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With this exciting and historically rich six-lecture course, experience on your own the drama of the dynamic year in medieval background, devoted to the landmark Norman Conquest. Taking you from the shores of Scandinavia and France to the battlefields of the English countryside, these lectures will plunge you into an environment of fierce Viking warriors, powerful commendable families, politically costed marriages, anxious succession crises, epic military invasions, and much more. Your journey begins in the 10th and early 11th generations, when ability in Great britain and Normandy was quite definitely shared - and when the small island nation was under ongoing assault from Viking forces. Professor Paxton helps you gain a good knowledge of the complex politics alliances and shifting relationships between characters such as Emma of Normandy, Cnut, and Edward the Confessor. She also recounts for you the two seminal battles that pitted Great britain contrary to the Scandinavians and the Normans: the Challenge of Stamford Bridge and the Challenge of Hastings. Through the entire lectures, Dr. Paxton opens your sight to continued debates and controversies over this year and offers her own take on the Norman Conquest's long lasting legacy and the fascinating results of the epic clash. By checking out the entire year 1066 - what led up to it, what occurred during that fateful year, and what changed therefore - you'll gain a sharper perspective and a greater knowledge of everything that would come afterward.
