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Chapter Six: Death and Victory at Gate Fulford.
Morcar and Edwin’s forces wait for the Vikings The year of 1066 saw three major battles focusing on the struggle between the major...
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Chapter Five: The Race For England is On!
By May, things were moving fast in England, just as they were in Normandy. King Harold must have known that his onetime friend, William...
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Chapter Four: Hairy Comets and Important decisions!
“In this year King Harold came from York to Westminster at the Easter…then on April 16. Then throughout all England, a sign such as men...
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Guest Post: The Two Women in the life of Harold II by Sharon Bennett Connolly
Harold Godwinson was born around 1022 and did more in the 44 years he was on this earth, than most people could achieve in 3 lifetimes....
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Chapter Three: The Cat is Out of the Bag
In Rouen, Duke William is readying himself for an exhilarating day of hunting. The noise and bustle of humans calling one another, hounds...
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Chapter Two: Absent Friends #2
In the first part of this post, we identified two characters, pertinent to the events of 1066, who were absent from King Edward’s...
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The Shifting Sands of Succession: Guest Post from Robert Bayliss
One of the amazing things about the internet is that it gives you the opportunity to meet and make friends that are like-minded and one...
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Chapter Two: Absent Friends #1
In our last post, we covered the demise of Edward, his dying moments and that very prophetic deathbed speech he gives just before he...
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