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Anglo-Saxon England: 05/17/10

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Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Romans, Vikings and Normans! The Bayeux Tapestry and it's oddities? 20" high and in eight discernable colours of worsted yarn ,. Over 500 mythical and non mythical creatures such as birds and dragons. Are woven into the tapestry to portray the Norman conquest. Was famous for its religious connotations but around this time there existed a embroidery centre of excellence in the town. Bishop Odo- as Earl of Kent- must have known of this school and this may have been the spur for the.

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1066: Poem "The Battle of Hastings"

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Friday, 24 September 2010. Poem "The Battle of Hastings". Deeply the Abbot of Waltham sighed. When he heard the news of woe:. How King Harold had come to a pitiful end,. And on Hastings field lay low. Asgod and Ailrik, two of his monks,. On the mission drear he sped. To search for the corse on the battle-plain. Among the bloody dead. The monks arose and went sadly forth,. And returned as heavy-hearted. O Father, the world's a bitter world,. And evil days have started. For fallen, alack! Is the better man;.

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1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25th September.

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Saturday, 25 September 2010. Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25th September. He aimed to completely surprise and massacre the fierce Norse army (only hours before York- thus the entire north? Caved in to Hardrada, and also there learning from local magnates of where the Norse army were? Consequently, the first thing they knew of any Saxons in the locality was a huge cloud of road-dust and glinting metal in the distance towards York at Gate Helmsley 1m away (like a "sheet of ice" acc. to Sturlasson. With horro...

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1066: 1066: The indisciplined fyrdsmen?

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Wednesday, 29 September 2010. 1066: The indisciplined fyrdsmen? The fyrdsmen that broke rank from the English shieldwall at Senlac, 14th October 1066. Were they later arrivals who had not been present to hear King Harold's strict morning orders to hold formation (against the Norman cavalry he had seen in 1064). We know from the sources that more Anglo-Saxons came trickling in from the southern shires throughout the day, as their king had bade them days before. Posted by Johnny H. View my complete profile.

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1066: The Normans and the Papal banner?

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Friday, 24 September 2010. The Normans and the Papal banner? Did the pope (then surrounded by Norman warlords in Italy/Sicilily) ever actually issued a Papal flag to William at all? Or did he merely extend a nominal, verbal promise of support which was "pounced upon" by propagandists such as the hagiographer, William of Poitiers)? Papal banners were only ever issued during this era to endorse wars against muslims. And not against fellow Christians. On the amount of Peter's Pence owed to Rome,. In fact Bi...

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1066: The Pope in 1066: William or Harold?

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Friday, 24 September 2010. The Pope in 1066: William or Harold? In the spring of 1066 Duke William of Normandy sent Gilbert, Archdeacon of Lisieux. To Rome as his messenger to enlist the support of Pope Alexander II 1061-73 for his plans to dispute King Harold's succession to the English throne by force of arms. The Duke's adviser, Abbot Lanfranc. The Pope, a friend of Lanfranc from their schooldays in northern Italy, happily gave his blessing to William's enterprise, and according to the Norman sources.

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1066: Earl Harold: Right to rule?

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Earl Harold: Right to rule? Popular and incredibly wealthy, was popularly elected king by the witan and was crowned on January 6th, 1066. With the ridiculous farce of the Norman "oath" of 1064 fresh in his mind, he knew that the only way to save the nation at that time was to take the available kingship himself. The young Cerdic athling, Edgar, was too young (c.14yrs? And militarily inexperienced and untested. And there is no record of him ever having revolted against this decision (even by the Normans).

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1066: The claimants to the English crown in 1066

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Thursday, 23 September 2010. The claimants to the English crown in 1066. The future of England hung on the key factor during the 1060's- who would succeed the aging and childless English (half-Norman) King, Edward the Confessor. By late 1065, it was clear Edward was dying, and so there were several claimants to the contested crown;-. Some scholars say that William was too busy fighting to protect his Dukedom and couldn't have afforded the time to visit Edward at that turbulent time in Normandy. He was a ...