Unshaven English vs wily Normans: it’s quite an eyeful

05 September 2025, The Tablet

James Norton as King Harold

BBC

1066 and all that

King & Conqueror
BBC ONE

With the Bayeux Tapestry on its way to Britain this month for the first time in 900 years, the Battle of Hastings is in the news. So it is a good time to revisit the historical events leading up to 1066 and the last time that England was successfully invaded.

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