![]() ![]() You can take part in our listener survey here. ![]() ![]() Produced by Mariana Des Forges, edited and sound designed by Dougal Patmore. Great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, bloodshed at the battle of Hastings, Bubonic Plague and Roland the celebrity flatulist. In case your history is a little rusty, the Norman Conquest was the takeover of England in 1066 by invaders from northern France led by William I, better known as William the Conqueror. Dan ambles through York’s iconic medieval streets and with the help of medical historians Susie Edge and Kevin Goodman, they tell the grisly story of how the plague gripped the city and the nation in the worst pandemic the world had ever seen. October 14 marks the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, the bloody fight that sealed the deal on the Norman Conquest. fantastic creatures and battlefields: all the details of a great medieval. In the 14th century, the invaders didn’t arrive in festooned long-boats but on the backs of rats on merchant ships. Discover the Bayeux Tapestry or the conquest of England in the 11th century. They provided the Vikings with treasure, shelter, food and horses on the provision that they did not lay waste the kingdom. Next, Dan swings by Dover Castle to Dover castle to learn about courtly life, clashing knights, princesses and jesters and travels east to the Hastings Battlefield, where Dan narrates a dramatic play- by -play of the most famous fight on English soil. Ivar’s army landed first in East Anglia in 865 and the local East Anglians quickly sued for peace. As dawn breaks, Dan walks the beach at Pevensey where William the Conqueror and his Norman Invaders landed in 1066, but not before getting a quick lesson from Medieval Historian Dr Levi Roach in what’s always been called the ‘Dark Ages'. There are a host of top English Civil War Sites and Battlefields to visit among the very best are Bishop’s Waltham Palace, Ashby Castle and Restormel Castle. Great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, bloodshed at the battle of Hastings, Bubonic Plague and Roland the celebrity flatulist. ![]()
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