1066 Terms

Edward "the Confessor"
- English king at the beginning of 1066
- didn't specify heir
Lanfranc
- Italian churchman
- wanted to reform English church b/c:
- simony
- luxury
- pluralism
- all work in English not Latin
Stamford Bridge

site where Tostig and Harald died
Harald Hardrada
- Norway
- loves fighting and manipulated by Tostig
- fights and dies at Stamford Bridge
House-carls
- professional soldiers
- became knights
- well trained and had swords
Pevensey
- site where Harold and William fight
- William wins and Harold dies/ escapes
Harold Godwinson
- believes he should inherit throne
- eventually dies and defeated by William
Fyrd
- Amateur part-time army
- made of citizens not soldiers
Hastings
- where William plundered villages for food
- tried to lure Harold here
Tostig
- Harold's brother
- joined Harald Hardrada
- exiled for despoiling church, taxing unjustly, and twisting law to murder and rob enemies
Horstede

village author talks of in detail to explain social structure of England

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Anonymous

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