William the Conqueror’s invasion plans
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The Origins of Horse Transports in the Norman Invasion
How did they get these on the boats, do you think? That is one of the big questions. The biotapistry shows horses jumping quite merrily over the side. medieval horses were a lot smaller than we previously thought. It's also a potentially very dangerous thing to move 1,000 ships in a concerted sort of order.
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