**Disclaimer** I'm sure there is already a thread out about the topic im going to bring up, but i can't for the life of me find it,so im going to start a new one**Disclaimer**
as all should know, 1066 AD (fuck the man and his fascist C.E. BS) was a very turbulent time for the little island country of England. Edward the Confessor, one of England's better kings, died without issue. there were three pretenders for the throne.
Harold Godwinson claimed the throne througha promise Edward supposedly made a few years before he died. Harold took the throne on the death of the Confessor, and held it foe less than a year.
William the Bastered of Normandy had a better claim, i think one of his sisters was an in-law of the ruling house or something. in any case his claim carried more weight i believe since even Harold had pledged to support him.
the third was Harold Hardrade who had the shakiest claim. Tostig Godwinson, Harold's brother supported Hardrade as did a few minor Anglo-Saxon nobles
assuming, that Stanford Bridge goes the same, if not better for Godwinson, and he manages to defeat William at Hastings, what sort of world are we looking at with a Saxon England? i know off the top of my head there would be no Hundred Years war since the Plantagenets would not be on the throne. and many things the Normans brought to the island such as counties as opposed to shires, and a different sort of Feudalism would be carried off on the wings of butterflies. but what else changes?
as all should know, 1066 AD (fuck the man and his fascist C.E. BS) was a very turbulent time for the little island country of England. Edward the Confessor, one of England's better kings, died without issue. there were three pretenders for the throne.
Harold Godwinson claimed the throne througha promise Edward supposedly made a few years before he died. Harold took the throne on the death of the Confessor, and held it foe less than a year.
William the Bastered of Normandy had a better claim, i think one of his sisters was an in-law of the ruling house or something. in any case his claim carried more weight i believe since even Harold had pledged to support him.
the third was Harold Hardrade who had the shakiest claim. Tostig Godwinson, Harold's brother supported Hardrade as did a few minor Anglo-Saxon nobles
assuming, that Stanford Bridge goes the same, if not better for Godwinson, and he manages to defeat William at Hastings, what sort of world are we looking at with a Saxon England? i know off the top of my head there would be no Hundred Years war since the Plantagenets would not be on the throne. and many things the Normans brought to the island such as counties as opposed to shires, and a different sort of Feudalism would be carried off on the wings of butterflies. but what else changes?