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10 Cards in this Set
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Who was king of England before Harold?
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Edward the Confessor
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Where was Harald Hardrada king of?
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Norway
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Name three of Harold Godwinson's brothers.
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Tostig, Gyrth, Leofwine, Wulfnoth, Sweyn
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What was a burh?
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An Anglo-Saxon fortified town
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What was the name of a 'free farmer' in Anglo-Saxon England?
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A ceorl
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List the four main claimants to the throne after Edward died in January 1066.
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Harold Godwinson, William of Normandy, Harald Hardrada and Edgar Aethling
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Who won at Gate Fulford?
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Harald Hardrada (and Tostig) |
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Who won at Stamford Bridge?
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King Harold II (Harold Godwinson)
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Name a tactic used by William at the Battle of Hastings.
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One of the following: feigned retreat; cavalry (knights) charges against the shield wall; using archers, foot soldiers and cavalry flexibility; moving archers to close range once the Anglo-Saxon shield wall had been broken up
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Two of Harold's brothers died with him at the Battle of Hastings. What were their names and where were they earls of?
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Gyrth, Earl of East Anglia; and Leofwine, Earl of south-west Midlands and Kent
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