Description
October 14 in the year 1066 proved to be a Saturday unlike any other before–or frankly, since. The battle and bloodletting that day radically changed the destiny not only of a kingdom-nation, but also a fledgling Europe. This course delves into the “hows” and “whys” that culminated in 1066: the Year of the Three Kings, the ominous “hairy star” and the tide-turning feigned retreat. Here is an opportunity to study the improbable-seeming victory that caused the sun to rise on one kingdom and set on quite another in the same day. As Domesday Book and the Bayeux Tapestry attest, a new kingdom was in the ascendant and profound, lasting change descended on the peoples of Medieval Europe.
