Fortified by tea with a friend, by now becoming a bit of a ritual, we both made our way to the Examination Schools in Oxford for the latest instalment of David Bates’ Ford Lecture series on the Normans and empire. For one and two, follow the links. The subject of number three, was William the Conqueror himself.
The 2010 Ford Lectures III: William the Conqueror and empire
March 5, 2010
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1066 or what on middle earth was that?
May 19, 2009Yesterday and today Channel 4 broadcast a docudrama called ’1066: the Battle for Middle Earth’. The premise of the film is an interesting one, namely to show the effects of the battles of 1066 (Fulford, Stamford Bridge and Senlac Hill) on the ordinary people. The result is something I thought impossible – Channel 4 makes 1066 boring.
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Bayeux Tapestry on Radio 4: Gesta rants again
June 24, 2008The Bayeux Tapestry made a star appearance on the Today programme this morning as the editor of BBC History Magazine has mooted that the artefact should be brought back to England for an exhibition. The disputants in this debate were David Musgrove (BBC History), Carola Hicks and Ed Sturton, one of the normal presenters. This item irritated me beyond belief, as the odd bit on history on the Today programme (and they usually are odd) tends to for a variety of reasons. Read the rest of this entry »
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