The year is 1066. Across the green hills of Anglo-Saxon England, the peasant population, largely unaware of the catastrophic changes ahead, goes about their daily work—plowing, sowing, and tending to their livestock. Their lives, governed by cycles of season and tradition, will soon be violently uprooted. The Battle of Hastings marks a historical turning point, but it is not just the crown that changes hands. The very fabric of English society—the land, the labour, and the relationships between lord and serf—will be transformed forever. When William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold Godwinson, he did not simply claim a throne. He dismantled the Anglo-Saxon world as the common people knew it. The Norman Conquest brought with it not just new kings and lords, but a far-reaching shift in how land, labour, and wealth were distributed in England. Before 1066, Anglo-Saxon society had its own feudal structure, but it was a system where peasants, while subject to some form o...