Battle of Hastings

How the Normans changed the history of Europe - the Battle of Hastings 1066

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owf5Uq4oFps

1. How did Normans get their name? Who were they?

2. What was their best-known achievement?

3. What event in the battle of Hastings made sure their victory?

4. What are the synonyms of cow and swine?

5. What happened in 1095-1099?

True / false / doesn’t say ?

1. In 1066 Normans waited behind trees for eight nights.

2. Population of England was at that time about 1 mln.

3. Simultaneously (одновременно) massive invasion (вторжение) occurred all around Europe.

4. 200 years earlier Vikings started to disembark (высаживаться) on the coast of southern France.

5. Charles was a son of the King Frank.

6. He ate some peas at 9:11 to stop the invasion.

7. The battle of Hastings happened at night.

8. Normans won.

9. First population census (перепись) was conducted by William.

10. Modern English is a combination of Normal French and Anglo-Saxon.

11. The consequences (последствия) of Normans invasion was not only bad.

Dictionary:

Exodus noun

• /ˈeksədəs/ [singular]

• exodus (from…) (to…)

• (formal) a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time

• the mass exodus from Paris to the country in the summer

Forebear noun

• /ˈfɔːbeə(r)/ /ˈfɔːrber/ (also forbear) [usually plural] (formal or literary)

• a person in your family who lived a long time ago

• synonym ancestor

Mercenary noun

• /ˈmɜːsənəri/ [countable] (plural mercenaries)

• a soldier who fights for any group or country that will pay them

Cavalry noun

• /ˈkævlri/ [singular, with singular or plural verb] BrENAmE

• the part of the army that fought on horses in the past; the part of the modern army that uses heavily protected vehicles

Lance noun

• /lɑːns/ /læns/

• a weapon with a long wooden handle and a pointed metal end that was used by people fighting on horses in the past

Legacy noun

• /ˈleɡəsi/ [countable]

• (plural legacies)

• money or property that is given to you after sb dies, because they wanted you to have it

• He received a large legacy from his grandmother.

• We are leaving a legacy of pollution and destruction to future generations.

the Bayeux Tapestry

/ðə ˌbaɪjɜː ˈtæpəstri/, /ðə ˌbeɪjɜː ˈtæpəstri/ /ðə ˌbeɪjuː ˈtæpəstri/, /ðə ˌbaɪjuː ˈtæpəstri/

a finely decorated cloth wall covering made in the 11th century. It shows the events that led to the Battle of Hastings (1066) between the Normans under William the Conqueror and the English under King Harold II, and the death of King Harold. It is 74 yards/68 metres long and is kept in a museum at Bayeux in northern France.

https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/explore-online/

https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/medieval-europe-islamic-world/a/bayeux-tapestry

Extra links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW4RKp23Z4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLy1LskT6Y8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiaCId6pANI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7boahKNrBo