Why The Normans Lose The Battle Of Hastings

In 1066 the Battle of Hastings began when King Edward the Confessor died leaving Harold Godwinson to be king. This is what triggered the Battle of Hastings; the Norman king William claimed to have been promised the throne of England by Edward. So when word got to the Normans that Harold had been crowned king of England they were outraged and built an army big enough to wipe out the whole of the British army. There are many reasons for the Saxon’s losing the Battle of Hastings but, in this essay I will only be looking at a few: The Norman’s upper hands in their luck and strengths and The Saxon lack of luck and their weaknesses.
The first point I am going to be looking at is the Norman’s strengths. The Norman’s strong and large force was at a massive advantage completely out numbering the Saxon’s by thousands. The army was strong and willing to fight till the death. Some of that army was built up with horse men; also known as cavalry, these horses were specially bred and trained to be strong and agile with the ability to bite and kick their
As they arrived they were unopposed because of the Vikings attacking in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. It was a dream come true for the Norman army no Saxons around to stop them; the Normans had caught the Saxons while they were off guard, weak and their numbers were thin. When they reached Hastings the Saxons have tried their best to reassemble the army and used their only advantage they had; the shield wall. A lucky shot from an archer finished off the battle as the arrow landed right in King Harold’s eye. After the Saxon army fled Norman’s armed with axes were sent to hack the Saxon king into enough pieces to make sure his body could not be recovered to bury, if that’s not luck I don’t know what is! My next point is all about Harold Godwinson’s bad