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2007-11-30 08:16:06 · 17 answers · asked by Adam H 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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Pevensey Bay

2007-11-30 08:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by Beatlemaniac 4 · 7 0

William landed at Pevensey Flats in front of Pevensey Marsh an ideal sloping shelf land for the carracks he used, wide and broad enabling him to unload his force quickly. The Marsh flats stretched a long way inland up to the high ridge (approx 6 miles inland at that time) of the Weald and Downs, this creates a natural funnel along the Kent, Sussex and Hampshire Vale between the North and South Downs, perfect for quick movement of forces inland and wide enough (40miles between Eastbourne and Dover funneling to Winchester end) where he get astride the old Coast Road to London. Remember that a lot of the Saxon Kings regarded Winchester and not London as the Capital and the South Coast was very important to them for the trade in Wool to the continent apart from the other trades to what is now known as the German, Low Country, France areas.

2007-11-30 20:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0 0

On 28 September 1066, with a favourable wind, William landed unopposed at Pevensey and, within a few days, raised fortifications at Hastings

2007-11-30 08:23:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Pevensy, then he sent out his troops and harried the land about. That drew Harold Godwinson south from London. They met at Senlac Hill or Hastings. An all day battle that William finally won. A near thing as well. Williams troops were probably a little more advanced in tactics than Harolds. On the other hand if Harold had not lost close to half his personal guard, the Huscarles, fighting the Norwiegns at Stamford Bridge, in the far north of England, he probably would have won. If he sat back and let William decimate the Southeast coast and gathered a massive army, he would have won as well. Many people forget those facts. At Stamford Bridge, Harold defeated and basically decimated the army of Harald Hardrrada, Harold Sigurdarsson. The greatest warrior in Europe before his death. Much more well known and famed than William at the time. Hardrrada also had a fearsome army, full of the greatest warriors from the north. Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Ireland, Scotland, the Orkeney's and mercenaries from all over. By dystroying it and killing Hardrrada, Godwinson did something that should have put his name in major fame and insured a long regin. Marching south to meet William before resting and regrouping was stupid. But Godwinson still nearly carried it off. And if you look at it, Harold Godwinsson was the most noble figure of that year. He beat Hardrrada. Dystroyed his army. Losing more than half his best troops in the process. That saved north England. He only had to set back and draw a massive army into London and forget the southeast to crush William. He refused to do that, marched to meet him and lost. His life, his brothers lifes, and Anglo-Saxon England. But he nearly pulled it off. William would have forgot the people of the South. Wrote them off as expendable. Maybe it is the ultimate point that nice guys finish last......

2007-11-30 12:13:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Tattyhea.... is on the right track. Wilting Manor exactly fits the requirements of the documents for the 1066 landing and invasion site of William the Conqueror. I have been looking through the information at the link provided and it is facinating, however a very long read, but if you're interested, it's worth it.

2007-11-30 12:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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2014-10-22 14:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2016-12-30 07:26:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The English fought defensively while the Normans infantry and cavalry repeatedly charged their shield-wall. As the combat slogged on for the better part of the day, the battle's outcome was in question. Finally, as evening approached, the English line gave way and the Normans rushed their enemy with a vengeance. King Harold fell as did the majority of the Saxon aristocracy. William's victory was complete. On Christmas day 1066, William was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

2007-11-30 08:21:13 · answer #8 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0 3

William the First attacked England in 1066 and won the Battle of Hastings. It is known as the Norman Conquest.

2007-11-30 08:20:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 4

As others have said, he landed at Pevensey, in Sussex. What they don't add is that, disembarking from his ship, he fell flat on his face--and had the presence of mind to get up with two handfuls of sand and say (more or less), "I have taken hold of England with both hands and shall not let go."

2007-11-30 08:48:21 · answer #10 · answered by aida 7 · 3 0

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