The Battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066) is remembered as the day England’s world flipped upside down. But the part most people miss is how close King Harold Godwinson came to holding the line. Harold had already raced north and won a brutal victory at Stamford Bridge, smashing one invasion—then immediately forced his battered army to march back south to meet another threat: Duke William of Normandy. The result was an exhausted English force facing a fresh, highly organized Norman army on Senla

One year before the battle of Hastings, Harold Godwinson went to Normandy and met with Duke William – the future William the Conqueror. But why? HistoryExtra’s Kev Lochun explains that the answer might be more complicated that we think. Head to HistoryExtra's Youtube channel for the full video, and find out the true history behind 1066 drama 'King and Conqueror'. | HistoryExtra