i copied this from my homework if anyone need help with theirs :) : Harold’s army set up by forming a shield wall on the top of Senlac Hill. Harold told them not to move off the hill or they would give away their advantage. Harold placed his housecarls (professional soldiers) in the middle of the wall and his fyrdsmen (farmers who were part time soldiers) at the ends of the wall. He had about 7000 men. William set his army up differently. He split them into 3 groups. Then, in each group, he put the archers at the front, the infantry (foot soldiers) in the middle and his cavalry (soldiers on horseback) at the rear. He had about 7000 men and 3000 horses. At 9am, the Battle started. William’s archers fired their arrows and his infantry tried to advance. They were met with spears, axes, javelins and stones from Harold’s men. The Normans couldn’t go forward and had to retreat. They kept repeating their attack, but it didn’t work. At about 11am, some of William’s army became cut off from the rest of the Normans. They began to panic and run away. The word went round the Norman army that William was dead and more soldiers began to panic and stop fighting. Some of the fyrdsmen were so excited by this that they ran off the hill to chase the Normans. William could see that he was about to lose control. He ripped off his helmet and charged up and down the Norman lines shouting to his army that he was alive and they should get back in their positions. He managed to save the Norman army from chaos. He got the army to retreat a little way whilst they reorganised themselves and calmed down. However, William had noticed how some of the fyrdsmen had come off the hill. So in the afternoon, he began his retreating trick. He got his soldiers to attack and then pretend to run away. Sure enough, a few more fyrdsmen were tricked off the hill. Harold’s army was beginning to shrink. At about 7pm, William tried another tactic. He got his archers to fire arrows above the Saxons rather than at them. In confusion, the Saxons began to fall back, allowing the Normans to gradually move up the hill. Soon, both armies were on top of the hill and Harold’s height advantage had disappeared. At this point, Harold was wounded. Some accounts claim he had an arrow in his eye. Harold’s housecarls created a protective circle around him; unfortunately, this made it clear to the Normans where Harold was! Several Norman knights charged up to Harold and hacked him down with their swords. When the Saxons saw their leader die, they turned and fled. William had won the Battle of Hastings and had himself crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066. your welcome :)
Long live the anglo-saxon spirit .... long live the truly king harold..... you tried ,you failed but like the explorer scott it is you we really remember ,it is you we keep in our hearts.....
1066 - a time when men were of great heart and courage - and the only way to engage an enemy was close up with brawn and every nasty sharp weapon known to man - and that was IF you first survived the hellstorm of arrows rained down by longbows wielded by incredibly strong men. You'd look across a giant field at seething mass of men and horses, and knew you would soon run headlong into them. It's unimaginable how brutal that must have been!
You should Look up thethe fallen of some of these medivial battles.. the wounds this people of these times were capable of inflicting to each others are unbelieveable.. people of this times were beasts.. and their justice systhem also was gruesome as hell.. so i wouldnt dare to say these were man with great hearts.. they were gruesome monsters trying not only to kill but to maul each others like wild animals in my opinion..
The battle of Hastings was fought on October 14, 1066. He faced the Franco-Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy with the Anglo-Saxon army of King Harold II. It was the beginning of the Norman conquest of England. It took place about seven miles northwest of Hastings, near the present town of Battle in the county of East Sussex, and its result was a decisive victory for the Normans. The origin of the confrontation was that, to the death without children of the king of England Eduard the Confessor in January of 1066, a struggle between several claimants to the throne began. Haroldo was crowned the day after Eduardo's death, but in the following months he had to face the invasions of the island by Guillermo, his own brother Tostig and the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada. These last two allied and landed in the north of England at the head of a Viking host, with which they defeated an English army, recruited hastily, at the Battle of Fulford on September 20, 1066, although both were defeated five days later by King Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. The combat deaths of Hardrada and Tostig left the English king and Duke William as the only contenders for the crown. While the soldiers of Haroldo recovered of the battle, the Duke of Normandy disembarked the 28 of September of 1066 in Pevensey, to the south of England, and established a beach head from which to launch its conquest of the kingdom. Harold was forced to march fast south and had to recruit troops along the way.
Harold was a great king; he had defeated the Viking at Standford Bridge. He was unlucky at Hastings with that blasted arrow. Before he was hit (And later probably struck down by the sword of a mounted knight) the battle could have gone any way. indeed it was one of the longest and most hard fought battles of its day. If Hardold had won (A very real possibility) he would be a national hero now and there would be statues to him all over the land. I think however that he was a hero (Continued)
It was an incredible battle, in which the Normans found a way to defeat the shield wall thanks to the news that William was dead. Norman attack and retreat strategy defined the battle.
