1. What happened at the Battle of Hastings?
At the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066, King Harold II of England was defeated by the invading Norman forces of William the Conqueror. By the end of the bloody, all-day battle,
Harold was dead and his forces were destroyed.
2. Saxon and Norman soldiers
3. Why did William give some of his friends land in England?
After he became king, William claimed that all the land in England now belonged to him. He retained about a fifth of this land for his own use. Another 25% went to the Church. The rest were given to 170 tenants-in-chief (or barons). This was because they had helped him defeat Harold at Hastings.
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