The Battle of Hastings
Dan Snow's History Hit
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'Harold's Anointed King
Harold was crowned king of england within days of edward the confessor dying. He swore an oath to uphold william's claim to the throne on holy relics, on bits of bone associated with saints. This is a big so he's an oath breaker, which in the eleventh century is really bad. The normans claim that haroldis an oath breaker. William duke of normandy sends a message to the pope. The pope agrees. William then sent out word across western europeally neighbouring parts of northern france, that he was going to invade. Harold gathered an army, a great army, to spend the summer in the south of england and wait
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