Patriotic History: The Death of the Last Saxon King - PH 071726

Sven Longshanks and Jeff Roberts discuss the fateful battle between William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson

With few men on horses and even fewer archers, the Saxons put up a strong fight with their slings and battle axes, but after at first it appearing they would win, Harold is finally felled by an arrow to the eye by the Normans and the Saxon period in Britain was over 

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Presented by Sven Longshanks and Jeff Roberts

Patriotic History: The Death of the Last Saxon King - PH 071726

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