My thoughts on 1066 events

Hi! I promised something about The Bastards trip from Dives to Pevensey, so here it is. Dives to St Valery Sur Somme The Bastard left Dives and I would expect took off in a generally northerly direction. This is because the coast from Fecamp to Dives generally goes north/south.Another little factor is that the Normans had to wait for a southerly to blow the ships/boats clear of the mouth of the River Dives.  There has been some discussion in academia about whether it was an actual delay as opposed to a political one. Some historians don't accept an actual delay for the weather but I think they're wrong. Let's look at the geography of the coast at Dives or it's modern equivalent Ouistreham. The coast changes direction from North/South at le Harve to East/West at Ouistreham, making onshore breezes at Ouistreham a straight northerly. Since the Normans had to take out the rowing benches for the horses then they were totally reliant on a southerly wind. One of the co...

The Battle of Hastings Hi, let me introduce myself. I'm Kevin and I've just spent the last 14 years looking into the Battle of Hastings. Over that time I've managed to acquire copies of the 4 early reports on the Battle namely  The Bayeux Tapestry, - Coffee table book showing the Bayeux Tapestry in a 1:1 ratio Gesta Guillelmi  by William of Poitiers Translation by Chibnall and Davis Oxford Medieval Texts Gesta Normannorum Ducum by William of   Jumièges  Translated by E.M.T Van Houts Oxford Medieval Texts ( Vols I and II) Carmen de Triumpho Normannico by Bishop Guy d'Amiens Translation by Kathleen Tyson I've also obtained 12th century sources such as  The Chronicle of Battle Abbey Translated by E Searle Oxford Medieval Texts The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis ( Vol II - Books III and IV) by Orderic Vitalis Translated by  Chibnall Oxford Medieval Texts The Chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon Translated by Thomas Forester A.M Copyright free C...