Battle Of Hastings Thesis Statement

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid of battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.-George S. Patton.
Thesis Statement: The Battle of Hastings was a deadly and horrible battle in England with William the Conqueror not liking the king’s rules and that’s how the Battle of Hastings all happened.
Before the Battle
William spent most of 1067 in Normandy, returning to England in December to continue the sublimation of his kingdom. He besieged Exeter, joined Gloucester and Bristol. In 1068 he secured Warwick, Nottingham, and York, when he swerved south to occupy Lincoln, Huntingdon, and Cambridge. When Danish raiders and hostile Yorkshiremen tried to destroy the Norman Establishment north of the Humber in 1069, his’’ Harrying of the North” was swift and terrible.
Events that lead to The Battle of Hastings
Norman Invasion,
He marched from Hastings, crossing the Thames at Wallingford, and then on towards London. At Berkhamsted he received the surrender of the city. William took hostages to ensure that the surrender was kept William wanted to be crowned King as soon as possible. His coronation took place on Christmas Day,1066. It was held at Westminster Abbey, which had been built by Edward the Confessor. During the Coronation, as the people inside the Abbey shouted out their acceptance of William, the troops outside thought a fight had broken out. Fearing that William had been attacked, they began to set fire to Saxon houses. As the Norman soldiers could not understand the language of the Saxons, and the Saxons could not understand the language of the Normans, it was difficult for them to communicate. William did not want the Saxons to do this because of what his mother Arlet told him before even being a king of