It was later shortened to Normandy. The Vikings intermarried with the French and by the year , they were no longer Viking pagans, but French-speaking Christians. They still held to their Viking enthusiasm of conquest abroad, howerver. In the year a group of Normans conquered land in Italy. By they had taken over most of Southern Italy.
William was incensed by the news that Harold had taken the crown from him, not least because Harold had sworn to help him secure the English throne just two years before — albeit under the threat of death Harold made the oath after William negotiated his release from captivity by the Count of Ponthieu, a county located in modern-day France, and had him brought to Normandy. The Norman duke immediately began to rally for support, including from neighbouring French provinces, and ultimately gathered a fleet of ships.
He was also given the backing of the pope in his fight for the English crown. Believing that everything was in his favour, William waited for good winds before setting sail for England, landing on the Sussex coast in September The following month, William and his men confronted Harold and his troops on a field near the town of Hastings and the rest, as they say, is history.
Traders began to berth their boats on the sloping foreshore of the Thames to the west of London at what is now Charing Cross. A market and sizable community grew there, known as Lundenwic London market. However, Viking invaders arrived during the second half of the 9th century and the undefended Lundenwic was abandoned. For some decades control of London and the surrounding areas alternated between the Vikings and the Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex.
Christianity was re-established in England in the s, with the arrival of the missionaries Augustine and Mellitus. In Erkenwald was appointed as a bishop and he founded abbeys at Barking and Chertsey. When he died in he was buried at St.
A group of Normans conquered land in Italy in and by they had taken over most of Southern Italy — where they showed remarkable ability when it came to governing. The Battle of Hastings marks the last time mainland Britain was invaded by a foreign power and saw the Normans sweep to victory over the old Anglo-Saxons. The event, in many ways marked the creation of the England and Britain we know today, with our Queen able to trace her lineage back to William the Conqueror.
The world famous clash occurred on October 14 when the invading Norman army from France attacked the Anglo-Saxon forces that had ruled England for centuries. The rival forces came together just seven miles northwest of the coastal town of Hastings near to the modern day town of Battle, in East Sussex.
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