The battle of hasting

This Battle occurred on 14 October 1066. It was a fight between Norman-French army and the English army. The pace of the battle was Senlac Hill. It is a very important battle because it had a lot of consequences. William crushed any resistance up to London, where he was crowned King of the England on 1066. Most British English kings and then have continued this tradition.

England, especially in the north and center, was devastated during the nine years following the wars between the Normans and Saxons William, supported again by the Danes. Finally, the now King William the 8span class="hps">Conqueror took full control of the kingdom<+span> and introduced many reforms in England, the image of the then prevailing in France and countries around. The lands of the Saxon nobles who refused to subject were divided among the Norman knights of the king who came to administer as feudal lords. He also built many castles in England, 14 built both by function as bulwarks against Scots (beaten and subjected to servitude by William in 1072) and Welsh, as tools to more effectively bring the English people.