Battle of Hastings

Battle of Hastings

October - most people think of Halloween but it's also the time of one of the most important turning points of British history.

The Battle of Hastings is one of the best known and yet least known historical event in the English-speaking world which along with the year 1066 is beaten mercilessly into the head of every school child through-out the English-speaking world and then some.

It's often taken for granted that everyone knows it but that's not generally the case in actuality when it comes to the details. What's strange is that there's no movies, no plays, or major novels of the event yet there's plenty of material for it. The Battle of Hastings as we were taught did change English history, culture, language but it also ushered in over a century of foreign occupation. October - most people think of Halloween but it's also the time of one of the most important turning points of British history. ... more

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