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The cavalry were soldiers on horse back.
I would like to improve the answer of the former contributor as follows:
Only the Saxons had mounted infantry ("soldiers on horseback") because they used horses for long ranges troops displacements, as they did concentrating their forces from York to London after the battle of Stamford Bridge, in order to reach in time
the zone of Hastings before the Norman's Army could effectively land and consolidate
itself. Indeed we should say it was heavy infantry.
On the Normans side there was about one quarter of the army consisting of an elite, well armed and protected cavalry corp that unlike the Saxons who fought exclusively on foot, was an integral part of Norman (and generally said of French) way of fighting at that time.
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What were Harold's weeknesses in the Battle of Hastings?
He was tired after a previous battle, he had only foot soldiers and not many men, as oposed to William who had cavalry and archers, and he was quite foolish in general...
Answers to battle of hastings?
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Was harald hardrada in the Battle of Hastings?
Harald Hardrada wasn't in the battle of Hastings. He was in the battle of Gate Fulford and Stamford Bridge, he was defeated at Stamford Bridge by Harold Godwinsson; Harald Hardrada was hit in the neck with an arrow and then attacked by 3 English troops. Harold Godwinnson was defeated at the Battle of Hastings by possibly an arrow to the eye, or being hacked down by Norman Cavalry.
Where exactly was the battle of hastings?
The battle of hastings was in a town called battle (which was not named battle until after the battle of hastings) it was in the middle of knowwere and it was about 10km from a town called hastings.
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Where is the battle field they fort at in the battle of Hastings?
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What city was the Battle of Hastings near?
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