Anglo-Saxons Profile Why was 1066 a year of crisis?

 England is named after them England Profile  In early 1066 the King of England, Edward the Confessor, died; – Angleland;  England was a rich country;  He had no children and left no heir to  Made up of the Angle, Saxon  Most people worked on the replace him; and Jute tribes from land as farmers;  Three men wanted to replace him… Germany;  There was tin, iron, wool, honey, Invaded England in stages  copper, timber and other between 600-800AD after the Earl Harold Godwinson: materials easily available; Romans had left;  England was a Christian  He was the most powerful Earl  Fought the for control country and followed the ideas in England and very rich; of Eastern and Northern of the Catholic Church. England, known as the  He was the brother of the King’s ; wife, Edith;  King  He was English and popular. He defeated the Vikings in the Year 7 Learn Sheet had been successful in battle; 9th century AD BUT…  The Witan had agreed that he  Anglo-Saxon England had a Exam Week 1 should be king, and was Viking king between 1016- crowned in early 1066. 1035AD called King Canute; The Anglo-Saxons and the

 All the big decisions in Norman Conquest England were decided by Duke William of Normandy: the King and his Witan (a William’s Leadership: William’s Preparation: council of key earls and  He was a Norman (related to the

bishops).  Proved to his men that he was  Got the harvest in early to feed his Vikings and a cousin of Edward the alive in battle by taking off his men. They had a good meal before Confessor); helmet; the Battle;  He was a ‘bastard’ (his mother and William’s Tactics:  Changed his mind about the  Built boats to hold horses, essential father were never married). Some  He noticed that Harold’s fyrd tactics he was using. for his knights; thought he shouldn’t be Duke; would follow retreating  Used the wood from boats to build  He said that Edward and Harold had knights down the hill; William’s Luck: a castle as soon as he landed. promised him the throne of England;  Used the method of a  He was a very good war leader;  Lucky that the wind blew at just the right time to feigned (pretend) retreat to  He was ruthless, skinning 30 men alive Reasons why allow him to cross the English Channel; trick Harold’s men in thinking when they insulted his mother! William won  Lucky that Harold’s army had gone north when he they had won, breaking up landed in England; the shield wall; the Battle of  Was unhorsed at least 3 times in battle;  Used archers to attack Hastings  Lucky that Harold’s men were inexperienced. Harold – it worked! King of Norway, Harald Hardraada  Hardraada means ‘fierce leader’; Harold’s bad luck: Hardraada invaded England in Sept. 1066:  He had some support in the North  William landed just when Harold had defeated Hardraada  Bridge (near York) – and East of England where many in the north; Hardraada is beaten by King Harold people were related to the Vikings;  His exhausted men had to march south in just 8 days; Godwinson’s army who have marched north  He was promised the throne of  Had to pick up inexperienced men (the fyrd) to fight; from the south coast of England. England by the old King of Norway,  Was shot in the eye at just the wrong time!  Meanwhile, Duke William invades England on Magnus. the south coast…