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Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman Conquest Harold Rex Interfectus Est: "King Harold is killed". Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings and the death of Harold. Date 14 October 1066 Location Hailesaltede, near Hastings, Sussex, England (today Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom) Result Norman victory Belligerents Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Commanders and ...
Hastings Castle is a keep and bailey castle ruin situated in the town of Hastings, East Sussex. It overlooks the English Channel , into which large parts of the castle have fallen over the years. The construction of Hastings Castle depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry , showing the raising of an earthen motte topped by a wooden palisade .
October 14 – Battle of Hastings: William and Harold II meet in battle at Hastings. Although Harold has the superior position on the battlefield, he is defeated and killed by William, invading England. October 15 – Edgar Ætheling is proclaimed king of England (but is never crowned). He is soon forced to submit to the rule of William the ...
The Battle of Hastings: Sources and Interpretations. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-8511-5619-3. Round, John Horace (2010). Feudal England: Historical Studies on the XIth and XIIth Centuries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-1080-1449-6. Searle, Eleanor Tr, ed. (1980). The Chronicle of Battle Abbey. Oxford: OUP.
The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio (Song of the Battle of Hastings) is a 20th-century name for the Carmen Widonis, the earliest history of the Norman invasion of England from September to December 1066, in Latin.
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List of air operations during the Battle of Europe. List of Allied attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz; List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II; List of strategic bombing over the United Kingdom in World War II; List of amphibious assault operations; List of military operations on ice; List of naval battles
This category includes historical battles in which unified Kingdom of England (10th century–1707) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information.. See Category:Battles involving the Britons and Category:Battles involving the Anglo-Saxons for earlier battles.