Harold’s defeat at Hastings marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon dynasty. On Christmas day 1066 William was crowned king of England and the land became ruled by Normans. So, 1066 was the year when ...

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The Norman archers attacked first, but the distance was great, and their arrows mostly rebounded or flew above the Anglo-Saxons’ heads. It was then the turn of the mounted Norman knights ...

William of Poitiers recorded that the Anglo-Saxons were so tightly packed together that ‘the dead could scarcely fall and the wounded could not remove themselves from the action’. William is said to ...