The Norman Conquest of England took place in 1066 when William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, led an army of French, Breton, and Norman soldiers across the English Channel and defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold at the Battle of Hastings on October 14th. This established William as the first Norman King of England and marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule.

1. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR AND THE
NORMAN CONQUEST
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2. The Norman Conquest
It took place on 11th century in England.
An army of French, Bretons and Normans
led by William II of Normandy (William
I of England) entered England from the
southern coast.
After this, William, took the nickname of
“William the Conqueror”

4. King Harold and William the
Conqueror
Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-
Saxon king of England.
He died fighting the Norman invaders led
by William the Conqueror.
William the Conqueror was the first
Norman king in England.

6. Battle of Hastings
It was the confrontation between the troops of the last
Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold the Saxon, and the
army of the Duke of Normandy, William the Bastard.
The Battle took place at Hastings on 14 October 1066.
Harold only had 5,000 soldiers in front of 15,000
Norman soldiers.

7. Bayeux Tapestry
It is a tapestry which portrayed the Battle of Hastings, in
the eleventh century of almost 70 meters long that tells,
through a succession of images, before the Norman conquest
of England, culminating in the Battle of Hastings facts.

8. It’s a manuscript record of the survey of
England and Scotland. It was written in Latin
and ordered by William the Conqueror in
1086. This book is held at The National
Archives at Kew, London. It’s available in The
Open Doomsday Site since 2011.
Doomsday Book

9. The Harrying of the North
• The Harrying of the north was a series
of campaigns conquered by William the
Conqueror in 1069 to subjugate
northern England. He destroyed every
village that presented opposition to him.

10. 16/12/15
• After the Norman
conquest William the
Conqueror ordered the
construction or rebuilding
of many important famous
buildings in London, like
the Tower of London or
Westminster Abbey,
where it’s still kept the
throne where William was
crowned King.
• French became the
language of prestige in the
court, so the English
language was influenced by
French for a long time.