Clerihews are not satirical or abusive, but they target famous individuals and reposition them in an absurd, anachronistic or commonplace setting, often giving them an over-simplified and slightly garbled description ( similar to the schoolboy style of 1066 and All That )

Several British humour classics were first serialised in Punch, such as the Diary of a Nobody and 1066 and All That.

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1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England.

Dave Barry's 1989 book Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States is another treatment of American history reminiscent of 1066 and All That, though Sellar and Yeatman are nowhere acknowledged.

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Its title is a pun on that of the historical satire 1066 and All That by Sellar and Yeatman.

In the modern era, the rather confused reporting of events was briefly satirised in Sellar and Yeatman's parody of Whig history, 1066 and All That, stating that the peasants revolted " in several reigns under such memorable leaders as Black Kat, Straw Hat, John Bull and What Tyler?

All three sites have evidence for early Norman earthworks, possibly built by William fitz Osbern, who was made Earl of Hereford by William the Conqueror a few months after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.

Interpretations of the purpose of the History also vary considerably, some considering it a work of fiction or satire intended to entertain ( perhaps in the vein of 1066 and All That ), others viewing it as a pagan attack on Christianity, the writer having concealed his identity for personal safety.

He is best known for the book 1066 and All That, 1930, ISBN 0-413-77270-5 ), a tongue-in-cheek guide to " all the history you can remember ", which he wrote with W. C. Sellar.

When asked to convert his BA from Oxford into an MA, Yeatman could not find the fee owing to debt, and hence he is recorded in 1066 and All That as " Failed MA, etc., Oxon ".

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He is best known for the 1930 book 1066 and All That, a tongue-in-cheek guide to " all the history you can remember ," which he wrote together with R. J. Yeatman.

After serving briefly in World War I as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, he took a degree in modern history at Oriel College, Oxford ( which, as recorded in 1066 and All That, was awarded through an aegrotat in 1922 ).

The first part of 1066 and All That appeared in Punch on 10 September 1930, taking its title from Robert Graves ' autobiography Good-Bye to All That.

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In 1930 the company published the popular humorous book 1066 and All That.

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There has been a church in Eye at least since 1066 but the present building, the Church of St Peter and St Paul, dates from the 14th century ; it is considered one of the finest churches in the county.

The third subseries, released in 1984, were analogous to System / 370 with some original enhancements, and included 1016, 1026, 1036, 1046 and 1066.

Alberic, or Aubrey de Vere, sided with William the Conqueror, and after 1066 was rewarded with many estates, as well as being made hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England, one of the six Great Officers of State.

Round argued that the Normans had brought feudalism with them to England, while Maitland contended that its fundamentals were already in place in Britain before 1066.

In September 1066, Harald III of Norway landed in Northern England with a force of around 15, 000 men and 300 longships ( 50 men in each boat ).

On 28 September 1066, William of Normandy invaded England with a force of Normans, in a campaign known as the Norman Conquest.

" This particular line of criticism also misses the obvious parallels that existed between the story's background ( England conquered by the Normans in 1066, when they killed Saxon King Harold at Hastings, about 130 years previously ) and the prevailing situation in Scott's native Scotland ( Scotland's union with England in 1707 – about the same length of time had elapsed before Scott's writing and the resurgence in his time of Scottish nationalism evidenced by the cult of Robert Burns, the famous poet who deliberately chose to work in Scots vernacular though he was an educated man and spoke modern English eloquently ).

The Viking presence dwindled until 1066, when the invading Norsemen lost their final battle with the English at Stamford Bridge.

Arundel Disney was a descendant of Robert d ' Isigny, a Frenchman who had travelled to England with William the Conqueror in 1066.

Cnut the Great, who conquered England in 1016, created the wealthy and powerful earldom of Wessex, but in 1066 Harold II reunited the earldom with the crown and Wessex then ceased to be a political unit.

Finally, on the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066, Harold became king, reuniting the earldom of Wessex with the crown.

No new earl was appointed before the ensuing Norman Conquest of England, and as the Norman kings soon did away with the great earldoms of the late Anglo-Saxon period, 1066 marks the extinction of Wessex as a political unit.

After 1066, William did not attempt to integrate his separate domains into one unified realm with one set of laws.

The year is considered by many historians to be a turning point in history due to various events ( see below ), particularly the Battle of Hastings and ensuing Norman conquest of England, with years prior to 1066 being the Early Middle Ages and years after 1066 being the High Middle Ages.

This arrangement ended when the Normans invaded in 1066, replacing the witenagemot with the curia regis, or king's court.

1066 Harald Hardrada lands with an army, hoping to take control of York and the English crown.

Tostig was at odds with his elder brother Harold ( who had been elected king ), having been ousted from his position as Earl of Northumbria and exiled in 1065, and had mounted a series of abortive attacks on England in the spring of 1066.

In early 1066, Harold's exiled brother Tostig Godwinson raided southeastern England with a fleet he had recruited in Flanders, later joined by other ships from Orkney.

The Grade I listed site is now operated by English Heritage as 1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield, which includes the abbey buildings and ruins, a visitor centre with a film and exhibition about the battle, audio tours of the battlefield site, and the monks ' gatehouse with recovered artefacts.

So William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey where the Battle of Hastings had taken place, with the high altar of its church on the supposed spot where King Harold fell in that battle on Saturday, 14 October 1066.

In 1977 C. W. Scott-Giles, an expert in heraldry, published a history of Lord Peter Wimsey's family, going back to 1066 ( but describing the loss of the family tree going back to Adam and Eve ); the book is based on material from his correspondence with Dorothy L. Sayers, who wrote at least two of the family anecdotes in the book, one of them in the French language of the Middle Ages.

This sapphire was once part of a ring owned by Edward the Confessor, which was buried with him in 1066.