LO To examine the events of the battle and to judge who was now favourite to win the crown Can you remember who they were Harold becomes King of England When Edward the Confessor died on 5th January 1066 the ID: 429358
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Slide1
What happened at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
L/O – To examine the events of the battle and to judge who was now favourite to win the crown
Can you remember who they were?Slide2
Harold becomes King of England
When Edward the Confessor died on 5th January 1066, the Witan elected
Harold Godwinson king the next day.Why do you think they elected Harold to be king?
What problems does Harold now face as king?Slide3
Harold becomes King of England
Harold was crowned king in Westminster Abbey (London) on 6th January 1066.
But he had no time to celebrate, Harald Hardraada and William of Normandy both wanted to take the crown by force.
Harold, son of Earl Godwin, was chosen king by the chief noblemen of England…
Florence of Worcester, 1115Slide4
Harold’s Dilemma – Where would you place your troops?
Harald
Hardraada
William of NormandySlide5
Harold’s Dilemma
King Harold knew that he would have a lot of difficulty holding onto England. He did not know which of his enemies would make the first move, but he assumed it would be William, so he stationed his troops on the
south coast.Slide6
Hardraada Invades
Unfortunately for Harold, his gamble did not pay off. The first person to invade was
Harald Hardraada. William was waiting for the right wind for his ships. Hardraada
arrived at the mouth of the Tyne with more than 300 ships (10,000 men) on 20th September 1066. The earls Edwin and
Morcar fought the Norwegians, but eventually lost.Harold had to march his army north to meet Hardraada
, and then get back to the south again before the wind changed and allowed William to invade.Slide7
Tasks
Read pages 14-15Answer questions 1-2Slide8
Then came our King Harold on the Norwegians unawares, and met them beyond York at Stamford …
Harald
Hardraada
was killed, and Earl
Tosti
; the Norwegians that were left were put to flight … Only 24 ships returned to Norway.
The Anglo-Saxon ChronicleSlide9
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
The
Battle of Stamford Bridge
was a great victory for Harold, but two days later the wind changed and William
’
s invasion fleet set sail. William landed at
Pevensey
on the Sussex coast on 28
th
September.
Why was the change in the wind such bad timing?
Who had the better chance of winning the next battle? Why?Slide10
Plenary
‘
Who do you believe is now favourite to become King?’ Why? Explain your reason.
Who is definitely out of the contest?Did we meet our learning objective?
L/O – To examine the events of the battle and to judge who was now favourite to win the crown