilliamTheConqueror #BayeuxTapestry #Warfare #History #England #Normandy #OnThisDay
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social⚔️ #OTD in #History 27 September 1066, William, Duke of Normandy (soon to be #WilliamTheConqueror), and his armies set sail from the mouth of the Somme River to conquer England.
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgThe Bayeux tapestry: how this medieval wonder was reinvented for modern times.
From replicas to politicians’ ties, from satire to humour, the Bayeux tapestry inspires creative, artistic and polit…
#BayeuxTapestry #History #UK #France #WilliamTheConqueror #NormanInvasion #NormanConquest #MiddleAges
@paulbernardi.bsky.social#onthisday 9th Sept 1087 (I was on holiday last week!) - the death of #WilliamtheConqueror. Was his the grossest funeral in #history ?
#Normandy #medieval
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@bookofworldhistory.bsky.socialDomesday Book: Inside the Norman Survey That Recorded Everything
Domesday Book counted every plough, pig, and peasant in Norman England. Here is how the 1086 survey worked, and why its true…
#DomesdayBook #WilliamTheConqueror
https://bookofworldhistory.com/blog/domesday-book-norman-survey-1086
@punchbooks.bsky.socialBeen thinking about the Norman Conquest? Who hasn't with all the hoo-ha about the Bayeux Tapestry. George Morrow had his thoughts in this PUNCH cartoon from 1926: 'Duke William of Normandy discovers an example of Saxon mural decoration' #Saxons #AngloSaxons #WilliamtheConqueror #history
@mediafaro.bluesky.mediafaro.orgBayeux Tapestry ‘mania’ sweeps the UK as its first exhibition outside France opens.
The British Museum on Thursday opened its doors for the first public display of the 1000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry outside of France.
The…
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@worldhistory.org👑 On this day in 1087: William the Conqueror dies of natural causes at Caen, Normandy.
He was an accomplished diplomat, gifted military commander, and ruthless overlord.
📝 Article by Mark Cartwright.
#WilliamTheConqueror #Normandy #NormanConquest #BattleOfHastings #History #OnThisDay #England
@historytoday.com#WilliamtheConqueror died #OnThisDay in 1087.
The Norman Conquest brought French kings, language and culture across the Channel. What did that mean for medieval England?
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@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social"See — I have taken England with both my hands." (After falling into sand disembarking from his ship on the coast of England)
⚔️ #WilliamTheConqueror, the first Norman king of England (1066-1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035-1087), #DOTD 9 September 1087.