"The Battle of Hastings 1066 - The Normans - BBC Two" is a great way to watch and learn more about William the Conqueror, it really explains the big battle of Hastings in which he was in. The video was made by BBC and features Professor Robert Bartlet who is educated on history. BBC is known worldwide and has a lot of followers which makes it a reliable source. I recommend this video to anyone who wants to learn more about William the Conqueror.
I love those housecarls, strong man, all picked for their size and stamina. most went died fighting at Hastings refusing to flee when Harold was killed. Harold I believe has been treated unfairly by history, he was a great man and a good king. He defeated the Vikings at Stamford Bridge, no easy feat. Then he hold his own at Hasting until he was struck down. He was unlikely in the battle, had that arrow not struck rendering him defencless for the blow from the sword of a Norman knight he may well have won the battle.Had he done so he would share a place in English hearts along Drake, Relaigh, Nelson and Afred. He run his counrtry fairly and was loved by his people, in short Harold had the makings of becoming a great man. The knight who struck the mortal blow it is believed was thrown out of the army and sent home in digrace by William for killing such a prominant figure instead of taking him prisoner.
Recently I read that some hold the belief that Harold was not actually struck by an arrow, but perhaps by three or four knights who literally tore him to pieces, possibly including William himself. I do agree with you however, Harold seemed like a good king.
I found this researching my family tree. A descendant of Eustace DeBoulogne II, who fought alongside William as portrayed in the Tapestry of Bayeux. A middle aged man living in Kansas, finding this thread to his existence is very interesting, however I learn a lot of life's undesirable knowledge along the way. Many ancestors from even more recent centuries owned slaves here in America. And replaying these battles through the narrator to understand that many soldiers, as well as men of nobility and note, even kings...arrived to their deaths, not only this day but on the regular, gives me an understanding that the fear of death is a weight on a chain for men of character. I have much more research to do and am pleased to have the cause to do it, as well as having the means in this age to find it.
I love those housecarls, strong man, all picked for their size and stamina. most went died fighting at Hastings refusing to flee when Harold was killed. Harold I believe has been treated unfairly by history, he was a great man and a good king. He defeated the Vikings at Stamford Bridge, no easy feat. Then he hold his own at Hasting until he was struck down. He was unlikely in the battle, had that arrow not struck rendering him defencless for the blow from the sword of a Norman knight he may well have won the battle.Had he done so he would share a place in English hearts along Drake, Relaigh, Nelson and Afred. He run his counrtry fairly and was loved by his people, in short Harold had the makings of becoming a great man. The knight who struck the mortal blow it is believed was thrown out of the army and sent home in digrace by William for killing such a prominant figure instead of taking him prisoner.
I have studied this battle since I was a child. I saw a National geographic article, and was fascinated. It led me out of the trailer park of east Texas to a new world.
BATTLE OF HASTINGS: AFTERMATH After his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William marched on London and received the city’s submission. On Christmas Day of 1066, he was crowned the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end. French became the language of the king’s court and gradually blended with the Anglo-Saxon tongue to give birth to modern English. (Illiterate like most nobles of his time, William spoke no English when he ascended the throne and failed to master it despite his efforts. Thanks to the Norman invasion, French was spoken in England’s courts for centuries and completely transformed the English language, infusing it with new words.) William I proved an effective king of England, and the “Domesday Book,” a great census of the lands and people of England, was among his notable achievements.
The exact location of the battle is in fact not known, and the arrow was added to the tapestry much later - an original print shows no arrow but a longer segmented line that isn't even going into his eye but looks more like Harold himself is wielding a spear or something similar. The Time Team special on this is pretty good, but their one on the Battle of Bosworth is excellent - they find indisputably the actual site of the battle field which is not where we thought.
The Time Team special on the Battle of Hastings was a Hatchet Job. Ignored the known Topography of the actual battle field, bears absolutely No resemblance to the Battle Abbey site!
No one can deny that William was extremely lucky in 1066. However, the end of Anglo-Saxon England can be blamed on two factors: 1. The Viking invasion to the north a few weeks earlier seriously depleted Harolds army and many of his Housecarls were lost in the Saxon victory in the battle of Stamford Bridge. Also, his troops were exhausted from two long marches the nearly the length of England.
Came here because someone in my family traced our family history to Robert Vernon. He was on of the descendants of Richard de Vernon who was one of William the Conqueror's soldiers. Wanted to learn more about the battle.
