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Episode 3 - Richard the Good: Inventing the Past

2009/11/19
logo of podcast Norman Centuries | A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth

Norman Centuries | A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth

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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.