Battle of Hastings
WHO
king harold godwinsson.
william of Normandy
The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 14 1066
Positives
- work for the peasants
- brought peace to the land
- infrastructure, architecture
- fuedal system
- bringing religion to the land and places of worship
- made the country safer
Negitives
-they destroyed the countryside
- replaced buildings with their own styles
- they killed the English king
- killed the people
What
first of all, there was the battle of Stamford Bridge which happened up north of England so Harold Godwinson the current king of England at the time and his men had to march all the way up to Stamford from London, to fight Harold Hadraada, then Harold Godwinson won. After that someone informed him that William Duke of Normandy had come over from France to invade and was down North ready to fight. So all Harold Godwinson's men and him, had to march back down north to fight William Duke Of Normandy.
Why
The Battle started when Edward the Confessor died and had no one to pass the throne onto, immediatly everyone jumped to the chance to become king.
The three contenders were : Harold Godwinson - An Englishman
Harald Hardrada- A Viking
and William of Normandy- duke of Normandy.
