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There are ten posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1066. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

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A Feast in Time of Slaughter

By Edward Freeman

After winning the English crown at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy ensured everyone understood what kind of man their new King was.

The Voyage of Sigurd

From The Saga of Edward the Confessor

Back in the eleventh century English refugees founded New York, but it wasn’t in North America.

Home from Home

By Goscelin of Canterbury

In Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire, a man from Kent founded a glittering church for English refugees.

England’s Lost Civilisation

By Orderic Vitalis

Orderic Vitalis regrets the passing of a society far more refined and advanced than that which supplanted it.

The Character of the Conqueror

From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle looks back on the reign of King William I.

The Battle of Hastings

By Clay Lane

After King Edward the Confessor died childless, Europe’s princes stepped forward to claim the prize of England’s crown.

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