In 1215, King John of England faced discontent from his Barons ... The film outlines the historical context beginning with the Norman Conquest in 1066, where William the Conqueror established ...

In 1066 there were two invasions of England, a Viking and a Norman invasion. The Vikings were defeated but the Normans succeeded in conquering England, bringing to an end Anglo-Saxon England.

These are supplemented by some Norse sagas, poetic accounts of the adventures of Viking warlords ... Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. Harold won a brilliant victory over a Norse invasion at ...