HIST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pope Urban Ii, Bayeux Tapestry, Crusader States
5 Oct 2016
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William the bastard : called this because his parents never married, wasn"t english but duke of normandy, clamed title to english crown. There was an english king harold who was not going to hand over the crown easily. In 1066 norman knights or barons invaded england. These 10000 men defeated harold"s army at hastings and harold died with an arrow to the eye. The bayeaux tapestry tell the story of the conquest and was made by women and is 70 meters long. So william continued to march on england, take the crown, and become william the. Conqueror and was responsible for building 90 castles in england alone. The normans wanted to be paid after (in land) Not only wanted this because they fought but also because the 10000 men army had to now control 2 million anglo-saxons. Castles used to control people and land around them. You can see everything around it and who is coming to stop invaders.
