He died in January 1066 without an heir ... but what he did have in his favour was a dukedom full of Norman knights, all eager for a share of newly conquered land. Harold Godwinson: Son of ...

Harold II was crowned King of England in January 1066, but he had not been the ... It was then the turn of the mounted Norman knights, but the horses found it almost impossible to charge up ...

The film outlines the historical context beginning with the Norman Conquest in 1066, where William the Conqueror established a powerful centralized government and a new feudal system. Subsequent ...