Selasa, 14 Maret 2017

Last Stand at Ely

After the 1066 Norman conquest an alliance of English rebels held out on the swamp-ringed isle of Ely— but William would not be denied. On Oct. 14, 1066, the Norman- French army defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings. Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, lay dead on the field along with …

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