Why did William duke of Normandy win the battle of Hastings ?

by osama123 (student)

WHY DID WILLIAM DUKE OF NORMANDY WON THE BATTLE OF HASTING ?

William duke of Normandy won the battle of hasting on October 25th 1066 in Senlac Hill, near Hastings, East Wessex (nowadays sorthern England). There are many reasons for why did William won the battle of Hastings against Harold Godwinson and I am going to tell them.

William duke of Normandy known as William, the bastard, was a French man. He ruled a part called Normandy, strikingly Edward the confessor was from there. He had promised the throne of England to William after he had died. William was a cruel man, as he had skinned 30 people alive because they were making fun of his mother’s family. Harold was tricked by William when he made him promise that he would help William win the throne but, he didn’t knew that he had promised on bones of saints

Harold Godwinson was an English man. He had ruled a part of England called Wessex and was the most powerful man in England .his sister was married to Edward the confessor .The legend says that Edward the confessor changed his mind and said that he would give Harold the throne. As Edward was dying he pointed his finger towards Harold so people believed that Edward had given the throne of England to Harold. The throne was given to Harold Godwinson.

William was also the bravest of his time and he was also very well organized .William was also younger than ...

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William was also the bravest of his time and he was also very well organized .William was also younger than Harold so this might be the reason .As all the people were Christians in England at that time, the French also had the papal banner (the flag of the pope) because a week before Harold had promised William that he would help him win the throne of England but he didn’t knew that he had promised in the box full of bones of saints, so Harold felt tricked so he broke the promise. All the English army was scared that the French had the papal banner so they thought that God was on the French side.

Harald Hadrada (the king of Vikings) lost a bloody battle of Stamford Bridge in the same morning against Harold Godwinson. So many of his soldiers were dead and many were injured the others were exhausted. The English army was two types; Fryds, who were farmers and House Carls, who were professionally trained but they were very few. While the French were very powerful they had the best archers in Europe and were coming with 700 ships and 2000 horses. The English used a shield tactic in which they made a wall of shield so the enemy can’t get through but they had to use their tactic in the right way. This is one of reasons why William won the battle of Hastings.

The English were fighting on top of the hill while the wind was coming from the opposite side of the French so there arrows couldn’t reach the top of the hill as time passed by the direction of the wind changed. And the arrows started hitting the shield after some time the Fryds got excited in the thought that William was dead. So all the fryds ran toward the French and the wall of shield was broken as it was broken the arrows started getting through, until one arrow got shot and hit straight in the right eye of Harold Godwinson and the English leader was dead. William wasn’t dead as he waved his helmet in the air; he was just pretending that he was dead. And all the English army ran away or got killed.

So this is how William duke of Normandy won the battle of Hastings.