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From the Viking raids on the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to the decisive showdown at Hastings, this video reveals how the mighty Normans under William the Conqueror challenged King Harold and his Anglo-Saxon army. We trace both sides’ journeys—from early incursions, back-room intrigues, and the “St Brice’s Day Massacre” to a lightning Channel crossing and the fateful “battle for the English crown.”

Prepare for a vivid account of medieval England’s birth: the shifting power balance after the Great Migration, the pivotal roles of Norman knights and Scandinavian kings, the first large-scale land survey in the Domesday Book, and the rise of a new Anglo-Norman society that would forever reshape Europe.

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