Battle of Hastings, The (33 page)

campaign of oppression
201
,
207–8

coronation
141–2
,
200
,
222
,
223

death
207–8

and English Church
205–7

harrying of the north
201–2
,
208

rebellions against
205

see also
Domesday Book; William of Normandy

and English army
102
,
108

value as source
106
,
223
,
227

and Cnut
10

and English Church
67

value as source
176
,
227–8

battle of Val-ès-Dunes
41
,
93

and county of Maine
33
,
52
,
132

and death of Harold II
192–3
,
197

education and literacy
80–1

and Harold Godwinson
47–53
,
131

Harold’s oath to
48
,
50–4
,
133
,
138
,
199
,
216
,
225

marriage
25
,
42
,
168

as military leader
93–4
,
112
,
115–6
,
203

military strategy
170–1
,
173
,
179–81
,
183
,
193
,
199

and navy
105
,
106
,
131

and Norwegian invasion
161
,
181

and papacy
52
,
138–43
,
165
,
168
,
199

and papal banner
4
,
140
,
142–3

preparation for invasion
131–3
,
140
,
143–5
,
159–60

and succession to Edward II the Confessor
29
,
32
,
37–44
,
49–50
,
53–4
,
129
,
165
,
223
,
229

and Tostig Godwinson
125–6
,
143–4

visit to Edward II the Confessor
25
,
38–9
,
42–3

and battle of Hastings
162
,
170–1
,
173–5
,
178–9
,
181
,
183–8
,
191–2
,
194
,
196
,
199

and battle of Stamford Bridge
161

and
Carmen de Hastingæ Proelio
220–1

and English wealth
63
,
67
,
71

and Harold II
52–3
,
105
,
128–9
,
164–5

and Norman army
111
,
115
,
118
,
120
,
185–6

and Norman rule of England
205

and papal banner
142

and preparations for invasion
131
,
133
,
138
,
140–1
,
145–6
,
160

and succession to Edward II
37
,
38–9
,
47–8
,
50–3

and succession to Harold II
200

value as source
45
,
141
,
217–18
,
223–4

and succession to Edward the Confessor
29
,
33–4
,
39
,
45
,
127–8