HIST-281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Harold Godwinson, A United Kingdom, Real Options Valuation
3 Nov 2020
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Both men had spent several years courting support from influential figures within england and without, and they finally settled the matter in a dramatic battle at hastings in southern. William had sailed his army across the channel and landed unopposed while harold was busy fighting off a norwegian invasion in the north of england. Hearing of the normans" landing, harold quickly led his soldiers on a forced march down the length of england. At hastings william"s army routed harold"s exhausted men, and on christmas day 1066 william was crowned king of england (1066 1087) in london"s westminster abbey. Norman rule got off to a rather shaky start since the new conquerors were not only despised by the general populace but were also enormously outnumbered by them. At william"s coronation, in fact, nerves ran so high that when the crowd inside westminster. In the end, the soldiers rioted for a day or two before william could restore order.
