Battle of Hastings Quiz

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Who fought in the Battle of Hastings?

The Normans and the Saxons

What was the outcome of the Battle of Hastings?

A decisive Norman victory

When did William land his invasion forces in England?

28 September 1066

The Battle of Hastings was fought between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of ______

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Harold was forced to march south swiftly, gathering forces as he went. The exact numbers present at the battle are unknown as even modern estimates ______ considerably

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Early efforts of the invaders to break the English battle lines had little ______

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