Stamford Bridge, 1066 AD – The battle that ended the Viking Age – Godwinson vs Hardrada
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🚩 According to legend, a single Viking warrior held the narrow bridge against the English for a time. He killed about 40 English warriors before he was killed. In the fierce fighting that followed, both Harald Hardrada and Tostig were killed, along with most of the Viking host. Harald’s death in battle is considered to have marked the end of the Viking Age in Europe. The English had experienced a swift and decisive victory at Stamford Bridge, but just three days later news reached King Harold that William of Normandy was commencing his invasion to take the throne.
📢 Narrated by David McCallion
🎼 Music:
Epidemic Sounds
Filmstro
📚 Sources:
McLynn, Frank, 1066: the Year of the Three Battles (ISBN: 0-7126-6672-9).
Walker, Ian, Harold: the Last Anglo-Saxon King (ISBN: 0-7509-3763-7).
Hill, Paul, The Anglo-Saxons at War (ISBN: 9781844685431).
Hollway, Don, The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada (ISBN: 978-1-47828-4653-2).
Morris, Marc, The Norman Conquest (ISBN: 978-1-448-13602-5).
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🚩 According to legend, a single Viking warrior held the narrow bridge against the English for a time. He killed about 40 English warriors before he was killed. In the fierce fighting that followed, both Harald Hardrada and Tostig were killed, along with most of the Viking host. Harald's death in battle is considered to have marked the end of the Viking Age in Europe. The English had experienced a swift and decisive victory at Stamford Bridge, but just three days later news reached King Harold that William of Normandy was commencing his invasion to take the throne.
Harald Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada (harðráði; modern Norwegian: Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066.