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The Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England and took place at Senlac Hill, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex.
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Where did the largest landing of troops take place in World War 2?
The largest historical amphibious landing took place on the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
The Allies committed hundreds of ships and planes to the effort, which established a beachhead from which to end the German occupation of France and the Low Countries.
Why did hardrold hardrada want to be king?
Harald Hadrarda thought he should be king because king Cnut had been king for ages before him. He also said that Edward had wanted him to be king. this was not necessarily true
How reliable is the bayeux tapestry?
The Bayeux Tapestry shows events from a totally Norman perspective. The Normans may have made things seem more spectacular than they actually were. This suggests that it could be biased or unreliable. In one section it shows a Saxon getting shot in the eye. Most people assume that this is Harold but there is no clear evidence.
What is the old name of England?
England does not have another name.
England is one of three countries (the other two being Wales and Scotland) that make up the island called Great Britain. Great Britain and part of the north of the island of Ireland, known as Northern Ireland, make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Incidentally, Great Britain is not called 'Great' because it is a powerful or wonderful country (even though it IS a wonderful country!). It was originally called 'Great' Britain to differentiate it from simply 'Britain' on the north coast of France when that area was owned by the British. Nowadays that area is still called 'Bretagne' by the French - or, in English, 'Britanny'. Here, as well as speaking French, they also speak Breton, an ancient language similar to Cornish or Welsh as spoken in Great Britain (in Cornwall and Wales).
Americans often call Great Britain or the United Kingdom 'England' but this is incorrect and a bit of an insult to the Welsh and Scottish.
The 'British Isles' consist of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the independent Republic of Ireland and many other islands in the area including the Channel Islands and Man.
What is the story behind the bayeux tapestry?
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The Bayeux Tapestry is a long, strip of cloth with depictions of the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and of the battle itself, in which William, Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror) defeated King Harold and became King William I of England.
It is roughly 20 inches high and over 200 feet in length and the story is told in pictures with captions in Latin - a kind of medieval cartoon strip.
Strictly speaking it is not a tapestry, as the words and pictures are embroidered onto the cloth.
It is made about the year 1077 and is thought that William the Conqueror's half brother, Bishop Odo, ordered it to be made.
The original "Tapestry" can be seen in a special museum in Bayeux, France, and there is a copy of it, made in the 1880's, in the Museum of Reading, in Reading, Berkshire in England. For the benefit of those outside England, The Museum of Reading is not about books, it's about the place called "Reading" and it's pronounced "Redding."
Harald Hadrada, from Norway, was killed on 25th September 1066 at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. It is said that he was shot by an arrow in the neck by Harold Godwinson. Tostig Godwinson (Harold, the King of England's brother) tried to invade England alongside Hadrada, but they were both defeated and the English were victorious. Harald Hardraada was struck in the throat by an arrow and killed early in the battle in a state of berserkgang. He was not wearing amour.
What religion did William the Conqueror believe in?
Yes Duke William of Normandy and 1 of England was very religious by the standards of the time that is he built an abbey after his success in the battle of Hastings to which he carried a pennant given by the Pope as a blessing. The Abbey is called Battle and is still in use. He also built a lot of churches and cathedrals as at Caen and made sure to be crowned in Westminster Abbey which his cousin Edward had just finished building before he died. Nor did he usurp the authority of the Pope as his sucessors tried to: he was pretty busy anyway putting up castles like the Tower of London to fortify his position and parcelling out land as baronies to Normans as well as quelling a couple of rebellions and supervising the Domesday book to check how much land or livestock the people had as assets he could tax them on. All this and commuting to Normandy did not leave him much time for sin though it is said he asked forgiveness on his deathbed which was in his duchy and he was buried in Rouen cathedral.
A conqueror is a person who gains control of or subdues a place, nation, gathering of people, etc., by use of force or threat of force. The word is often used to refer to the winner of a battle or war.
What was the result of the Battle of Hastings?
After the battle of hastings saxon people were enslaved into what could only be called black slavery. they were also put through hell from William of Normandy e.g the harrying of the north were William got all live stock and weat etc and burnt it all. The battle of hastings had a great effect on the way the british lived, when William the congueror won the battle of hasting the french brought over many different rules that the engligh must follow for instance the french made engligh talk french, brought the laws and way of life over, the engligh found this hard to live with because of the french had such a different was of living to the English.
Should Harold Godwinson be king?
Harold Godwinson was half Saxon and half Danish. His mother was Danish and related to the Danish royal house. His father, Earl Godwin of Wessex, was - according to some sources - a male line descendant of King Æthelræd I of Wessex, the king who preceded Alfred the Great.
What marked the end of the Anglo-Saxons?
The Norman invasion of England in 1066 ended Anglo-Saxon independence and control of England. However, the Anglo-Saxons continued to exist for centuries, until their population merged with the population of the Normans, and others, to produce the English population.
Why was the battle of hastings called the norman conquest?
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The battle was fought on Senlac Hill, in a village called Battle, eight miles north west of the coastal town of Hastings in the south east of England.
It could have been called "the Battle of Senlac Hill", or even "the Battle for England," but all historians now use the name "Battle of Hastings."
Perhaps it is called the battle of hastings as Williams troops arrived in Pevensey and made their way to Hasting where they awaited Harold and his army
Well, in those times battle was really called Hastings. So they called it the Battle of Hastings. However they soon changed Hastings and called it battle AFTER the battle had happened. But they did not see the point in changing the name, because it was already history.
Which famous tapestry depicts William and the events around the battle of hastings?
That depends on which tapestry. I'm going to guess you're asking about the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
How did the Battle of Hastings affect England?
