Battle Of The Fulford 1066

Question 1

Why did Harold Godwinson station troops on the south coast??

Answer 1

He feared an invansion from Normandy

Question 2

When did Harold dispand his troops from the south coast??

Answer 2

September the 8th 1066

Question 3

Who accompanied Harald Hardrada in his invasion of England?

Answer 3

Tostig Godwinson

Question 4

Who replaced Tostig as Earl of Northumbria and who was he?

Answer 4

Morcar
Younger brother of Edwin of Mercia

Question 5

Was Edwin and Morcar liked in England?

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

How many ships did Harold Hardrada bring from Norway?

Answer 6

Over 300

Question 7

How many men did Harold Hardrada bring on his invasion of England?

Answer 7

10,000

Question 8

How many warriors did Hardrada leave to guard the ships??

Answer 8

3000

Question 9

Where did Harold Hardrada and the remaining of his men March towards?

Answer 9

York

Question 10

How many men did Edwin and Mordor bring south to meet Harold Hardrada?

Answer 10

4,500

Question 11

What was the battleground like?

Answer 11

Marshy

Question 12

What did the English army do along the north side of the beck?

Answer 12

Create a sheild wall

Question 13

How was Hardrada and his best men conceeled by the Saxons

Answer 13

By raised land

Question 14

When the tide went out and battle begun, what did this allow Hardrada and his men to do?

Answer 14

Move soon the bank and out the beck behind the Saxons

Question 15

Who won the battle of Fulford and how?

Answer 15

Harold Hardrada, as he utilised the landscape and flanked the Anglo- Saxons

Question 16

Where did Hardrada and Tostig and their troops go to rest and wait for their promised hostages after the Battle of Fulford?

Answer 16

Stamford Bridge