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1066: the battle for England
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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