Harold Godwinson Did Not Die In 1066
When William of Normandy (AKA William the Conqueror) invaded England, Harold Godwinson and his troops hurried to meet them at the Battle of Hastings .
The Normans won the battle and took over England but the stories of the circumstances of Harold’s death are not conclusive.
The first existing record we have comes in the year 1080 by Amatus, a monk from the abbey of Monte Cassino, which clearly describes William as having ‘gouged out his (Harold’s) eye with an arrow.’ This depiction is then repeated in some later descriptions (eg. William of Malmesbury in 1118).
Others claim that the arrow in the eye story was actually added by the Normans after the 1066 battle to reinforce William’s claim to rule, and that the story is based on the death of Harold Hardrada by an arrow in the throat at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in September of the same year.
Others claim the death of Harold Godwinson came many years later. They say he spent two years recovering from wounds sustained in battle and then went on a pilgrimage in France and England. He returned in his old age and lived as a hermit at Dover and Chester. Just before he died, he revealed his true identity.
Do winners write history and Harold never truly died?
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