Great job Robert Bartlett; straight-talking, clear and engrossing. None of that pointless poetic riffage of Simon Schama that he does seemingly his own pretentious amusement.
@Laura Trigg Last king of Anglo-Saxon England but he himself had Viking ancestry on his maternal side. Ever since Canute the Great took control of England all the English kings had Viking ancestry (to an extent) up till well into the Norman-Period when William the Conqueror took over. So can he really be described as the 'last true English king' or what did Englishness even mean at the time? Did it mean to be Anglo-Saxon?
I'm interested in your statement "They adopted the language of the land they settled (like every migration does)." Example? Can you show me where in the Roman empire they adopted the language of the land they conquered?or which parts of india the british spoke hindi or urdu or west africa where the french spoke the native tongue....... Also, in terms of your geneology theory, presumably the American war of independence was won by the british because the americans geneology was anglo saxon?
That's probably why they were called vassals. You know Burgundy fought the French crown as well. The 100 years war was a civil war against a bunch of French speaking lords on both sides of the channel.
both sides of my family were noted in this war, Lovett and Newburn. (both did awesome) and the lovetts were also templars, I always knew I had german history in my family, but to have norman ancestry on both sides that clashed in a war like this. Thats just awesome to know that both sides came out and im here where i am today! Thanks norse and vikings :D
In fact, Normans were technically french, they swore allegiance to king of France in 911. In exchange, they were given to defend the lands that will be the Duchy of Normandy. They also took french as their main language and converted to Christianity. They were Vikings, mostly from Norway and Danemark. Singles mens who married Frankish brides for almost five generations before Hastings... Sounds pretty french to me! All my ancestry is from Normandy, as for 80% of my French-Canadian countrymen.
@@Raisonnance. They were a bunch of barbaric foreign thugs who oppressed English people for centuries, and whose malign legacy still lives on. Harold was a hero.
The Normans were not Vikings, what we see here are tipical Vikings. It's a common error made by people, you need to understand that the majority of Norman people never came from Scandinavia, they were there before "the treaty of st clair sur epte", mostly peasants and locals who continued their live Under Viking domination. When you conquer a territory you conquer its power, and this power is the people living on it and their production. The people who was mostly Bretons and Franks, never learned Danish culture , they were not forced to, and the Viking immigrants were not numerous enough to force a real cultural change. But instead it's the Danish dukes who finally gave up most of their anciant traditions. So in 1066 William dont speak Danish, and he does'nt look like the vikings, like all the Norman chiefs he adopted Christianism and adopted the languige spoken by the Frankish nobles a languige known as "Roman" a mix of Old Frankish and Latin, ideed the ancestor of modern French. Even William's army is not absolutly Norman, he got a lot of Bretons, and Frankish soldiers, Under his command.
Normands tribes have been equality aggresives and adaptives but they rarely tried to impose their customs to the conquereed. In fact, the normands at this time are a unique culture
I am a Hungarian Historian currently working at the Lund University in Sweden. I have always been interested in Norse and viking culture and had the oppurtunity to study the viking ages not just in Budapest but also in Scandinavia.I have been to Normandy several times and studied among other things Norse place names which are still there and numerous. But over the years the Norse pronounciations slowly became more French. For instance" Ivetofta" which now is called Yvtote". I was learnt that the French people never saw the Normands as French. Never, they were afraid of them instead and saw the Normands as terrible invaders ready to take over the entire country if they had to. But its true that By the time of Battle of Hastings many Bretons and other french young boys who were tough enoug saw it as something glorious to join the army of William. Yes the Normans were certainly proud of their viking ancestry and the fact is that during the 11th and 12th Century Normandic Craftsmen went to Scandinavia and for instance the Cathedral of lund was built by Normandic Craftsmen to some extent.
Roman is not really a mix of old frankish and latin, Frankish people didn t import their language… (let’s say not a lot). Just understand that Gaulish and Latin and Vulgar latin lived together side by side on more than 4 or 5 centuries, which gave birth to the langues d’oïl and their special intonation, Normand included. Then came the Franks and then some Vikings. Both of them didn’t change a lot the Gallo_Romance language. Let s speak better about a slow language evolution but the base is Gallo-Roman.
heyitshannah Sims same our topic at school is 1066 and now I'm writing down every word he said for my show and tell that has to be with 1066 or no show and tell
@AuxaneD You're wrong, Norman's were named that that because they were "NORTH MEN" in those times referring to vikings that came from the north. Meaning by blood they were not at all french. Owned.
