In the Battle of Hastings, what was Harold Godwinsons cause of death?

Question

This is a questions that is due in History tomorrow and i really really would appreciate an answer. Please help :)

Answer 1

King Harold II
AKA Harold Godwinson

Born: c. 1022
Died: 14-Oct-1066
Location of death: Hastings, Sussex, England
Cause of death: War
Remains: Buried, Waltham Holy Cross, Essex, England

Traditionally he is believed to have been pierced through the right eye by an arrow (through interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestry, check it out at http://www.igshistoryonline.co.uk/Images/Bayeux%20tapestry%20-%20Harold.jpg).
But The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio describes how Harold was cut to pieces by Norman knights led by William himself: and the Bayeux Tapestry shows him being cut down by a Norman knight, thus agreeing with The Carmen. It is possible that both versions of Harold's end are true: he was first wounded in the face by an arrow, then killed by hand weapons in the final Norman assault. Wace, in the Roman de Rou, notes that Harold was wounded in the eye, then tore out the shaft and continued to fight until cut down by a knight. Another theory was that Harold was struck in the right eye and tried to pull it out. He was later cut through the heart by a Norman knight, his head cut off, his guts strewn out, and his left leg cut off at the thigh. The most probable theory was that Harold was struck by the sword, then by the famous arrow to the eye.

Answer 2

For a long time it was assumed that Harold was shot through the eye. This assumption was based on a figure in the Bayeux tapestry who appears near the inscription "Here Harold is killed". Modern interpretations are that he was hacked down my a Norman knight as the English shield wall crumbled under the repeated assaults of the late afternoon.

Answer 3

use pmt's link it is very uiseful x if in doubt use wikipedia x i think i amknowledgeable here as I used to live in Hastings x actually hastings is the birth place of television and the 1066 battle of hastings took place in Battle at the now tourist attraction Battle Abbey it was a war between England and france where king harold was victorious x the trigger was that somer king died and their was a fight over the thrown x