Hallowed Ground Hastings, England
hen England’s King Edward the Confessor died on Jan. 5, 1066, it set off a chain of events that changed the course of European history. As Edward had left no direct heir, the Witenagemot, a council of Anglo-Saxon notables, selected his brother-in-law, Harold Godwinson, as the new king. He was crowned in London on January 6 as Harold II. But there were other powerful claimants to the English throne. Foremost among them
