The battle of
Hastings
and the
battle of
Stamford
bridge
B Y M I G U E L A N D E K TO R A S
Battle of
Hastings
The battle of Hastings took place
on the 14th of October, 1066. It
was a war between William of
Normandy and Harold Godwinson,
but to understand it completely,
you have to know how it started.
How it
started
It all started when The vikings
attempted to raid England, but
Harold Godwinson managed to slay
the viking king, Harold Hardrada.
The vikings began to flee from
England, as they have lost around
half of their soldiers.
William of Normandy
William had spies all over England, so he knew that most English soldiers were weak due to the
fact that they had just battled with Norway. 3 days after the battle of Stamford bridge, William
raided the south of England, and began to terrorize the village of Hasting. Eventually, the English
men had marched to the south and had began to battle with the Normans on Senlac Hill.
The Twist
During the battle, one of William’s spies started a rumor that William of Normandy was dead, so
the Normans began to retreat. The Englishmen followed them down the hill, which left them out of
position and extremely vulnerable. Suddenly, William of Normandy ran to his army and told them
to attack the Englishmen.
Then, William went and killed Harold Godwinson, and declared himself king. Later on, someone
named Edgar in England was chosen as king, but William became aggravated and murdered
Edgar.
End of the
battle of
Hastings
From that point on he was the king of England for a while, and the
medieval times had began.