Peter Nicolai Arbo England 5th January 1066 , The English king Edward the confessor and then earl Harold Godwinson was proclaimed king at Westminster Abbey the day after the 6th. Edward the confessor had promised both Harold and William "Bastard" of Normandy the seat of the throne before he died. Both men were distant relatives to the childless Edward the confessor. When William heard of it he quickly raised an army. Harald Hardrada also claimed the English throne and he was faster than William the bastard and on 8th September,1066 240-300 Viking ships landed on the beaches of Scarborough and began an attempt to gain the English throne. 20th September,1066 Battle of Fulford : Harald Hardrada defeated the English earls Edwin and Walther. 2 days later Harald Hardrada attacked and conquered York. 24th September,1066 Harold Godwinson arrived after marching from London. 25th September,1066 Battle of Stamford bridge Battle of Stamford bridge Harald...
The people of Paris showed great bravery and courage in the defense of their home. In April they managed to pay Siegfred`s army to leave and the month after Charles the fat arrived with a big army. Siegfred returned, but Charles the fat was to scared to enter a "final match". The citizens of Paris were very bitter because Charles the fat paid 700 lbs silver to lift the siege, he even promised them a safe winter camp in Burgundy.
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London was recaptured from the Danes. Alfred the Great renamed it Lundenburgh. Slightly upstream from London Bridge he build a small harbor called Queenhythe. Alfred also created London mint. Control over London was handed to Earl Aethelred who married Alfred's daughter Ethelfleda.
Bedford became a border town separating Wessex and the Danelaw.
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