HUMAN-111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Autocracy, Witenagemot, Harold Godwinson
12 Oct 2020
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After his death there was no clear heir to the throne. Harold godwinson was designated by the witan as king o he was a powerful man, most land, he and his family had controlled the whole kingship during the reign of. This opened up a kind of free for all. Several people decided to try and take place of harold to control the kingdom. William, duke of normandy, battle of hastings o becomes the new king, by right. He won the first and lost the second of conquest o bayeux tapestry, norman account. What we see following william"s very strong rule is a very strong kingship which survived some very bad kings consultation element, which will ultimately break autocracy in the 17th century. 987 the last of the carolingians died. The foundation of the capetian dynasty: hugh capet, 987 o he was chosen because he was weak and least likely to be able to challenge the barons.
