In September 1066, Harald Hardrada and a force of 8000 Viking warriors invaded ... had been waiting in the south of England, anticipating an invasion from William from France.

In 1066 there were two invasions of England, a Viking and a Norman invasion. The Vikings were defeated but the Normans succeeded in conquering England, bringing to an end Anglo-Saxon England.

These are supplemented by some Norse sagas, poetic accounts of the adventures of Viking warlords ... Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. Harold won a brilliant victory over a Norse invasion at ...