Osprey's Campaign title for the Battle of Hastings, which was fought on
14th October 1066 between Duke William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson,
king of England, and which irrevocably changed the course of English
history. William's victory ensured his accession to the English throne.
Hastings was also decisive in another way: the horrendous casualties
suffered by the English nobility both there and at the two earlier
battles of Fulford and Stamford Bridge resulted in there being very few
men influential enough to lead an English resistance once William had
been crowned. William would survive long enough to successfully found a
Norman dynasty of English kings.