The film outlines the historical context beginning with the Norman Conquest in 1066, where William the Conqueror established a powerful centralized government and a new feudal system. Subsequent ...

In 1066 there were two invasions of England, a Viking and a Norman invasion ... Harold's armies met on a ridge on the Downs. The Battle of Hastings began. William became King of England on ...

The battle set in motion the Norman conquest of England, an event which profoundly affected ... Some of the momentous changes that followed the Battle of Hastings were: A feudal tenurial system headed ...