England’s
King Harold faced two invasions in 1066. He defeated a Viking invasion force at
Stamford Bridge and then turned to face William the Bastard’s Norman force. The
Normans fielded about 10,000 men at Hastings against 7,000 Anglo Saxons. The
battle stalemated until the Anglo Saxons fell for a Norman trick. William
pretended to flee and swirled around to destroy Harold’s forces when they left
their heavily defended positions to pursue. The battle, and Anglo Saxon
England, ended with Harold’s death. The king took an arrow through the eye
ending his reign. The native English quickly became second class citizens in their homeland.
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