@ The threat of the Vikings finally ended with the defeat of Harald Hardrada’s army at Stamford Bridge and some might say as a long term threat decades before. Danelaw was dead and buried before the Norman invasion.
You should be ashamed of this nonsense doc. First of all: there is no archaeological evidence of a battle ever occurring at Battle. The Normans were not 'new' to the Saxons, who had been an international Kingdom for generations. Look at their marriages and Harold's assistance of Normans in Brittany. Finally, the Saxons were not 'battle weary and exhausted by their long march'. They had totally annihilated the Danes at Stamford and the majority of the Huscarls rode south. Dismounting only to fight. I am extremely disappointed by your use of the Norman propagandist sources throughout. Good TV? Assuredly. Disgraceful academia. Also, as a northman yourself, it is doubly shocking considering what the Normans did to the Danelaw and beyond. Shame on you sir!
My history teacher says (I'm 13) that Harold probably wasn't killed by an arrow in the eye. He says that he probably was throwing an arrow in the bit he was show to be killed but some one changed that detail while restoring it..
Who’s watching this for quarantine homework?
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"This bastard descendant of Viking pirates".
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lol i accidentally read this comment at school today
Actually both William and Harold were of partly viking descent.
isn't like Viking pirates the coolest thing ever though
i copied this from my homework if anyone need help with theirs :) :
Harold’s army set up by forming a shield wall on the top of Senlac Hill. Harold told them not to move off the hill or they would give away their advantage. Harold placed his housecarls (professional soldiers) in the middle of the wall and his fyrdsmen (farmers who were part time soldiers) at the ends of the wall. He had about 7000 men.
William set his army up differently. He split them into 3 groups. Then, in each group, he put the archers at the front, the infantry (foot soldiers) in the middle and his cavalry (soldiers on horseback) at the rear. He had about 7000 men and 3000 horses.
At 9am, the Battle started. William’s archers fired their arrows and his infantry tried to advance. They were met with spears, axes, javelins and stones from Harold’s men. The Normans couldn’t go forward and had to retreat. They kept repeating their attack, but it didn’t work.
At about 11am, some of William’s army became cut off from the rest of the Normans. They began to panic and run away. The word went round the Norman army that William was dead and more soldiers began to panic and stop fighting. Some of the fyrdsmen were so excited by this that they ran off the hill to chase the Normans.
William could see that he was about to lose control. He ripped off his helmet and charged up and down the Norman lines shouting to his army that he was alive and they should get back in their positions. He managed to save the Norman army from chaos. He got the army to retreat a little way whilst they reorganised themselves and calmed down.
However, William had noticed how some of the fyrdsmen had come off the hill. So in the afternoon, he began his retreating trick. He got his soldiers to attack and then pretend to run away. Sure enough, a few more fyrdsmen were tricked off the hill. Harold’s army was beginning to shrink.
At about 7pm, William tried another tactic. He got his archers to fire arrows above the Saxons rather than at them. In confusion, the Saxons began to fall back, allowing the Normans to gradually move up the hill. Soon, both armies were on top of the hill and Harold’s height advantage had disappeared.
At this point, Harold was wounded. Some accounts claim he had an arrow in his eye. Harold’s housecarls created a protective circle around him; unfortunately, this made it clear to the Normans where Harold was! Several Norman knights charged up to Harold and hacked him down with their swords. When the Saxons saw their leader die, they turned and fled. William had won the Battle of Hastings and had himself crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066.
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I'm stoked for Age of Empires 4 and one of their campaigns is the Norman Campaign so here I am.
I'm here after playing the campaign :)
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+TheRedwolf14 it also ends at 7:26.
Thanks. I wasn't entirely sure, but I think you're right.
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I visited Battle while in the UK a few years ago. The park does a nice job presenting the history of the site.
I did the same in 2013
Brilliant informative programme. This bloke is like a very scary teacher that you'd sit up and listen to.
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Long live the anglo-saxon spirit .... long live the truly king harold..... you tried ,you failed but like the explorer scott it is you we really remember ,it is you we keep in our hearts.....
1066 - a time when men were of great heart and courage - and the only way to engage an enemy was close up with brawn and every nasty sharp weapon known to man - and that was IF you first survived the hellstorm of arrows rained down by longbows wielded by incredibly strong men. You'd look across a giant field at seething mass of men and horses, and knew you would soon run headlong into them. It's unimaginable how brutal that must have been!
You should Look up thethe fallen of some of these medivial battles.. the wounds this people of these times were capable of inflicting to each others are unbelieveable.. people of this times were beasts.. and their justice systhem also was gruesome as hell.. so i wouldnt dare to say these were man with great hearts.. they were gruesome monsters trying not only to kill but to maul each others like wild animals in my opinion..
