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Mind Map by Chuck Amobi, updated more than 1 year ago
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A-level History: Norman Conquest of England
- Origins
- 3 people fight for the
throne; Harald III, Harold
Godwinson, and Duke
William of Normandy.
- Lack of heirs to the
throne.
- Early 1066 - Edward The
Confessor dies
- 3 people fight for the
throne; Harald III, Harold
Godwinson, and Duke
William of Normandy.
- Rival Claimants
- Harold Godwinson
- Most powerful
aristocrat at the time.
- Was chosen by the
Witengamot and crowned
by the Archbishop of York
- Was chosen by the
Witengamot and crowned
by the Archbishop of York
- Most powerful
aristocrat at the time.
- Duke William of
Normandy
- Married to Matilda of
Flanders, giving him the
Flanders family's power.
- Said to have been
chosen by Edward the
Confessor as king.
- Said to have been
chosen by Edward the
Confessor as king.
- Married to Matilda of
Flanders, giving him the
Flanders family's power.
- Harald III
- Was an accomplished
mercenary.
- Became king of
Norway in 1046.
- Became king of
Norway in 1046.
- Was an accomplished
mercenary.
- Harold Godwinson
- Military Preparations
(Harold Godwinson)
- The English army was organised
along regional lines, with the fyrd
serving under a local magnate.
- Harold also had a group of personal
armsmen called housecarls.
- Fryds and housecarls were
mainly infantry, though the
housecarls had superior armour.
- The English army did not had
few archers.
- Harold had around 14000 men
ready to be deployed.
- Harold had around 14000 men
ready to be deployed.
- The English army did not had
few archers.
- Fryds and housecarls were
mainly infantry, though the
housecarls had superior armour.
- Harold also had a group of personal
armsmen called housecarls.
- The English army was organised
along regional lines, with the fyrd
serving under a local magnate.
- Military Preparations
(Duke William of Normandy)
- Duke William assembled a large
invasion fleet and an army
gathered from all over Normandy
and the rest of France.
- He also secured diplomatic
support, his most notable
supporter being pope Alexander
II.
- Duke William had between 7500 to
12000 men, which consisted of foot
soldiers, archers, and cavalry.
- Duke William had between 7500 to
12000 men, which consisted of foot
soldiers, archers, and cavalry.
- He also secured diplomatic
support, his most notable
supporter being pope Alexander
II.
- Duke William assembled a large
invasion fleet and an army
gathered from all over Normandy
and the rest of France.
- Military Preparations (Harald III)
- Allied himself with Togwig
Godwinson, Harold's brother.
- Plundered towns he reached.
- Harald had around between
10000-15000 men.
- Harald had around between
10000-15000 men.
- Plundered towns he reached.
- Allied himself with Togwig
Godwinson, Harold's brother.
- The events of 1066 and Their Ourcomes
- April 24th. Hayley's comet appears,
- September 20th. Battle of
Bulford, Yorkshire.
- September 25th. Battle
of Stanford Bridge;
- September 27th. Duke William of
Normandy and his army set sail for
England.
- September 28th. William I arrives at
Pevensey Bay, Sussex.
- October 14th. Battle of Hastings.
- December 25th. Duke William of
Normandy Crowned King of England.
- December 25th. Duke William of
Normandy Crowned King of England.
- October 14th. Battle of Hastings.
- September 28th. William I arrives at
Pevensey Bay, Sussex.
- September 27th. Duke William of
Normandy and his army set sail for
England.
- September 25th. Battle
of Stanford Bridge;
- September 20th. Battle of
Bulford, Yorkshire.
- Battle of Hastings
- April 24th. Hayley's comet appears,
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