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Episode 3 - Richard the Good: Inventing the Past
FromNorman Centuries | A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth
Episode 3 - Richard the Good: Inventing the Past
FromNorman Centuries | A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Nov 19, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
At the start of Richard II's reign northern Europe was once again subjected to a wave of Viking attacks. The young Duke was faced with the question of what to do with his distant Norse brethren. Assist these pagans in their plunder and be labeled a pirate himself - or resist and become their next victim. His solution would intertwine the fate of Normandy with the kingdom of England, and lay the groundwork for the great conquest to come. In the process he would commission the first court historian and create a new identity for the Normans. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at both England and Normandy in the time of Richard the Good.
Released:
Nov 19, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (20)
Episode 11 - The Great Count: Roger de Hauteville was a strange conqueror. The youngest of twelve sons he was the last to come to Italy and treated as the least capable of the siblings by a jealous Guiscard. His first raid in Sicily was a disaster that seemed to confirm the worst suspicions about him. But Roger persevered and over three decades he managed to carve out a kingdom that rivaled that of William the Conqueror's. Along the way he won one of the most spectacular battles in medieval history and managed to die with all of his vast conquests at peace. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the surprising life of the last Hauteville brother. by Norman Centuries | A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth