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Hastings 1066: The Fall of Saxon England

By Christopher Gravett

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781841761336, 1841761338
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22020550 bytes)
Series
Campaign 13
Edition
Trade Editions
Pages
100\98
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
Medieval Warfare;History;Military;Military History

Description

Osprey's Campaign title for the Battle of Hastings, which was fought on 14th October 1066 between Duke William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson, king of England, and which irrevocably changed the course of English history. William's victory ensured his accession to the English throne. Hastings was also decisive in another way: the horrendous casualties suffered by the English nobility both there and at the two earlier battles of Fulford and Stamford Bridge resulted in there being very few men influential enough to lead an English resistance once William had been crowned. William would survive long enough to successfully found a Norman dynasty of English kings.

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