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Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« on: January 28, 2014, 03:38:36 pm »
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Hi, I'm starting these threads about the different battles that happened around the worlds history, because the war is a primordial part of the human history, so here we go.
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The Battle of Hastings by Tom Lovell


The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II, during the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) north-west of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.



Date
   14 October 1066
Location    Battle near Hastings, East Sussex, England
Result    Decisive Norman victory


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Anglo-Saxon England


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William of Normandy
Alan the Red
William fitzOsbern
Eustace II, Count of Boulogne


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Harold Godwinson †
Gyrth Godwinson †
Leofwine Godwinson †


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Normans: Unknown, estimates range from 7000 to 12,000

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Anglo-Saxon England: Unknown, estimates range from 5000 to 13,000


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Normans: Around 2000 dead/wounded

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Anglo-Saxon England: More than 2000 dead



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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2014, 08:47:46 pm »
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It's quite interesting going to Battle (the village on the site of the battle funnily enough). They have a nice little museum but what's really interesting is seeing the ground itself. Even though the hill was flattened for the Abbey that was built there to commemorate the battle, you can still see how much of a slope it was. It's gentle at first for quite a long way in quite boggy ground and then suddenly sweeps upwards. Would have been a bitch to attack.

Worth a visit if people get the chance.

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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2014, 11:37:29 pm »
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Nice detail and everything you've got there.

However try to not use wikipedia, a lot of it is crap that is not always true!

Apart from that, really nice work man!

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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2014, 04:01:43 pm »
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Yeah it is a shame about the normans :P The huscarls were a formidable force.  Has been nearly 1000 years since a hostile conquest which is pretty impressive.
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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2014, 04:57:32 pm »
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I love the Bayeux Tapestry for it's depictions of the battle and the lead-up to it, studying it in year 7 at school really doesn't do it justice and revisiting it later in life is just fantastic. Seeing a depiction of 'Harold Rex' on his throne holding the orb and sceptre nearly 1000 years ago is just brilliant, a staggering level of tradition when you consider the monarchs of England have taken that exact pose with those exact objects of power at their coronations ever since even till modern day and possibly even long before Harold...

Yeah I went and saw it in Normandy last year. It's very impressive and pictures just don't compare.

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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2014, 07:13:12 pm »
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If you talk about the battle of Hastings , you  shouldn`t forget the  battle of Fulford (20 September 1066) and the battle of Stamford Bridge ( 25 September 1066) . These two battles are the reason for the  battle of Hastings . If you want,   I can give you  some information .  :)


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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2014, 08:27:32 pm »
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If you talk about the battle of Hastings , you  shouldn`t forget the  battle of Fulford (20 September 1066) and the battle of Stamford Bridge ( 25 September 1066) . These two battles are the reason for the  battle of Hastings . If you want,   I can give you  some information .  :)

Sure, send me a PM, any additional information is appreciated  :)

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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2014, 02:46:13 am »
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I'm fairly sure most academic literature agrees that the notion of Harold being shot through the eye is artistic misinterpretation. None of the documentary evidence from the period supports this.

Furthermore historians have long since agreed that the retreats from the hill were part of the Norman cavalry tactics that were intentional.  They feigned retreats multiple times in an attempts to draw the Anglo-Saxon shield wall down from the hill. This was a tactical victory, not one of chance.

My recommendation for looking at this battle, and the surrounding Norman invasion is Steven Morillo's The Battle of Hastings. Link.  Unfortunately that doesnt give you access to R.A. Brown's article which gives a great account and analysis of the battle based on a wide variety of sources and interpretations.
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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2014, 09:38:44 am »
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I'm fairly sure most academic literature agrees that the notion of Harold being shot through the eye is artistic misinterpretation. None of the documentary evidence from the period supports this.

Furthermore historians have long since agreed that the retreats from the hill were part of the Norman cavalry tactics that were intentional.  They feigned retreats multiple times in an attempts to draw the Anglo-Saxon shield wall down from the hill. This was a tactical victory, not one of chance.

My recommendation for looking at this battle, and the surrounding Norman invasion is Steven Morillo's The Battle of Hastings. Link.  Unfortunately that doesnt give you access to R.A. Brown's article which gives a great account and analysis of the battle based on a wide variety of sources and interpretations.

Thanks for sharing the book, looks interesting  :)

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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2014, 01:18:59 pm »
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Im pretty sure there is a spy in the English court as well.
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Re: Battle of Hastings (1066AD)
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2014, 03:18:38 pm »
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Doesn't the Bayeux Tapestry kind of muddle up and show at least 2 different ways that Harold died? One being shot in the eye, another being hacked down by named knights. Since the knights are named individually it seems more compelling.

When I went to see it the tour handset thing said that they didn't actually know which one was Harold in those images. So there are several ways he could have died.