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What the documentary does not emphasize sufficiently is William's administrative ability. When William the conquerer needed an army, he could raise an army. As a leader he was tough, determined and courageous. In history as in his own life, he had many detractors. And some of the criticism was true. Letting Odo rule England was one of his worst mistakes. And Harold was not the last noble to betray William, so as a judge of character there were probably major flaws. In history he is sometimes viewed as unbeatable, but his contemporaries didn't think so, hence the rebellions. On the battlefield, he was not known as a tactical genius. This is one of the reasons Hastings was such a grinder. So I will end with Napoleon's maxim about how he would prefer a lucky general to a good general. And William certainly was lucky. take care rwmccoy

Great hour spent thanks 🙏🏽 😁

@17:25, that is actual Dutch being spoken, how nice to put that much detail in this documentary. Though it is modern Dutch and not old-Dutch as was spoken back then, none the less nicely done.

Thank you for a great moment in history!!!

🤣 Hailey's Comet from the tapestry flying across the sky made me actually laugh out loud

Too bad Emma is missing from this story, in fact the whole backstory is missing from this video. Emma, a Norman, was William's aunt who was married to 1) Ethelred King of England and 2) King Cnut after he gained the throne of England. She was a powerful woman, Regent for much of her son's reign (Harthacnut son of Cnut). During this time she and Harold's father were violent rivals. Many Norman's served and obtained land in England due to her influence. Her son by Ethelred, Edward the Confessor, had spent much of his early life exiled in Normandy. So there were two major power groups already vying for power in England for many years prior to William's invasion. The Vikings formed a considerable part of the English population and probably also favoured the Norman's - also Vikings who had settled in France. It could be said that the 'invasion' of 1066 was more the outcome of a family feud rather than an invasion by foreigners.

Great production

I have homework about him and thats was so helpful thank you

Yay!! Love these

Finally seeing one of these the day it comes out 🔥 🔥 love the acting

Love the channel. . .

The realest to ever do it.

im learning about william in school and im 8 years old 💗

why does the thumbnail show a pic of Dr. Phil?

Since I found out that William is my 36 times great grandfather it has a diffrent gravity to watch documentations like this

Always thought that when the Anglo Saxon English shouted 'Out, Out Out....' at the enemy, it would have sounded more like 'Oot, Oot, Oot'.

Wild how a man who ended so many innocent lives was so devoted to his wife, the duality of man I guess lmao!

Very helpful I am related to him and I wanted to research my heritage

You put a lot of work into your documentaries. Great work. It also struck me that the thumbnail looks like Captain Kangaroo.

Harold swearing feality to William was a sham. Harold was shipwrecked in Normandy and a prisoner. Harold was then forced into Williams service as a knight. We cannot believe that Harold did this with the upmost intention of honoring this oath and was done to amuse William. Only after this oath was given that Harold was allowed to leave Normandy. William was well aware of the court politics in England and was trying to plant his own claim to the throne.