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.

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 ...

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.