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Chapter Sixteen: The End of England as it was in 1066

So, we have come, finally, to the end of the road that took us on our journey to the Battle of Hastings. By the end of December, William...

“And Earl William went back to Hastings again, and waited there to see if he would be submitted to; but when he realised that no one was...

And so, the battle culminated in the end of Harold Godwinson’s reign. The Battle of Hastings, as it has largely been referred to,...

So in the last part of this post, the battle lines have been drawn. Harold’s army has been marshalled along the top of the ridge at the...

For a better look http://www.angelfire.com/mb2/battle_hastings_1066/hastingsmaps.html There were two hills that made the valley called...

“Earl Harold was now consecrated king and met little quiet as long as he ruled the realm.” – The Anglo Saxon Chronicle Harold Hunting in...

At last, the Normans land in Pevensey on the morning of the 28th September. Medieval church with a weather vane William had been waiting...