Thanks, it helped for my homework. :)
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and at the end the host start walking away with so much confidence, as if he has something to do in the field,, so much theater those folks LOL
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Thank you !This really helped my homework .
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Continued). He was a warrior king and a man who was not afraid to stand with his men and swing sword and battle-axe alongside them on the battlefield.
This chart explains the line from William the Conqueror to the current royal family:
British Royal Family Tree
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Also I think Elizabeth I made sure to sever that tree lmao
The battle of Hastings was fought on October 14, 1066. He faced the Franco-Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy with the Anglo-Saxon army of King Harold II. It was the beginning of the Norman conquest of England. It took place about seven miles northwest of Hastings, near the present town of Battle in the county of East Sussex, and its result was a decisive victory for the Normans.
The origin of the confrontation was that, to the death without children of the king of England Eduard the Confessor in January of 1066, a struggle between several claimants to the throne began. Haroldo was crowned the day after Eduardo's death, but in the following months he had to face the invasions of the island by Guillermo, his own brother Tostig and the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada. These last two allied and landed in the north of England at the head of a Viking host, with which they defeated an English army, recruited hastily, at the Battle of Fulford on September 20, 1066, although both were defeated five days later by King Harold at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. The combat deaths of Hardrada and Tostig left the English king and Duke William as the only contenders for the crown. While the soldiers of Haroldo recovered of the battle, the Duke of Normandy disembarked the 28 of September of 1066 in Pevensey, to the south of England, and established a beach head from which to launch its conquest of the kingdom. Harold was forced to march fast south and had to recruit troops along the way.
Harold was a great king; he had defeated the Viking at Standford Bridge. He was unlucky at Hastings with that blasted arrow. Before he was hit (And later probably struck down by the sword of a mounted knight) the battle could have gone any way. indeed it was one of the longest and most hard fought battles of its day. If Hardold had won (A very real possibility) he would be a national hero now and there would be statues to him all over the land. I think however that he was a hero (Continued)
You meant to say STAMFORD BRIDGE East of my home city of York.
Yea mate
This actually a pretty good topic to learn about :)
William was the hero who changed history. William was a great king, in the time of kings. King Edward, promised the throne to William. lol.
He didnt defeat the vikings
i watched this in flippin history class
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wait wut how come i have too do for history class homework
Same. It even said this bastered..lol
Very well done!
hey i just wanted to say that you commented this when i was 1 years old congrats
It was an incredible battle, in which the Normans found a way to defeat the shield wall thanks to the news that William was dead. Norman attack and retreat strategy defined the battle.
"The Battle of Hastings 1066 - The Normans - BBC Two" is a great way to watch and learn more about William the Conqueror, it really explains the big battle of Hastings in which he was in. The video was made by BBC
and features Professor Robert Bartlet who is educated on history. BBC is known worldwide and has a lot of followers which makes it a reliable source. I recommend this video to anyone who wants to learn more about William the Conqueror.
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Truly brilliant documentary. Thumbs up.
I love those housecarls, strong man, all picked for their size and stamina. most went died fighting at Hastings refusing to flee when Harold was killed. Harold I believe has been treated unfairly by history, he was a great man and a good king. He defeated the Vikings at Stamford Bridge, no easy feat. Then he hold his own at Hasting until he was struck down. He was unlikely in the battle, had that arrow not struck rendering him defencless for the blow from the sword of a Norman knight he may well have won the battle.Had he done so he would share a place in English hearts along Drake, Relaigh, Nelson and Afred. He run his counrtry fairly and was loved by his people, in short Harold had the makings of becoming a great man. The knight who struck the mortal blow it is believed was thrown out of the army and sent home in digrace by William for killing such a prominant figure instead of taking him prisoner.
HAHAHA TO BAD HAROLD DIED HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA SUCKER
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you have been hacked project wouldn't know that. His school was shut the day he decided to show up!
Recently I read that some hold the belief that Harold was not actually struck by an arrow, but perhaps by three or four knights who literally tore him to pieces, possibly including William himself. I do agree with you however, Harold seemed like a good king.
I found this researching my family tree. A descendant of Eustace DeBoulogne II, who fought alongside William as portrayed in the Tapestry of Bayeux. A middle aged man living in Kansas, finding this thread to his existence is very interesting, however I learn a lot of life's undesirable knowledge along the way. Many ancestors from even more recent centuries owned slaves here in America. And replaying these battles through the narrator to understand that many soldiers, as well as men of nobility and note, even kings...arrived to their deaths, not only this day but on the regular, gives me an understanding that the fear of death is a weight on a chain for men of character.
