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Norman Conquest
Battle of Hastings
A Very Unusual Face Off: How the Battle of Hastings Unfolded
10 Facts About Harold Godwinson: The Last Anglo-Saxon King
The Motte and Bailey Castles That William the Conqueror Brought to Britain
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William the Bastard: The Norman King’s Traumatic Early Years
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