Chapter 1: 1066 and all that

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  1. 4. Ordinary villagers in Anglo-Saxon England.
  2. 5. A famous Anglo-Saxon poem.
  3. 7. King of Norway in 1066 and contender for the throne of England.
  4. 9. This king died in January 1066 and ignited a struggle over who would succeed him as King of England.
  5. 11. Earl of Wessex and chosen by the Witan to become king of England.
  6. 12. The majority of Harold Godwinson's forces were composed of these troops.
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  1. 1. Harold Godwinson emerges victorious in this battle in late 1066 CE.
  2. 2. Groups of people who live by hunting and gathering plant foods.
  3. 3. A wave of settlers who arrived in Britain from central Europe around 2,500 BCE.
  4. 4. This term refers to the study of when things happened.
  5. 5. Earls Edwin and Morcar are defeated in this battle by Harald Hardrada's forces.
  6. 6. These were Harold Godwinson's finest and most skilled troops.
  7. 8. Huge official diaries kept by monks in Anglo-Saxon England.
  8. 10. Copper and tin are combined to produce this type of metal.
  9. 12. Slaves in Anglo-Saxon England.