A-Background of the Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor was died in January 1066 but he left no heir to the throne, only 3 claimants. The 3 main claimants were: - Harold Goldwinson, the Earl of Wessex, most powerful nobleman and the only Englishman. - The...
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A-Background of the Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor was died in January 1066 but he left no heir to the throne, only 3 claimants. The 3 main claimants were: - Harold Goldwinson, the Earl of Wessex, most powerful nobleman and the only Englishman. - The king of Norway, Harold Hadrada, descendant of King Cnut and he can support Vikings Family. - William, the Duke of Normandy, Edward’s cousin and was promised the throne by him. Harold Goldwinson was declared, by the vitan, king because he was one of the most powerful noble in England, the only Englishman and because Willam had forced Harold to make the promise so it was blackmail. William claimed that Edward had promised him the crown. He also claimed that Harold had sworn or the bones of saint to support his claim to the throne. So he considered Harold as a traitor. A scene from the Bayeux tapestry shows Harold swearing on oath but according to some historians, the tapestry is nothing more than Norman propaganda, somehow exclusing Wi
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