Hastings
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Oct 31, 2026
AsterHOST
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CadePANELIST
Yes, that is the place in Hastings in England that is possibly a very old clock or some sort of druidic thing.
CadePANELIST
Either way, it's very cool.
CadePANELIST
We're very happy to have Stonehenge.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Acababa de invadir Inglaterra.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Acababa de vencer en Hastings.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Acababa de coronarse rey.
speaker_2NARRATOR
Pero no era estúpido.
Riley KnightHOST
But there's another older episode that covers another very famous battle, although this one is a little more famous than the Battle of Tours.
Riley KnightHOST
On the 14th of October 1066, the Battle of Hastings was fought.
Riley KnightHOST
A very famous battle indeed, you've probably heard of it.
Riley KnightHOST
This is the one where William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson and in doing so claimed the English throne for himself.
Riley KnightHOST
Establishing a brand new dynasty of Anglo-Norman rulers that honestly kind of still rule England and Britain and the United Kingdom today.
Riley KnightHOST
King Charles III is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror and the Norman conquest of England would forever change the history of not just England, not just later Britain, but of course the world as Imperial Britain rose to become a great global power.
Riley KnightHOST
So two extremely important battles taking place this week in history, the Battle of Tours and the Battle of Hastings.
Riley KnightHOST
And in other news, slightly less world-changing, it has to be said, it was also this week in history, on the 12th of October 1931, that Christ the Redeemer was completed after almost a decade of construction.
speaker_0NARRATOR
He was nervous.
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He had just invaded England, had just won at Hastings, had just crowned himself king.
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But he was not stupid.
speaker_0NARRATOR
He knew people would rebel.
Tam MutuHOST
I am Tamutu.
Tam MutuHOST
Um, uh, I was born in a town called Hastings in East Sussex in England.
Tam MutuHOST
And my mother is Italian.
Tam MutuHOST
My dad is Turkish.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
In 1066, William, the Duke of Normandy, disputed the claim of the new English king, Harold Godwinson.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
Soon after landing in England, William and his knights met Harold's army near the town of Hastings.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
The climactic moment in the battle is immortalized in the 70-meter-long Bayeux Tapestry, where an arrow striking Harold in the eye seals the Norman victory.
Addison AndersonNARRATOR
William consolidated his gains with a huge castle-building campaign and a reorganization of English society.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
a Norman Duke destined to become the King of England and best known as William the Conqueror.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
His massive invasion force had sailed from France and landed here at Pevensey Bay before being led to this field where the famous Battle of Hastings took place in September 1066.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Harold the Saxon King was slain with an arrow through his eye on this ridge, where William later built an abbey to celebrate his victory.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Once William the Conqueror was crowned king, he set about building castles, the likes of which had never been seen by the fear-struck people of England.
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Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
In the skyline of the time, it served as a symbol of the king's power.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Within 20 years of the Battle of Hastings, 49 major castles had been built.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
By King William's death, fortresses were rising up all over the country.
Robin JohnsonHOST
I think it's like a physical thing.
Robin JohnsonHOST
We operate in Four out of four or five different workshops were all on one industrial estate in Hastings.
Robin JohnsonHOST
We took one unit, and then we took a bigger unit, and then we took an additional one, an additional one.
Robin JohnsonHOST
We're sat now in the spray booth unit.
28 MINS LATER
Robin JohnsonHOST
And then I'd print these onto really cool little A5 flyers with a, you know, four or five different pictures of the, of the job, a little bit of an explanation about what, what we've done.
Robin JohnsonHOST
You know, we provided the joinery for XYZ, the package included doors.
Robin JohnsonHOST
windows, stairs, all made in Oak, all made in our workshop in England, in Hastings, Sussex, whatever it was, made them up, got them printed on really heavy, thick, high GCM for all the paper nerds out there, GSM even, high GSM, very heavy, thick card, matte print.
Robin JohnsonHOST
And I got a selection of them and I would look at interior designers that are doing the projects that I, the sort of projects that I wanted to do.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
And if they'd have been standing up here on the 28th of September, they'd have seen a mighty invasion fleet out there.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
Ships crammed with thousands of warriors and horses, and among them, Duke William of Normandy, a man who within weeks would lead that army into battle at Hastings and whose destiny it was to become King of England.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
1066, the most famous date in British history.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
What actually happened between the Norman fleet appearing out there and the Battle of Hastings, fought 16 miles that way? Well, that's what I'll be finding out today as I walk in the footsteps of the Normans.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
In this series I'll be looking at very specific moments of the Norman story, trying to find out what the great British landscape can tell us about what we know for sure and what's just speculation.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
And the first story I'll be looking at was played out along this stretch of the south coast.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
It stands alongside a handful of Saxon and Norman chronicles as valuable accounts from soon after the invasion, and they mean we can be fairly certain of a few key events.
Dan SnowNARRATOR
William and his Norman army hit the English coastline on the 28th of September, but it was mid-October before they squared up against the might of King Harold and the Saxons.
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