Edward A. Freeman

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Described as 'not just the best, but more importantly, the longest history of the Norman Conquest at six volumes,' published to mark the 800th anniversary. The hosts opened with a lengthy quote from Freeman mourning the fall of Harold and Anglo-Saxon England.

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Described as 'the Regist Professor of Oxford in the 19th century, who wrote a six volume history of the Norman conquest.' Quoted as saying Harold's trip to Normandy is 'one of the most perplexing questions in all history.'