1000s

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In this episode we cover the hundred years between the turn of the century in 1000 and the year 1100.

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Beginning with the rule of Canute the Great and the Danes, we follow the early formation of the country through ruler after ruler until the Norman conquest of 1066. 

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With William the Conqueror as king of England, we start to see some of the greatest developments of the time; the building of some of the country's greatest castles, the Domesday Book, and the brutal 'harrying of the north'