The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Norman War-vessel, Eleventh Centurt. The defence of the north had been left entirely to Harolds half-hearted supporters, Edwin and Morkere. At Fulford, on September 20, they met HaroldThe overthrow / a^ i j a of Harold Hardrada marclnng upon lork, and were de- Hardrada and featcd with great slaughter. Four days later (on September 24) York promised to open its gates to the victor. Harold of was ill apparently at London, when news arrived of the coming of tlie Nor- FROM THE ENGLISH TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST 57 wegian king. Dangers threaten
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Norman War-vessel, Eleventh Centurt. The defence of the north had been left entirely to Harolds half-hearted supporters, Edwin and Morkere. At Fulford, on September 20, they met HaroldThe overthrow / a^ i j a of Harold Hardrada marclnng upon lork, and were de- Hardrada and featcd with great slaughter. Four days later (on September 24) York promised to open its gates to the victor. Harold of was ill apparently at London, when news arrived of the coming of tlie Nor- FROM THE ENGLISH TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST 57 wegian king. Dangers threatened on every side, but themost imminent was from the north, and Harold, with hisforce of House Carls, started on the long march of 300. William the Conqueror on the Way to the horses on board. This and some of the other pictures are from Tapestry, a strip of linen cloth 20 inches wide and 213 feet long,still preserved at Bayeux in France, and having upon it successive pic-tures of the Norman Conquest in uedilework, done, it is said, by Williamsqueen Matilda and her ladies. miles to York. He ordered the shire levies to follow, andvolunteers joined him as he went. No more brilliantexploit is recorded than the march of this harassed Hardrada was at Stamford Bridge waiting for thesurrender of promised English hostages and of Yorkitself, when on Monday, September 25, the King ofEngland, whose approach had been unobserved, attackedhim. A desperate fight followed. Harold Hardrada,Tostig, and the flower of the Norwegian force fell, andthe English won at Stamford Bridge the last of the longseries of battles with the invaders from the north. But disaster brooded over England. The favourablewi
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