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Second in a series.
First all about Tapestry.

Lovely @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @marcmorris.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social
@anitaanand.bsky.social
out just now on this very subject.

402. The Norman Conquests: England in 1066…–Empire: World History – Apple Podcasts share.google/bMNaJzHgYphA...

In 1065 Harold sided with Northumbrian rebels against his own brother Tostig to secure the throne. Tostig never forgave him, and sailed to Norway to find Harald Hardrada, veteran of Kyiv and the Varangian Guard of Constantinople and the last great Viking
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The Godwins rose from nowhere to become richer than the king. Then Harold Godwinson was shipwrecked in Normandy and swore an oath to Duke William on holy relics. The Bayeux Tapestry shows the scene, but what did he actually promise?
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In a Yorkshire valley, a Saxon sundial is dated "in the days of King Edward and in the days of Earl Tostig." Within a few years Tostig's own brother had betrayed him, and the old English world was gone. Episode 2 of The Norman Conquests is out now.
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Our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series on
The Norman Conquests continues
Part 2: ENGLAND IN 1066

402. The Norman Conquests: England in 1066…–Empire: World History – Apple Podcasts share.google/bMNaJzHgYphA...

In 1065 Harold sided with Northumbrian rebels against his own brother Tostig to secure the throne. Tostig never forgave him, and sailed to Norway to find Harald Hardrada, veteran of Kyiv and the Varangian Guard of Constantinople and the last great Viking
linktr.ee/empirepoduk

The Godwins rose from nowhere to become richer than the king. Then Harold Godwinson was shipwrecked in Normandy and swore an oath to Duke William on holy relics. The Bayeux Tapestry shows the scene, but what did he actually promise?
linktr.ee/empirepoduk

In a Yorkshire valley, a Saxon sundial is dated "in the days of King Edward and in the days of Earl Tostig." Within a few years Tostig's own brother had betrayed him, and the old English world was gone. Episode 2 of The Norman Conquests is out now.
linktr.ee/empirepoduk

Our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series on
The Norman Conquests continues
Part 2: ENGLAND IN 1066

Yes @empirepoduk.bsky.social we are less enthusiastic about genocidal colonialism than Marco Rubio and the Trump administration. Perhaps because we are more conversant with the history than he is

I recently recorded a 3-part podcast about the Norman Conquest with @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social. Part one is available here: podcasts.apple.com/bb/podcast/4... @empirepoduk.bsky.social

Within three generations, Rollo's heirs spoke French, built abbeys and fought on horseback like Franks. How Viking were they by 1066? With the brilliant Eleanor Barraclough, we discuss Rollo and the Viking river invasions of Western Europe
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In 911 a French king who couldn't beat him gave Rollo the land around Rouen instead. Normandy literally means "land of the Northmen." Legend says Rollo refused to kneel and kiss the king's foot, and his man tipped the king backwards off his throne.
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The Bayeux Tapestry shows one of the defining moments in English history. But look closer at its dragon-prowed ships: why does the Norman invasion look so much like a Viking raid? Who were the Normans , and how much of their Norse past did they carry across the Channel?
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