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1066: The Game
Monday 18 May 2009
1066 is the most famous date in British history, but how might events have been different if you had been commanding the armies that fought for control of England? Take part in our unique and historically accurate strategy game and you'll take the field with the Saxons, the Normans and the Vikings to fight out the visceral, dynamic battles which decided England's fate.
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Researcher - Greg Jenner
1066: Behind the Story
Friday 17 April 2009
Our aim was not to tell the typical story of Kings and Dukes, but instead to experience 1066 through the eyes of ordinary people. Unfortunately, the medieval sources don't say much about the little people, so our task was to piece together the various clues left to us by history, so that we might create fictional, but highly realistic, characters to tell the true story of 1066.
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Tofi
Wednesday 28 January 2009
An English teenager from the village of Crowhurst, called away to war on the day of his wedding to Judith. Tofi has barely left his village before, let alone fought in battle.
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Ordgar
Wednesday 28 January 2009
An English Huscarl (professional warrior) originally from the village of Crowhurst. Ordgar is an experienced Captain in the King's army, and the cousin of Leofric.
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Snorri
Tuesday 27 January 2009
An elite Viking warrior, formerly of the Varangian Guard in Constantinople, Snorri is well-travelled and skilled in several languages. He is a skald, or warrior-poet – as gifted with words as he is with an axe.
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Leofric
Tuesday 27 January 2009
A cowardly English farmer from the village of Crowhurst. Despite being the cousin of the Ordgar, Leofric has so far managed to dodge military service. A big talker, the only thing he has ever killed is time.
