Fact: A rumour went round that William of Normandy had been killed. , The fyrd ran away. , Harold Godwinson was killed during the battle. , Ivo Taillefer, a Norman minstrel, attacked the Anglo-Saxons first. , The Anglo-Saxons started at the top of Senlac Hill. , Harold Godwinson was angry when he heard that William of Normandy had attacked Wessex., The Normans landed at Pevensey Bay in September 1066. , Opinion: The Normans cruelly burned houses and killed Anglo-Saxons. , The housecarls bravely refused to run away. , The Anglo-Saxons behaved like cowards. ,

The Battle of Hastings - 14th October 1066

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