Harold, the last king of the Anglo-Saxons

King Harold, Son Godwin (approx. 1022-1066), is one of the most famous and at the same time mysterious figures in English history. Harold became king of England in 1066, and this year turned out to be fatal for the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom: two applicants for the crown invaded the English land - the Norwegian konung Harald Stern and Norman Duke Wilhelm Conqueror. Harold fought with Norwegian and won, but lost the battle of Hastings Duke Wilhelm and fell in battle. Wilhelm was glorified on the chronicles as a winner and received the invisitor from the descendants. Harold remained in history as a loser, nine months of his reign were deliberately committed to oblivion, and even the grave was lost. The triumpling Normans rewrote the story by exposing the last Anglo-Saxon king by the usurper and a krahatvopart. Until the very recent time, historians considered the victory during Hastings the celebration of the feudal cavalry over the backward Anglo-Saxon infantry. Even in modern Britain, almost nothing is known about the last Anglo-Saxon king. Those few who heard his name usually know that he was defeated in the battle of Hastings and was killed by an arrow in his eye, but hardly heard something else about his life and acts. However, in reality, everything was different. In the book of Scottish historian Y. Walker"s attention to the reader is offered a brilliant study of the life and reign of Harold, from which it clearly follows that this Anglo-Saxon Earl and the king was a gifted politician and a skilled warlord: good luck has led him only once, during the battle, which turned out to be fatal. The events of 1066 in the interpretation of Walker take a completely different look: the war on two fronts with Norwegians and Normanians, which Harold led carefully and virtuoso, he won. The author himself was best written: The truth is that in the fall of 1066 this outstanding person faced an unprecedented critical situation. He fearlessly accepted the challenge and was very close to overcome this grand crisis. In the end, he fell under the burden of circumstances, finding that at the last moment luck left him.