The Feudal Kingdoms of Europe

Abstract

When all other dates have faded from memory, one date is likely to remain — 1066, thought by some to be the only date in English history worth remembering. 1066 was an eventful year. The new king, Harold, with troubles in the Welsh west and the Danish north, found himself confronted in the space of a few weeks by an army of Scandinavians near York — this was the last real Viking invasion of England — and he finally fell victim, near Hastings, to a continental adventurer, backed up by the ruffians of Europe and a flag sent by the pope.