I have much more research to do and am pleased to have the cause to do it, as well as having the means in this age to find it.
I love those housecarls, strong man, all picked for their size and stamina. most went died fighting at Hastings refusing to flee when Harold was killed. Harold I believe has been treated unfairly by history, he was a great man and a good king. He defeated the Vikings at Stamford Bridge, no easy feat. Then he hold his own at Hasting until he was struck down. He was unlikely in the battle, had that arrow not struck rendering him defencless for the blow from the sword of a Norman knight he may well have won the battle.Had he done so he would share a place in English hearts along Drake, Relaigh, Nelson and Afred. He run his counrtry fairly and was loved by his people, in short Harold had the makings of becoming a great man. The knight who struck the mortal blow it is believed was thrown out of the army and sent home in digrace by William for killing such a prominant figure instead of taking him prisoner.
I have studied this battle since I was a child. I saw a National geographic article, and was fascinated. It led me out of the trailer park of east Texas to a new world.
BATTLE OF HASTINGS: AFTERMATH
After his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William marched on London and received the city’s submission. On Christmas Day of 1066, he was crowned the first Norman king of England, in Westminster Abbey, and the Anglo-Saxon phase of English history came to an end.
French became the language of the king’s court and gradually blended with the Anglo-Saxon tongue to give birth to modern English. (Illiterate like most nobles of his time, William spoke no English when he ascended the throne and failed to master it despite his efforts. Thanks to the Norman invasion, French was spoken in England’s courts for centuries and completely transformed the English language, infusing it with new words.) William I proved an effective king of England, and the “Domesday Book,” a great census of the lands and people of England, was among his notable achievements.
Yep and the entire British Royalty is descended from the Normans. They're French!!!! They're not Anglo-Saxon!
@@oneputtsteven French/Germanic. The norman ruling class descended from Rollo.
Steven S Their longest lineage is Norse.
The exact location of the battle is in fact not known, and the arrow was added to the tapestry much later - an original print shows no arrow but a longer segmented line that isn't even going into his eye but looks more like Harold himself is wielding a spear or something similar. The Time Team special on this is pretty good, but their one on the Battle of Bosworth is excellent - they find indisputably the actual site of the battle field which is not where we thought.
The Time Team special on the Battle of Hastings was a Hatchet Job. Ignored the known Topography of the actual battle field, bears absolutely No resemblance to the Battle Abbey site!
Idk if it's just me but that arrow looks more like it's gotten stuck in his helmet and the man is fine...... *plot twist*
plot twist the arrow is made from soft plastic XD
@Hussain Morsy yes it was hard to stitch the "bayxeu tapestry"...because it didn't exist.
Very good. Short and sweet
No one can deny that William was extremely lucky in 1066. However, the end of Anglo-Saxon England can be blamed on two factors:
1. The Viking invasion to the north a few weeks earlier seriously depleted Harolds army and many of his Housecarls were lost in the Saxon victory in the battle of Stamford Bridge. Also, his troops were exhausted from two long marches the nearly the length of England.
They should make a movie about this
Came here because someone in my family traced our family history to Robert Vernon. He was on of the descendants of Richard de Vernon who was one of William the Conqueror's soldiers. Wanted to learn more about the battle.
POV: You watched this video in class and now you are back to watch it again.
To many people being serious about this video like sis... we’re all here because of our homework
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I’m literally just here because our teacher have it to us to watch on SMH for our History Homework 😂
Great job Robert Bartlett; straight-talking, clear and engrossing. None of that pointless poetic riffage of Simon Schama that he does seemingly his own pretentious amusement.
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Norman called in an air strike from his kill streak
POV : you’re watching this for history in quarantine
yup
Thanks for the homework ps anyone 2019
yupp mee doing revision for history lmao
@@jiakamalpatel same lol
@@DawahUniverse same
How about 2020
Your history teachers have taught you a lie. .
This is really interesting, good video!
Harold, our last English king.
Haralda was the last Viking King
@Laura Trigg
Last king of Anglo-Saxon England but he himself had Viking ancestry on his maternal side. Ever since Canute the Great took control of England all the English kings had Viking ancestry (to an extent) up till well into the Norman-Period when William the Conqueror took over.
So can he really be described as the 'last true English king' or what did Englishness even mean at the time? Did it mean to be Anglo-Saxon?
Yes Harold GODWINSON, is a norwegian name right ? there names always end in SON.
