The Battle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings took place in the year of AD 1066 after a dispute over the progression to the English throne. The Battle of Hastings was so significant because it was the battle that changed history. It had a huge impact on the people and their culture‚ the country‚ and the way they were looked upon by the world. It was the hardest for the Saxon people to swallow it‚ and they were stripped of rights and privileges. The Saxons organized many rebellions they
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The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William of Normandy and an English army under King Harold Godwinson‚ following the death of Edward the confessor which left no heir to the English throne. Three men competed for the throne these were: Harold Godwinson an English noble man also Edward’s son in law; Harald Hadrada a Viking warrior who had never lost a battle and finally the next king William duke of Normandy. The battle started at about 9 am‚ Harold’s
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1. The famous Battle of Hastings did not take place in Hastings! It was actually waged at Senlac Hill – which is about 6 miles (10km) north-west of Hastings. “The battle at Senlac Hill” certainly doesn’t have the same ring to it as “The Battle of Hastings”! 2. Most common folk had to produce their own food. For this reason rye and barley bread was common amongst the poor who could not afford the large quantities of manure needed to grow wheat for white bread. 3. One bizarre recipe for a medicine
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Why did Stalin win? Throughout the summer of 1923 it was apparent that Lenin’s reign was coming to an end and this overshadowed the political struggle however in the Politburo and central committee battle lines were forming. They all thought that they were deserving candidates with so thinking that they were untouchable and were destined to lead USSR . Leon Trotsky seemed to have the stronghold as he had a close relationship with Lenin. However in the background there was opposition growing. Stalin
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What would have happened if William the Conqueror has lost the in The Battle of Hastings against Harold Godwinson II? To begin with‚ lots of events may have not occurred or happened in history. Any event that is significant in history has a huge impact on outcomes later made. In this instance‚ if Harold Godwinson had won the the Battle of Hastings he would have stayed in power and William the Conqueror would not take over the throne. Description of the Event The Battle only began based on a promise
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Battle and Alternate Future Analysis of the Battle of Hastings The Saxons saw the return of Halley’s Comet in 1066 as a perilous omen for the future of England and the newly crowned King Harold prayed that it did not foreshadow things to come. While King Harold prayed over Halley’s Comet‚ the Duke of Normandy‚ William the Bastard‚ prepared his army for an attack to claim the crown from King Harold‚ which William believed‚ was rightfully his. At the time‚ King Harold had no idea that his greatest
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economic and military resources was too much for the Germans to counter. The US wartime production level was brought Eastern Front- you said it was American-British joint cooperation but without the US’s assistance they wouldn’t have Why did the Allies win? ASSIST Economic assistance If they didn’t supply them with money (lend-lease) or equipment how on earth would the allies manage to produce enough resources . THEY WERE RUNNING OUT AND NEARLY LOSING UNTIL THE US OFFERED HELP THEY DIDN’T
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Why Britain Won The Battle Of Britain. Britain won the Battle of Britain for many reasons there was a few main reasons as to how they won. i think that one of these main reasons where because they had a really bad leader and he didn’t know how to handle modern technology. He didn’t understand how the modern planes worked he put them in groups this made it a lot easier for the people to attack where if he had placed them seperatly it would of been harder for the British to attack‚ This therefore
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The Battle of Hastings was between William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson in 1066. William won the battle and became king‚ Harald lost for many reasons such as bad luck‚ mistakes and bad leadership. When Edward the Confessor died‚ there was no direct heir to the throne and the throne was passed to Harold Godwinson. Then William claimed that Edward the confessor had promised the throne to him. So they fought at the battle of Hastings for the throne. Harold was unlucky
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Alexander decided to take his chances and try to end the war with this battle on Darius’s land. As the Macedonian army set up camp overnight‚ Alexander was advised by his right-hand man Parmenion to attack Darius at that moment (Grant). It would have been the perfect surprise attack on the Persian army but‚ Alexander declined and said a surprise attack would be considered stealing a victory‚ so he decided to be fair and start the battle when Darius was ready (Grant). That night‚ Alexander went with some
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