Welcome to a Very Short Introduction soapbox. A short talk lasting 15 minutes from an expert in the field. The talk is free and takes place in the Blackwell book tent.

George Garnett, fellow in modern history at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, reveals how dramatically the Norman conquests changed English life, from the language to the law, and focuses on the different ways in which the conquest has been viewed by historians and in folklore ever since.

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