WHY DID WILLIAM WIN THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS?
The Battle of Hastings took place in 1066 because Edward the Confessor died leaving no heir to the throne. Almost immediately Harold Godwinson seized the throne and declared himself king but he had two opponents, Harald Hadrada and William of Normandy. William eventually won the battle and was crowned King of England, this piece of writing explains why.
One major reason why William won the Battle of Hastings is that Harold’s army was not prepared to fight William as they had been in the east fighting Harald Hadrada. They were immediately forced to move south towards the coast and fight William, even though Harold’s army was now severely smaller then before the battle of Stamford Bridge, as many of his men had deserted him.
William also had good tactics and when Harold’s shield wall was too strong for William’s cavalry to break through, so his men pretended to retreat, causing the Saxons to run after them, including some men in the shield wall, which meant that the shield wall was now broken.
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Beforehand however, Harold Godwinson was prepared in the south for William’s invasion but the wind’s positioning in Normandy meant that William could not set sail yet and unluckily for Harold, Harald Hadrada decided to attack at this very moment which meant that Harold had to march his army north-east to fight Harald, whilst at the same time William had arrived in England and was preparing his men for battle, feeding them and letting them have some rest, whilst Harold’s were fighting and his numbers decreasing. Eventually Harald Hadrada was killed and Harold Godwinson won the battle, but news soon came through that William had invaded in the south and Harold had to march his men then after just fighting a big battle and, for this reason, many of Harold’s men deserted
The final scene in the Bayeux tapestry (intact). Displays William 1st defeating King Richard in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings. In all wars in the medieval period, the victors always would purge the defeated sides perspective, especially in Williams time. The Bayeux tapestry presents only Williams victories, because it was made Odo, his half-brother. All of the scenes in the tapestry depict William as a righteous, merciful and just leader.
This point links into the treaty of Abernethy. In the same year Malcolm met William at abernethy and signed a treaty which shown that he recognised William as his superior. According to purser, in “good faith”, Malcolm kicked Edgar out of his court which would have made further rebellions in the north very difficult.
William ordered his foot soldiers to fake retreat. This is found in Source 5 because it shows William and Harold’s movements. My opinion is that doing this is very intelligent because doing this tricks the opposing team. This meant that William won the Battle of Hastings because it this meant that the English got confused so they followed the Normans down the hill, therefore breaking the shield wall. When they were at the bottom of the hill, the Normans killed the Bretons quickly so without William making this decision, it would’ve been less likely that the Saxons would’ve won the Battle of
That was lucky because he did not plan for that to happen. As well as that, William also did not know that at the same time he sailed for England, his enemies (the Saxons) would be up north, weak and tired. Those two examples were luck and helped William in the battle. Without these, William could have had to wait for longer to get to England, which would have given Harold and his soldiers more time to get prepared.
On the 14th of October 1066, Duke William of Normandy defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. His win could be summed up by the fact that William was a better leader. Other factors that contributed to William’s victory include: William was better prepared, the English army was severely weakened as Harold had just fought off an invasion in the North of England, and Harold made a fatal mistake of prematurely entering the Battle of Hastings.
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they were organized and knew what to do when the time came to set sail
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