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6 Cards in this Set
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How many factors leading to the loss of Harold Godwinson? |
4 |
It’s one of your favourite numbers! |
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What are the names of the four factors? |
William’s skill, Harold’s mistakes, Luck and Difference between armies. |
S,M,L and D |
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What were William’s skills? Talk about them in detail. |
William was a good warrior, and well trained. He had good tactics, like tricking the soldiers. He also reassured his soldiers by showing them he was alive. |
Training and tricking. |
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Harold’s mistakes? |
He didn’t get a bigger army after the battle of Stamford bridge. He made his soldiers angry by not giving them the booty. He was foolish to be tricked by the French and break the formation. |
Fool! |
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Luck |
William’s ship was meant to stop where harold was waiting for him, but the weather didn’t allow it to, which gave them extra time and harold none. |
Ship and weather |
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Difference between armies |
Harolds army was mostly made of fyrd, untrained soldiers, William had cavalry, archers and foot soldiers and they were well trained? |
GUESS |
