Tagged With "Defenders or Conquerors"
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The death of King Herold & The victory of Duke Willem
When King Harold was mortally wounded (by an arrow in the right eye), the Anglo-Saxons fell back and the Norman knights could continue their victory march. King Harold, still sitting on his horse, suffered horribly when the Norman knights surrounded him and killed him with their swords. Only a few Anglo-Saxons reached the woods and survived. Duke Willem of Normandy set up his tent on top of the battlefield and slept between the death bodies of his enemy’s. Are we King Herold or Duke Willem?