The Norman Conquest

A lot happened in 1066:

- Tostig went to Norway, allied with the king of Norway, Harald Hardrada

- William of Normandy began preparing to invade

- William: got the Pope to pick him as rightful king

Tostig and Harald Hardrada- invaded first

- burned a city, then fought a battle- Stamford Bridge

Harold of Wessex and the Anglo-Saxons wiped them out

William invaded six weeks later

Battle of Hastings:

Normans- used knights- defeated the Anglo-Saxons

William- became "the Conqueror"

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