The Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman

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The Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman conquest of England

The battle of Hastings was fought on the morning of the 14 th October 1066 The English army, led by King Harold, deployed on Senlac hill William's army had already marched north from Hastings and it is said that he engaged before Harold's troops were fully deployed

William attacked with cavalry as well as infantry, something the English rarely if ever did. Harold's well trained troops all fought on foot in the traditional English manner.

Finally, after reversals on both sides, William breached the shield wall Once their carefully organised formation was broken they were vulnerable, particularly to cavalry attack. Despite a possible attempt to hold the Norman pursuit at a site described as the 'Malfosse', the English forces were routed, fleeing northward towards the woods of the Weald. The last stand of King Harold and his Housecarles

At the end of the bloody, all-day battle, Harold was killed-shot in the eye with an arrow, according to legend--and his forces were destroyed. He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. King Harold is shown plucking the arrow from his eye: a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry

After his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William marched on London and received the city's submission.

On Christmas Day, 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.

The End

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