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Now the search is on for Harold Godwinson….!

Oct 13, 2017

anniversaries, battles, genealogy, Science

Anglo-Saxons, archaeology, Battle of Hastings, Bayeux Tapestry, Harold II, Hertfordshire, Richard III, royal burials, St. Edmund

Another exciting search for a very important king in the annals of our land, this time at Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire. Harold Godwinson reigned for even less time than Richard III, i.e. nine months and eight days, and his sovereignty too ended in a vital battle that let “the enemy and its foreign army” in. In his case,…
Hastings 950: Remembering the End of an Age

Oct 14, 2016

battles

Anglo-Saxons, anniversaries, Baldwin of Flanders, Battle Abbey, Bayeux Tapestry, Beowulf, Ealdgyth, Edwin of Mercia, Gytha, Harold Hardrada, Harold II, Harrying of the North, Hastings, Morcar, Norman conquest, Norway, Oderic Vitalis, Peter Rex, Peterborough Chronicle, Pevensey Bay, St. Edward the Confessor, Stamford Bridge, Tostig, Waltham Abbey, William I

Originally posted on Giaconda's Blog: Over the summer holidays I visited Battle Abbey with my family. We also found our way to Pevensey Bay and Hastings during our trip to re-trace the footsteps of King Harold’s last stand against Norman invaders almost 950 years ago. Pevensey was atmospheric and eery on an overcast morning with…

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