Back Slag van Hastings Afrikaans Batalla de Hastings AN Beadu Hǣstingum ANG موقعة هاستنجز Arabic Batalla de Hastings AST Hastinqs döyüşü Azerbaijani هاستینقز دؤیوشو AZB Бітва пры Гастынгсе Byelorussian Бітва пры Гастынгсе BE-X-OLD Битка при Хейстингс Bulgarian
A picture of the Battle of Hastings from the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Battle of Hastings(14 October 1066) was a pitched battle between the Anglo-Saxon English and an invading Norman army.[a][2] The battle
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lasted a day and ended in the death of the Anglo-Saxon king, Harold Godwinson, and a decisive victory for the Normans. William, the Duke of Normandy, was crowned as King William I of England 10 weeks later. The Norman conquest was a major turning point in England's history.[3]
- ↑ Edward Augustus Freeman, William the Conqueror (New York; Perkins Book Co., 1902), p. 59
- ↑ "battle of Hastings". Vocabulary.com. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ↑ Iggulden, Hal; Iggulden, Conn (2007). "Famous Battles – Part One: 4. Hastings October 14, 1066". The Dangerous Book for Boys. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-0061243585.
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