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Battle of Hastings (William, duke of Normandy, plots to invade England…

- - - - However, once Tostig lost the bridge, both he and Hadrada fell below the ravens banner in a desperate stand.
        
        Harold had won, but at the expense of losing the forces of the Earls of Northumbia and Mercia.
        
        William's forces made landfall at Pevensey and pillaged and burned the area to lure in Harold.
        
        The battle took place on October 14, 1066 Harold with 5000 men fighting defensively against William's 1500.
        
        Against an English shield wall, William's army wasn't making any headway.
        
        However, they eventually were able to break through the shield and vanquish King Harold.
        
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- - - - After keeping his army in Hastings for a week, William moved to south-eastern England, destroying Dover and Southwark, and taking Canterbury.
        
        Archbishop Stigand of Canterbury, the Earls Edwin, Morcar, and Waltheof, along with Archbishop Ealdred of York, all surrendered to William
        
        William was crowned by Archbishop Ealdred on Christmas Day, in Edward's new abbey cathedral in Westminster.
        
        Both Norman and English people shouted in acclimation of their new king, which startled the guards outside. Thinking that an English uprising was happening, they set fire to London.
        
        The church was also on fire, so the coronation was being hastily finished, while William was very afraid of the new era to come.
        
        It would take 5 long years of constant struggling and fighting for William to have complete control of England. After their loss at Hastings, the English's best chance to stop the invision was gone.
        
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