How the Normans changed the history of Europe

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Mark Robinson |

TED-Ed

• August 2018

In the year 1066, 7,000 Norman infantry and knights sailed in warships across the English Channel. Their target: England, home to more than a million people. Around the same period of time, other groups of Normans were setting forth all across Europe. Who were these warriors, and how did they leave their mark so far and wide? Mark Robinson shares a brief history of the Normans. [TED-Ed Animation by Echo Bridge]