C1.4 Norman Invasion
- Created by: Stirling Stedman
- Created on: 23-11-20 12:07
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- 1.4 The Norman Invasion
- William's leadership.
- He waited until Harold's fyrd to weaken and then he lured them into following him
- He was lucky that that he avoided the storms coming over.
- He was ruthless in burning down houses and pillaging as he went.
- He was organized because as soon has he landed he marched to Hastings and put of his prefabricated castle
- He kept his army together and stopped and looked after them and made sure that the didn't to anything wrong.
- He was ambition and did things that had never been done before.
- William's Knights
- Devastating charges
- Height advantage for the mounted knight to strike downwards in combat.
- Specially bred horses that were strong and trained for battle.
- Weapons: lance, javelin, sward, mace
- Kite shape shield to protect the left leg
- Harold's Housecarls
- A displaced shield wall protected the housecarls against arrows and was very hard to break
- Weapons: javelin, long axe and sword.
- Shields were usually round, wooden with a metal boss.
- Housecarls were the best foot soldiers in Europe.
- Harold's decision to rush down to Hastings does not look like good leadership
- William guessed what Harold's plans would be and took advantage of this.
- Harold's fyrdsmen were his ordinary soldiers which he taken on his march south to meet William.
- William's foot soldiers were a mixture of men from across Normandy and Europe and were ill prepared
- Harold didn't manage a surprise attack because Williams's scouts found about his advance.
- Harold's shield wall began to break up because of William's tactical fake retreat.
- William's leadership.
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