Battle of Hastings (Part 4/6)

[spike270490]

9 minutes into the 4th video is the battle of hastings

[incedius420]

What are the pillings on the beach at 4:15 for?

[spike270490]

@incedius420 they are to stop coastal errosion

[nialler12]

should have got the eurostar

[Grimrippa1]

Why are Normans sailing in Viking ships?

[GaryTotalWar]

@Grimrippa1 no wolf dragon or raven head so its not a viking warship

[Bl00DN00B]

@GaryTotalWar Yes but the Normans had War Cogs, not Longboats.

[WarSmurfs]

@Bl00DN00B Those wern't longboats in the video, those where galleys. And galleys where widely used since ancient greek times. It's a simple but effective design. War Cogs , as the name applies, are war ships, not transport ships. I'm pretty sure the normans implied galleys or carvels around that for transporting and trade.

[Bl00DN00B]

@WarSmurfs Well from what I see It does not look like a galley to me. Galleys had a Hammer at the bottom and a Usually had a ballista at the front. And in the video those boats look like longboats (video error). Also Galleys had eyes painted in on the outer hull. Plus galleys were used in Greek-Romano times like you said. In Medieval times from what I understand, only the Italians used them.

[Graham6762]

The jews run England now

[britboycarl]

Yeh, cause the french ships didnt look nothing like the "longboats" used by the vikings...

[evilscotsmin]

if england had allied its self with scotland the welsh and irish and not tryed to control them they would have been so much stronger maybe unstopable

[swollower]

Willam spent nearly a year raping and pillaging before crowning himself King.Well why wouldn`t he there was now one left to fight againat him!

[rometotalwarviper]

Lol when Harold heard that William had landed he probably told his exhausted men "good job lads now off to face the Normans"

[fuckinghell93]

I doubt it was bad weather that stopped the normans from invading, there is a popular rumor that william deliberately delayed the advance of his fleet so that while in stamford bridge the norsemen and saxons were fighting he could land unopposed

[Jazza12982]

@fuckinghell93 How on Earth would William know about a Viking invasion far to the north that even Harold had no reports of? They didn't have twitter back then mate.

[lesterclaypool1]

@fuckinghell93 william and harold had a deal to half the kingdom , the lack of wind to bring the boats across the channel is what slowed william the duke , or willim would just stay home he was already rich and was a duke, harold needed william more tham william needed harold, the message sent was to remind harold of the deal they struck,,, of corse harold claimed the crown was promised to him by edward and it was gibert that got promision from the pope to fight to do battle against harold

[spinynorman230]

lol, it was an uphill struggle XD

[gloin118118]

so he turned up burnt stuff and then at any point did he think o shit i just realised if i get the crown im the one that has to sort this out

[lesterclaypool1]

@gloin118118 well harold and william had a deal ,, made in 1064 harold was intitled to half the kingdom , a little known fact

[j3parrots]

The son seems to be getting just a bit annoyed with his old dad Pete Snow in the sailing bit .... like I want my own show

[spinynorman230]

I thought the same thing...

[Bierreisender]

Wait. Previously Harold had a journey of 180 miles (5 days) to the Bridge, but now he has 250? Is this correct?

[DNAz5646]

yes

[spinynorman230]

he was already at London when he marched north, now he had to march an additional distance past London.

[butzee]

Yeah on their best behaviour in france but made up for it when in sussex,totally ravaged the south coast