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but you might know him better by his later name-- William the Conqueror. [Men shouting] Worsley, voice-over: Most of us think the Norman Conquest of England happened in 1066 at the Battle of ...
The Norman Conquest was a thorough-going revolution which, as so often happens in history, was driven by a great figure - William the Conqueror. You may not like William (who did?) but you have to ...
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What is it? There's one historical artefact that tells us exactly why William the Conqueror thought he should be King of England. It's over 230 feet long and over 900 years old. Its the Bayeux ...
The bronze bust of William the Conqueror will go on display in Berkhamsted A bronze bust of William the Conqueror has been created to mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings.
James Norton ("Happy Valley") and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones") are attached to be the titular King Harold and William the Conqueror, respectively. Think of it like a very, very long ...
Around the same time, another historian of mixed descent, Orderic Vitalis, reports the deathbed confession of William the Conqueror. According to Orderic, this is what William said: 'I've ...