956 Years Ago

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956 years ago today, Norsemen from France destroyed the English army at Hastings and proceeded to overthrow Anglo laws and language and customs and economic system. England (and eventually Wales and Ireland) have yet to recover from the shock.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 14th, 2022 at 2:57 am and is filed under History, History, Language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to 956 Years Ago

  1. John Payzant says:
    October 14, 2022 at 10:02 am

    My French Norman ancestors

    Reply

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