LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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victor over King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
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king who resisted Danish encroachment in England and concluded a treaty in 886
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German silversmith who perfected a process of printing from movable type
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the occupation of British descendants of Vikings who had settled on the coast of France
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, King Harold II of England was defeated by the invading Norman forces of William the Conqueror. By the end of the bloody, all-day battle, Harold was dead and his forces were destroyed.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, William, duke of Normandy, defeated the forces of Harold II, king of England, and then was himself crowned king as William I, leading to profound political, administrative, and social changes in the British Isles as result of the Norman Conquest.
Detailed explanation-3: -William won the Battle of Hastings because of his superior strategy and tactics. William was helped to victory by Harold being unlucky on a number of occasions. Harold was wounded and killed at the Battle of Hastings.
Detailed explanation-4: -William’s claim to the English throne was based on his assertion that, in 1051, Edward the Confessor had promised him the throne (he was a distant cousin) and that Harold II-having sworn in 1064 to uphold William’s right to succeed to that throne-was therefore a usurper.
Detailed explanation-5: -After the Battle of Hastings, William still had to conquer England. He marched from Hastings, crossing the Thames at Wallingford, and then on towards London. At Berkhamsted he received the surrender of the city. William took hostages to ensure that the surrender was kept.