Why did William win the battle of Hastings?
The battle of Hastings was fought on the 14th October 1066 where the war and conflict occurred. There was a debate on who shall be the next king of England after King Edward the confessor died. At the time Edward the confessor had no children to inherit the throne, claiming three men to become king. This essay will decide why William won the battle by looking at the three following factors: preparation, luck and leadership/ skills.
There were three rivals that all wanted the throne, Harold Godwinson, the Earl of Wessex, who was the only Englishman and also related to the formal king by marriage (brother-in-law); Harald Hardrada, the king of Norway, whose ascendants were guaranteed the throne by King …show more content…
William had luck because Harold Godwinson and his army had just come back from a war with Harald Hardrada. This meant that Harold would have been tired from the fight. During that battle of Stamford in the north lots of Harold’s best soldiers were killed so in this war they will be struggling to defeat William and his army. As well as that, the wind changed at the right time for William so he was able to cross the sea and land in Hastings whilst Harold was still fighting in the north and sail from France to England. At some point in the battle, Harold was killed. He was shot in the eye by an arrow from the opponent team. After that, everyone was sad and lost hope in everything so the flag went down. This meant that William won the battle and had victory.
The 3 factors: preparation, leadership/skills and luck all helped William win the battle of Hastings really well but there is a main element that I think that helped William further more. I believe that William of Normandy won the battle of Hastings because of his leadership/skills. The reason for this is because of his skills in leading his troops and his flexible, quick thinking. In fact, this shows that Williams’s army was better that Harold
The battle of Hastings was fought on the 14th October 1066 where the war and conflict occurred. There was a debate on who shall be the next king of England after King Edward the confessor died. At the time Edward the confessor had no children to inherit the throne, claiming three men to become king. This essay will decide why William won the battle by looking at the three following factors: preparation, luck and leadership/ skills.
There were three rivals that all wanted the throne, Harold Godwinson, the Earl of Wessex, who was the only Englishman and also related to the formal king by marriage (brother-in-law); Harald Hardrada, the king of Norway, whose ascendants were guaranteed the throne by King …show more content…
William had luck because Harold Godwinson and his army had just come back from a war with Harald Hardrada. This meant that Harold would have been tired from the fight. During that battle of Stamford in the north lots of Harold’s best soldiers were killed so in this war they will be struggling to defeat William and his army. As well as that, the wind changed at the right time for William so he was able to cross the sea and land in Hastings whilst Harold was still fighting in the north and sail from France to England. At some point in the battle, Harold was killed. He was shot in the eye by an arrow from the opponent team. After that, everyone was sad and lost hope in everything so the flag went down. This meant that William won the battle and had victory.
The 3 factors: preparation, leadership/skills and luck all helped William win the battle of Hastings really well but there is a main element that I think that helped William further more. I believe that William of Normandy won the battle of Hastings because of his leadership/skills. The reason for this is because of his skills in leading his troops and his flexible, quick thinking. In fact, this shows that Williams’s army was better that Harold