medieval government timeline

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  • Jan 1, 1066

    edward dies

    Edward the Confessor dies. Harold gambles and makes a bid for the Crown, supported by all the magnates of England. William does nothing, despite the so-called oath.
  • Jan 1, 1066

    williams fleet

    tostig goes to flanders looking for aid, william sees a chance for him to invaid, he promise land to anyone who turns up, then constructs a fleet at dives to transport them.
  • Period: May 1, 1066 to Sep 8, 1066

    invasion

    Tostig makes an attempt to invade England; harold calls the english levy, but it never comes. harold has to disband them and let it go to harvest cops at home.
  • Sep 20, 1066

    peace

    harald and tostig defeat the assembled forces of earls edwin and morcar. they are not unabe to play any more part in the campaigns of 1066. leaving them free tomake their peace with william after hastings.
  • Sep 25, 1066

    the refusal

    Harold responds by scraping together a scratch force made up his own housecarls and personal followers; harold offers tostig his earldom back if he will turn on harald, but he refuses. He defended the bridge until the sneaky English paddle under the bridge in a barrel and thrust a spear up through the wooden slats. Harald & Tostig both fall at the head of their men.
  • Sep 28, 1066

    the sailing

    sailed his fleet to St Valery, and makes landfall at Pevensey completely unopposed. Begins making a castle
  • Period: Oct 1, 1066 to Oct 12, 1066

    the landing

    harold hears about williams landing, stops to pray and goes back to london to gather forces he could to face william.
  • Period: Oct 1, 1066 to Dec 1, 1066

    the end

    a deal is struck in which he garantees their position in return for their support, william is crowned king, edwin, morcar and waltheof swear allegiance to him.
  • Oct 14, 1066

    defense

    Harold takes up a position blocking the Norman advance to London. He intends to fight a purely defensive battle, sitting behind the famous Saxon shield wall and letting the Normans break themselves against it. the English right charges down the slope after them, exposing themselves to a devastating counter-attack led by William himself. after a while the english sheild wall begins to crack.