3-057-711 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Battle of Hastings, 1066, (second half of 15th century). Later depiction of the famous 11th-century victory of William the Conqueror's Norman knights over Harold's Anglo-Saxon army. The tents of both sides are shown and a castle in the distance. In the foreground, an intense battle takes place on horseback. On the left, archers shoot at the knights. From a "Chronique de Normandie", (Chronicle of Normandy), Rouen, France.