"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
1066: A Tale of Two Invasions
Submitted by Michael Kleen on Fri, 2010-07-16 02:00
Many of us know of the famous invasion of England by William “the Bastard,” the Duke of Normandy in the year 1066. But, many do not realize that William’s invasion was the second one of the year. In fact, Harold Godwinson (Harold II), the King of England, had just defeated the Viking King of Norway and Denmark, Harald Sigurdsson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
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