[bcsco]

Bump for reference later.

[IronJack]

Really not all that huge a battle in terms of the forces deployed. But resounding in its implications. From that point forward, British history took a radically different course, blending the best of Norman organization with sheer Anglo-Saxon yeomanry. The result is one of the most intriguing, puzzling, confounding cultures to ever populate the earth.

[Professional Engineer]

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[LonePalm]

I had an ancestor present on the Norman side, Sir William le Blount.

One of his descendants, William Blount, signed the Constitution from NC, and was the first governor of TN. Go Normans!

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[brazzaville]

Good morning.
"William of Normandy, v. Odo of Bayeux Harold Godwinson"

Actually, Bishop Odo was William's brother, not his enemy, and Odo rode into battle against the Saxons wearing a white cleric's robes and swinging a club rather than a sword. Clerics weren't supposed to shed blood.

I believe this battle is one of the most important in Western European history.

Michael Frazier

[1066AD]

Great maps.
Senlac = Lake of Blood.

[curmudgeonII]

There is a tendency to forget about the battle of Stamford Bridge, fought a few days before Hastings. Harold's victory there ended Viking predations in Britain.

[SunkenCiv]

Today in History:
The Norman conquest of England began 940 years ago today (1066 A.D.)
Answers.Com
Posted on 09/28/2006 2:48:03 PM EDT by yankeedame
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1710121/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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