Battle of Hastings - Latest thoughts
Latest Thoughts on the Battle of Hastings Just to let you know that I have been quietly beavering away on the Battle while I'm waiting for permission to metal detect on my site of choice and preparing a talk for a possible symposium later on this year. The Bayeux Tapestry After much thought and testing , I've come to the conclusion that scenes from the Battle were taken at 3 hourly intervals throughout the day that is at Tierce ( 0900), Sext (1200), None (1500) and Vespers (1800) and put on the Tapestry. Consider. From other sources it is generally accepted that the Battle started at 0900 (Tierce). 3 hours later, at noon or Sext, that engagement was drawing to a close as the shield wall had been shattered and the Normans where dispatching the remnants of the Huscarls. Now the next scene shows the Norman knights attacking fresh but unarmoured men. So according to the official version of events, these Fyrd had the sense to build prepared defenc...