Welcome to The Shortest History of Britain!

In this podcast we’re going to cover a few thousand years of this fabulous nation, from the very beginnings of life here, all the way through to the modern day. We’ll have to skim the surface a little to get through it all, but we'll whirlwind through the years to give you an idea of the main events that shaped our great nation.

Each short episode will feature a period of time, as we climb from the ancient times to the more recent.

In episode three we look at the eleventh century, the 1000's. The Danish rule came to an end with the Norman Invasion in 1066, bringing the great William the Conqueror to the throne, a man responsible for some of the biggest changes our nation had ever seen, and constructing some of the greatest castles to have ever been built here, many of which survive to this day.

Episodes:

1 - Pre-Roman

2- Roman -> Norman Invasion

3 - 1000s

4 - 1100s

5 - 1200s

6 - 1300s

7 - 1400s

8 - 1500s

9 - 1600s

10 - 1700s

11 - 1800s

12 - 1900 -> 2000