Willam of Normandy became king. Many of his nobles were given lands formerly held by Saxon lords. The same applied to the Church. The Norman version of the feudal system was imposed.
Where did the Saxons originate from?
People aren't 100% sure where they came from but it's believed they came from Northern Germany and Southern Scandinavia.
Coastal Science unveiled in the Netherlands, UK, Denmark and Germany that about 600 BC there was still a lot of land where today the North Sea is. The Saxons as well the North-Seamen, Norseman or simply Normans could have simply come from the sunken part that connected the UK with continental Europe.
Unclear is what was before. The Scandinavian nations as well Russia seem to have their origin in Gotland. The mother island of all viking nations.
For the Saxons this can only be half true for instance by marriage. Some theories in old British literature see the origins of the Saxons in old Greece and that they arrived by ship invading north Europe.
Different than in modern books Wotan was in Saxon history not displayed as God but as ancestor of all Saxons. Therefore the Saxons are family clan. Wotan is identical with Odin and also called the one Eyed.
Regarding history there existed only one King with only one Eye who conquered Europe, the father of Alexander the great.
In Germany the Saxons use a white horse as symbol on their flag and in UK also exist some places where the white horse is highlighted. German history books say, that there was an early relation to Troy, another colony of Greece.
Indeed also the Germanic language and culture contains many elements Greece.
Also the name Germany, Deutschland refers to Zeus. The modern D= old Th , phonetic Z.
Zeus-land=Theus-land=Theus-land=Theuts-land=Deutsch-land
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The above contains a lot of misinformation, at best. "Deutschland" has nothing to do with Zeus; "Deutsch" comes from "theudo", an ancient Germanic word for "people". So it means "land of
Lots of ancient rulers were missing eyes; one of Alexander's Successors was a king nicknamed "Monophthalmus", meaning "one-eyed", and the great Carthaginian general Hannibal also lost an eye during his invasion of Italy. Philip of Macedon was certainly not the only King with only one eye (and he didn't conquer Europe- he had just barely conquered Greece when he was murdered). Not only that, but Macedonians were generally not considered "greek" until Alexander conquered Greece and the rest of the Middle East- prior to that, the Greek city-states usually regarded Macedonians as non-greek barbarians.
Additionally, the writer(s) seems to be conflating German and Celtic/British myth. There is an old myth that a Trojan man named Brutus (not related to Julius Caesar's murderer) fled to Britain after the Trojan War, and he was the first King of Britain. But this King Brutus happened long before the Saxons invaded Britain- if it happened at all, it happened long before the Romans invaded!
As for the original question, it's not 100% clear where they originated. By the time the Romans and Greeks discovered them and started writing about them, they were living in what's now Denmark and northern Germany. The Saxons gained a reputation for being fierce sea-raiders, much like the later Vikings; the Romans eventually had to create a special military area called the "Saxon Shore" in England, with a major naval base in Dubris (now Dover), to defend against them.
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The Saxons originated in Northern Germany as a distinct tribe from the coastland Fresians and the Western Franks. The Angles and Jutes occupied the Peninsula of Denmark. Extensive research of Scandinavian settlement in Britain demonstrates a fundamental difference between Saxons and Scandinavians through DNA evidence.
White Horse carvings in Britain pre-date Saxon settlement by some 1500 years.
William the Conqueror used cavalry and archers, which his opponent Harold did not have. William would feign retreating, only to draw Harold's foot soldiers in, to be promptly overrun by cavalry.
Who benefited from the Feudal system?
Serfs. Being at the bottom of the social hierarchy meant that serfs did the bulk of the work and produced most of the goods, but the only benefit that they gained from the feudal system was the protection of their lords, which would oftentimes amount to no protection at all.
What was one effect of the war of roses on parliament?
it had many effect it effected the people because they had to be more causes around town it effected the kings and armies because they had to be ready to battle at all times and it effected England because they had to evade certain places to be safe
How does the British system work without a system of checks and balances?
Starting with Magna Carta, to the Glorious Revolution, the British system did develop a system of Checks and Balances that, later on, the American founding fathers built on to create the American government. The British government today is made up of executive branch(Prime Minister), legislative(House of Commons and House of Lords) and judicial(the Courts). Where in the US the head of government and head of state are both found in the office of the President, in Britain the two functions are split between the Monarch(head of state) and the Prime Minister(head of government). While it is not usually exercised, the Monarch does have a limited power of veto. In addition to the obvious methods of checks and balances, the British government has one more check in place that we in the US do not...if the Prime Minister's government(or administration) begins to fail, the Parliament can bring in a 'no confidence' vote, and a new election is called for to elect a new Prime Minister as well as a new government, whether or not the next election was scheduled.
Why William won the battle hasting?
the 3 main reasons are:
1. William had better tackticks then Harold
2. Harold had to leave half of his army behind
3. when harolds army saw the haleys commet the thought is was bad luck so when the turrend to see the commet Williams army took the chance and struck harolds team
What did england look like in 1060?
Most people in England in 1060 lived in the country and lived by farming, or in small communities. Slavery was still common. Protectors were common, and most people could not imagine living without one; every village had a local lord who offered protection for his neighborhood, but there were limits on the lord's powers. Farming had advanced by 1060, allowing more people to live in towns. The church played an important role, and Monasteries provided alms for the poor and care for the sick and elderly. Towns were homes to craftsmen, tradesmen, wealthy merchants etc.
What happened to king Harold in the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
King Harold was actually killed at the battle of hastings, supposedly by an lucky
Norman arrow through is eye, but historians only know that he was killed at the battle and not in what manner it occured.
