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Battle of Hastings, The (33 page)

Wherwell, abbey of
24
,
27

Whitelock, Dorothy
63–4
,
68
,
76–7

Wilfrid, St
70

William the Bastard
see
William of Normandy

William, Count of Arques
42

William I (the Conqueror), King of England

campaign of oppression
201
,
207–8

coronation
141–2
,
200
,
222
,
223

death
207–8

and English Church
205–7

harrying of the north
201–2
,
208

rebellions against
205

see also
Domesday Book; William of Normandy

William II Rufus, King of England
40
,
67
,
208
,
211

and English army
102
,
108

William FitzOsbern, Earl of Breteuil
201

William of Jumièges,
Gesta Normannorum Ducum
34
,
38
,
43
,
141
,
170–1
,
174

value as source
106
,
223
,
227

William of Malmesbury (chronicler)
135
,
195
,
197
,
205
,
213
,
218

and Cnut
10

and English Church
67

value as source
176
,
227–8

William of Normandy

battle of Val-ès-Dunes
41
,
93

and county of Maine
33
,
52
,
132

and death of Harold II
192–3
,
197

education and literacy
80–1

and Harold Godwinson
47–53
,
131

Harold’s oath to
48
,
50–4
,
133
,
138
,
199
,
216
,
225

marriage
25
,
42
,
168

as military leader
93–4
,
112
,
115–6
,
203

military strategy
170–1
,
173
,
179–81
,
183
,
193
,
199

and navy
105
,
106
,
131

and Norwegian invasion
161
,
181

and papacy
52
,
138–43
,
165
,
168
,
199

and papal banner
4
,
140
,
142–3

preparation for invasion
131–3
,
140
,
143–5
,
159–60

and succession to Edward II the Confessor
29
,
32
,
37–44
,
49–50
,
53–4
,
129
,
165
,
223
,
229

and Tostig Godwinson
125–6
,
143–4

visit to Edward II the Confessor
25
,
38–9
,
42–3

William of Poitiers,
Gesta Guillelmi

and battle of Hastings
162
,
170–1
,
173–5
,
178–9
,
181
,
183–8
,
191–2
,
194
,
196
,
199

and battle of Stamford Bridge
161

and
Carmen de Hastingæ Proelio
220–1

and English wealth
63
,
67
,
71

and Harold II
52–3
,
105
,
128–9
,
164–5

and Norman army
111
,
115
,
118
,
120
,
185–6

and Norman rule of England
205

and papal banner
142

and preparations for invasion
131
,
133
,
138
,
140–1
,
145–6
,
160

and succession to Edward II
37
,
38–9
,
47–8
,
50–3

and succession to Harold II
200

value as source
45
,
141
,
217–18
,
223–4

Williams, Ann
128

Winchester, as seat of treasury
20

wind direction
2–3
,
116
,
140
,
145
,
147
,
151
,
159–61
,
222

Witan (Great Council)
9
,
23

and succession to Edward the Confessor
29
,
33–4
,
39
,
45
,
127–8

women, in Anglo-Saxon society
74–5

Wormald, Patrick
60
,
125

Wulfnoth Godwinson
40
,
48–9
,
54

Wulfstan, Archbishop of York
90
,
125

Wulfstan, St, Bishop of Worcester
128
,
207
,
226

Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev
35

York
149–50
,
151
,
152
,
163
, 164 and Tostig
148
,
149
,
150

Index compiled by Meg Davies, Fellow of the Society of Indexers

PLATES

1. Bayeux Tapestry: Earl Harold talks with King Edward before setting out on his journey to Normandy. Note that there is no indication of the subject of
their conversation.

2. Bayeux Tapestry: ‘Where Harold makes his oath to Duke William’.

3. Jumièges Abbey Church, on which it is thought that Edward the Confessor’s Westminster Abbey was modelled.

4. Bayeux Tapestry: ‘[Harold] comes to Edward’. Harold’s conversation with the king when he returns from Normandy.

5. Hinged clasp from the Sutton Hoo burial mound; these objects are characteristic of the exquisite jewellery made by the Anglo-Saxons: the cloisonné work,
set with garnets, is thought to have been typical of Kent. The clasp, when closed, is curved, probably to fit the shoulder.

6. Bayeux Tapestry: ‘Here sits Harold, King of the English’. The coronation of Harold. Archbishop Stigand is shown beside him, with the
implication that he crowned him.

7. Harold’s coinage. On the reverse side, the silver penny bears the single word,
Pax
, ‘peace’. The king’s crowned head, though
obviously designed to symbolize majesty, shows more indications of being an attempt at a realistic likeness than most earlier English coins.

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