Harold GODWINSON is not a saxon name, sounds swedish or danish
Marco Creen
The Picts were Celts,no English!!
my ancestor was granted lands and coat of arms from William of Normandy for this battle. Just found this out Tuesday hope to visit someday
thanks for helping my homework
+Victoria Who? same ahah xD
+Victoria Who? Same Here
***** go away
Same
Victoria Buzz same
Thank you 😊 very informative
Nice video
@JamieA44 I also read somewhere that their were french people living in Britain even before the conquest...
Do you have the full episode. My dad is in it, Alan The Axe.
YourFavoriteMusicTV cool!
Thanks for helping my history homework 👌📚
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wow you are sooo cool brov
Tremendous history lesson. Thanks.
At 2:21 the spear is really blunt
thanks
I'm interested in your statement "They adopted the language of the land they settled (like every migration does)."
Example?
Can you show me where in the Roman empire they adopted the language of the land they conquered?or which parts of india the british spoke hindi or urdu or west africa where the french spoke the native tongue.......
Also, in terms of your geneology theory, presumably the American war of independence was won by the british because the americans geneology was anglo saxon?
Great video. I wish it was HD
That's probably why they were called vassals.
You know Burgundy fought the French crown as well. The 100 years war was a civil war against a bunch of French speaking lords on both sides of the channel.
HAHA his face on the opicture on the video...
Hes like Duuhh!
not me watching this bc its my history homework-
Same
Don’t act like you’re not watching this because of online school XD
both sides of my family were noted in this war, Lovett and Newburn. (both did awesome) and the lovetts were also templars, I always knew I had german history in my family, but to have norman ancestry on both sides that clashed in a war like this. Thats just awesome to know that both sides came out and im here where i am today! Thanks norse and vikings :D
Hope you have got over the 'awesome' now.
Very power full
OOO smart thanks for dat :)
In fact, Normans were technically french, they swore allegiance to king of France in 911. In exchange, they were given to defend the lands that will be the Duchy of Normandy. They also took french as their main language and converted to Christianity. They were Vikings, mostly from Norway and Danemark. Singles mens who married Frankish brides for almost five generations before Hastings... Sounds pretty french to me! All my ancestry is from Normandy, as for 80% of my French-Canadian countrymen.
Vive la France !!
Bewerian ðæt Angelcynn!!
They weren't french tho
Death to the Normandy
Vive le surrender!
Vive le Normans!
thanks for the help on my history revision
this just makes me feel sorry for Anglo-saxons
dee waa gaalo....
Thanks the franks-Norman ! They modernised England !
we are still here they failed to kill us the normans may still occupy the Noble higher class but the English remain
@@SarynDres i agree well said mate
@@Raisonnance. They were a bunch of barbaric foreign thugs who oppressed English people for centuries, and whose malign legacy still lives on. Harold was a hero.
This video keeps popping up even tho I used it for a essay nearly 6 years ago 🤣🤣
anyone here because they're doing history homework and have a test?
yep
Too fascinating. Love it.
The Normans were not Vikings, what we see here are tipical Vikings.
It's a common error made by people, you need to understand that the majority of Norman people never came from Scandinavia, they were there before "the treaty of st clair sur epte", mostly peasants and locals who continued their live Under Viking domination.
When you conquer a territory you conquer its power, and this power is the people living on it and their production.
The people who was mostly Bretons and Franks, never learned Danish culture , they were not forced to, and the Viking immigrants were not numerous enough to force a real cultural change.
But instead it's the Danish dukes who finally gave up most of their anciant traditions.
So in 1066 William dont speak Danish, and he does'nt look like the vikings, like all the Norman chiefs he adopted Christianism and adopted the languige spoken by the Frankish nobles a languige known as "Roman" a mix of Old Frankish and Latin, ideed the ancestor of modern French.
Even William's army is not absolutly Norman, he got a lot of Bretons, and Frankish soldiers, Under his command.
Normands tribes have been equality aggresives and adaptives but they rarely tried to impose their customs to the conquereed. In fact, the normands at this time are a unique culture
I am a Hungarian Historian currently working at the Lund University in Sweden. I have always been interested in Norse and viking culture and had the oppurtunity to study the viking ages not just in Budapest but also in Scandinavia.I have been to Normandy several times and studied among other things Norse place names which are still there and numerous. But over the years the Norse pronounciations slowly became more French. For instance" Ivetofta" which now is called Yvtote". I was learnt that the French people never saw the Normands as French. Never, they were afraid of them instead and saw the Normands as terrible invaders ready to take over the entire country if they had to.
