1066 And All That: The Significance of the Norman Conquest (with Dr. Jennifer Paxton), part 2

About this episode

This episode discusses the significance and consequences of the Norman Conquest with Dr. Jennifer Paxton.

Send us Fan Mail It has been several months since I posted the first half of a two part series on the significance and consequences of the Norman Conquest with my good friend and colleague Dr. Jennifer Paxton of the Catholic University of America. Despite a number of challenges--not the least being a snow storm--we finally got together to record the second episode. In that first episode, Jenny and I reviewed how historians have interpreted the Norman Conquest through the ages, and broadly out...

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Host: Richard Abels

Guest: Dr. Jennifer Paxton

Topics covered

• Norman Conquest
• historical interpretation
• Middle Ages
• consequences of conquest
• historical analysis

Keywords

• Norman Conquest
• history
• Middle Ages
• Dr. Jennifer Paxton
• historical interpretation

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Organizations: Catholic University of America

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