Subscribe using iTunes Subscribe using Stitcher On the 25th December 1066, William of Normandy was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Categories: Podcast #Anglo-Saxon#Battle of Hastings#Bayeux Tapestry#England#Harold I#London#Monarchy#Normandy#Politics#Westminster Abbey#William of Normandy Comments are closed.
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