A History of Britain

INHALT

The story of the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which saw King Harold beaten after leading an army worn out from fighting his brother Tostig and a horde of Vikings, to confront William the Conqueror. The Saxon defeat led to 300 years of Norman hegemony and a country plagued by massacre and famine, although the new rulers managed to introduce and keep an inventory of all land and possessions, better known as the Domesday Book.