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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXIV. Harold Il--The Saxon And Norman Accounts Now Agree.--Harold's Enemies.--Tostig.--Brief Account Of William Of Normandy. Norman Nobles.--Harold's Marriage: Gains The Hearts Of His People.--Invasion Of England By The Norwegians: Their Total Defeat.--Invasion By William Of Normandy.--William's Fleet.--Remains Of St. Valery.--ConSecrated Banner.--Occurrence On William's LandIng.--Mistake Of The Spies.--William's Offer.--Harold's Answer.--Gurth's Advice.--Battle Of Hastings. The pictorial work of the Bayeux tapestry now goes on to relate the history of the doings of Harold and of William of Normandy. There is now no more disagreement between these pictures and the facts as related by the English historians. After the funeral of Edward the tapestry represents the nobles of England offering the crown to Harold. Then Harold is crowned by Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury. "When Harold was seated on the throne, though he was upheld by a large party on whose affection he knew he could depend, yet he found other enemies than the Duke of Normandy, fully determined to oppose his usurpation of the crown, as they deemed it. His own brother Tostig thought he had as good a right to reign as Harold. And Haralld Hardrada, the powerful King of Norway, prepared to bring his Northmen to the British shores. William of Normandy encouraged Tostig to collect a fleet that he might invade the south; not that he intended that Tostig should ever wear the crown of England, but it was his policy to encourage Harold's enemies that he might have more hope of final success himself William of Normandy was an illegitimate son of the fifth Duke of Normandy. When he was a boy of but eight years old, his father set off on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and left him, young as he was, to...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150008962
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 52
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150008962
  • Publisher Date: 05 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 109 gr


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