Podcast HackThe Battle of HastingsBy History Hit, Dan Snow
In a Nutshell
In this October 2021 episode of the History Hit podcast, historian and host Dan Snow talks about one of the most famous events in British history: the Battle of Hastings.
Favorite Quote
The big change is the replacement of an English aristocracy with a French-speaking one. This created a divide in society between the peasantry – the majority of the rural population – and their lords.
Virginia Davis, British historian and lecturer
Introduction
The year 1066 is widely known as a transformative moment in the history of England and Great Britain.
The Battle of Hastings, a one-day battle between the armies of William the Conqueror and King Harold Godwinson, impacted English language, laws, and culture in ways that are still felt today, nearly ten centuries later.
Dan Snow is a British-Canadian historian, broadcaster, and the founder of the popular history network History Hit.
In this October 2021 episode of Snow's History Hit podcast, he explores the lead-up to the Battle of Hastings and looks at historians' views on this decisive event in British medieval history.
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