[catfish1957]

I don’t know if you would consider him the greatest, but William’s little excursion in 1066 is most profound event in Anglo history.

[RegulatorCountry]

... but William was Norman.

[Oztrich Boy]

I don't know if you would consider him the greatest, but William's little excursion in 1066 is most profound event in Anglo history.

That imposed a French aristocracy on England for about three centuries, but the underlying English culture was little changed.

Now Hengst's little excursion six centuries earlier, that was a game changer.