The Battle of Hastings in 1066, med mera

The tragic tale of Harold, the king who lost England to William the Conqueror in an infamous battle, still looms large in British popular culture. But that story may need a reset, according to new research.

“1066 is still one of the few dates that virtually everyone knows,” said Rory Naismith, a professor of early medieval English history at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom who wasn’t involved in the research. 

“It is a watershed in English history, when one political regime was defeated and very soon replaced by another, with huge consequences for the cultural and institutional identity of the kingdom. The developments of 1066 are therefore crucial to understanding everything that came after.”

The story of the dramatic overland march was largely a Victorian interpretation that had stuck

The new interpretation shows that King Harold was a competent commander, Licence said, not reckless and impulsive: “I think it was a coin toss, really. It could have been William that day. It could have been Harold.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/23/science/battle-hastings-harold-new-research

It is impossible to think of 1066, 1776 or 1914 without recalling the wars and revolutions that changed the world for ever. 

The Glass-Steagall regulations separating investment and commercial banks were introduced by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, repealed by Bill Clinton in 1999,  

partially reintroduced in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that  followed the 2008 Lehman Brothers meltdown.

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/1066-1776-1914-2008-1929.html

Hur många har inte hört att Amerikas två stora kriser – den stora depressionen på 1930-talet och finanskrisen 2007–08 – berott på oreglerad kapitalism och lössläppt girighet, medan räddningen varit progressiva politiker som låtit staten gripa in och styra upp situationen? 

I själva verket talar mycket för att det var tvärtom.

Roosevelt och hans företrädare Herbert Hoover lät statsbudgeten gå med underskott och ordnade statliga jobb, men de fick aldrig bukt med arbetslösheten

Mattias Svensson SvD 20 september 2025

https://englundmacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/vanstermyter-om-ekonomi-enligt-mattias.html