Introduction to the Romans
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A description of the Roman Empire and the countries it spanned such as Germany or Germania, France or Gallia and Britain which used to be known as Albion.
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A description of the Roman Empire and the countries it spanned such as Germany or Germania, France or Gallia and Britain which used to be known as Albion.
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A description of the lead up to the invasion from the Norman perspective; the ships, the supplies and the crossing to England
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A description of the origins of the Normans and explains their ancestry and how they came to settle in Normandy, i.e. from Norsemen or Vikings
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A description of the cause of the Norman invasion in 1066. Despite King Edward making, William Duke of Normandy heir to the English throne, Harold Godwinson stole the crown.
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A description of the Bayeux Tapestry; nearly 70 metres long and having been made in England it depicts the events that led up to the Norman conquest aswell as Battle of Hastings
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A description of the final part of the Battle of Hastings describing the arrow storm that rained down on the Saxons and the fall of King Harold
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A further description of the battle where it was thought William Duke of Normandy had fallen and the effect it had on morale.
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A description of the early Norman castles, how the motte and bailey was constructed and mentions some of the first stone castles like Chepstow and Pevensey.
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A description of how the Normans settled the land by building churches and monasteries and explains how the locals paid rent to the church which in turn paid taxes to the king.
This history video covers: how the Anglo Saxons originated from Germania and travelled to England with the Roman legions and stayed even after the Romans left.
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