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Referenced as a six-volume history of the Norman Conquest, described as 'not just the best, but more importantly, the longest history of the Norman Conquest,' published to mark the 800th anniversary. The episode opens with a quote from this work about Harold's fall and the overthrow of 'Teutonic England.'

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Described as 'the brilliant novel about this' regarding the Norman Conquest. The hosts note it covers themes of English Varangians fleeing to Constantinople, and that it compares the Normans to Nazis in Poland. They acknowledge it is 'full of anachronisms' but 'absolutely brilliant on the sense of this is a seismic shock.'

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Referenced as 'a really fascinating essay by Malcolm Strickland in a recent book of essays on the Norman conquest.' The essay discusses how in Britain and Scandinavia in the 11th century, enemy warriors were treated versus the different customs in Normandy and France.