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William the Conqueror

 

 

Hardrada invaded Northern England, near York, in September. So King Harold and the English army went to the North and defeated the Norwegians on September 25th. 

On September 28th, William arrived in the South, near Hastings. So King Harold walked 400 km South. The Battle of Hastings took place on October 14th.

Harold‘s men were tired. It was a difficult battle. Harold died and William won. He became King in London on Christmas Day. Today, William is known as William the Conqueror.

 

First part:

 

How many pretenders to the throne are there? What are their names? are pretenders to the throne: , and .

 

Vocabulary: find in the text the English for: royaume :  mourut : beau-frère : envahit : bataille : eut lieu : devint :

 

All these sentences are wrong: correct them.

William became King just after Edward.         

Hardrada was Swedish.        

Hardrada won against King Harold.      

The Battle of Hastings opposed Hardrada and William.          

King Harold won against William.            

 

Where did the 2 battles take place? The first battle took place near  and the second battle took place in .

 

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Second part:

 

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base verbale

traduction

was

died

wanted

voted

became

invaded

went

defeated

arrived

walked

took place

were

won

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