But its true that By the time of Battle of Hastings many Bretons and other french young boys who were tough enoug saw it as something glorious to join the army of William. Yes the Normans were certainly proud of their viking ancestry and the fact is that during the 11th and 12th Century Normandic Craftsmen went to Scandinavia and for instance the Cathedral of lund was built by Normandic Craftsmen to some extent.
William the Conqueror was ethnically more breton than vikings...
Roman is not really a mix of old frankish and latin, Frankish people didn t import their language… (let’s say not a lot). Just understand that Gaulish and Latin and Vulgar latin lived together side by side on more than 4 or 5 centuries, which gave birth to the langues d’oïl and their special intonation, Normand included.
Then came the Franks and then some Vikings. Both of them didn’t change a lot the Gallo_Romance language. Let s speak better about a slow language evolution but the base is Gallo-Roman.
@Narjoso yes correct, the normans introduced french langauge into england, and the language was then mixed, and eventually turned into modern english,
lets all be fair
we are all here just bc of homework
for me it was part of class work
I too have Norman heritage and can trace back to those times and were given titles as keepers of the Norman law
6:53, the presenter should really try harder to hold back his anger and be more professional
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Maubeuge but he is english it is normal
maybe notre Maubeuge
DaNoobPlayZ
I love it when someone explains the joke
Rowan Williams
This version is ultra-simplified
thx helps with history homework
me too..lol
heyitshannah Sims same our topic at school is 1066 and now I'm writing down every word he said for my show and tell that has to be with 1066 or no show and tell
I LOVED THIS VIDEO FOR MY ASSIGNMENT
Harold died from an arrow in da eye
I am Blaze
*Hit by an arrow to the knee*
many people now beleve it was a sowrd to the chest
bravo for tais grenat job😀😀😀!!!!!
who here coz of Corona
thanks it helped me with my homework
this is how my family got it's crest!
@AuxaneD You're wrong, Norman's were named that that because they were "NORTH MEN" in those times referring to vikings that came from the north. Meaning by blood they were not at all french. Owned.
thx for the help with history revision homework!!:)
Awesome bro in it Liked it
look at 1:32. Can u see what I can see? If you can, freaky right?
??? what did you see
This really helped with homework thank you very much!
POV: You have to watch this because your in history
I have to watch this in Lockdown for an essay
Lmao im watching for a lesson
My stupid brother stabbed me in the back!
should i call the police
If it wasn't for the battle of Stamford Bridge I think the Saxons would of won this battle and history changed for the better
Why for the better?
@@Lagerfanny-g7e Emmmmm, being a Saxon kingdom kind off guess it was worse being ruled by the Norman conquerors 🙃
@@southlondon63 maybe not no more viking raids on england
@ The threat of the Vikings finally ended with the defeat of Harald Hardrada’s army at Stamford Bridge and some might say as a long term threat decades before. Danelaw was dead and buried before the Norman invasion.
@@southlondon63 nope there were more attacks but the normans were too strong lol
My 25th great grandfather Gilbert De Neuville was at this battle.
You should be ashamed of this nonsense doc. First of all: there is no archaeological evidence of a battle ever occurring at Battle. The Normans were not 'new' to the Saxons, who had been an international Kingdom for generations. Look at their marriages and Harold's assistance of Normans in Brittany. Finally, the Saxons were not 'battle weary and exhausted by their long march'. They had totally annihilated the Danes at Stamford and the majority of the Huscarls rode south. Dismounting only to fight. I am extremely disappointed by your use of the Norman propagandist sources throughout. Good TV? Assuredly. Disgraceful academia. Also, as a northman yourself, it is doubly shocking considering what the Normans did to the Danelaw and beyond. Shame on you sir!
They marched from the battle of Stamford to Hastings for this battle. Of course they were feeling fucked!
thanks for not halping my himework.. i still dont know how has england change after that battle
thats home work done
My history teacher says (I'm 13) that Harold probably wasn't killed by an arrow in the eye. He says that he probably was throwing an arrow in the bit he was show to be killed but some one changed that detail while restoring it..
If only Harold had read the art of war by sun tzu then the English wouldn't be ruled by the French right now.
+AeronautOfTheSpirit^ how are we even ruling english people xD ?
+luina78 Because all English kings up to Windsor family are of French descent ^^
FistInYourFace all european kings ae pretty much cousins i don't think they only have french blood :)
luina78 Nowadays, yes. I specifically meant English royal families, especially Plantagenets and Tudors. :)
FistInYourFace really ? i'm surprised that's good to know ^^