Description
The 1066 invasion of England led by Duke William II of Normandy never should have succeeded. England was ruled by King Harold Godwinson, a powerful warrior with a mighty army who ought to have been able to easily repel William’s invading force. Yet William turned out to be one of the luckiest rulers in history, since his opponent had to face another invasion by Scandinavians at the other end of England before facing the Normans, at less than full strength. Learn why William succeeded, and how the initially bitter legacy of the Norman Conquest was transformed, surprisingly quickly, into a new cultural consensus that created the England we know today.
