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Hiscox wanted to broaden her students’ understanding of the complexity of the British past, and developed an enquiry into the Norman Conquest of Wales to help achieve that aim. Hiscox reports her enquiry design and its outcomes, sharing how she broadened both content and the types of sources that students were asked to engage with, including folkloric and mythic stories. Hiscox reflects on what students learned about the diversity of experience in the British past and also about the cultural complexity of Great Britain...