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Europa Regno Unito

title: CORONATION OF AROLDO II KING OF ENGLAND

subject date: 2006-09-01

caption: AROLDO II of England (Harold Godwinson of Wessex, ca 1022 - October 14, 1066), crowned second and last Saxon king of England in Westminster Abbey, after the death of Edward the Confessor; his reign lasted from 5 January to 14 October 1066, when he died in the battle of Hastings defending the throne from the Duke of Normandy William II, who came from across the Channel to claim his legitimacy in the succession to Edward. After the victory the Duke was in turn crowned King of England like William I, known as William the Conqueror, imposing the Norman dynasty on England. Detail from the Bayeux tapestry, embroidery on canvas that tells in images the events of the conquest of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom by the Normans, 11th century

category: HIS

city: Europa

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Regno Unito

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

place: Europa

file date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 39578

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XII

image epoch: Medioevo

subject century: XI

subject epoch: Medioevo

technique: Arazzo

id: 15284

file name: FSNgilardi_39578.jpg

keywords

Aroldo IIHarold GodwinsonHarold GodƿinsonWessexKingEnglandNormanHastingsBayeuxtapestryceremonycoronationthroneAbbeyWestminsterMiddle Agesglobescepterswordsovereigntapestry of Queen Matildabayeux tapestryTelle du ConquestEmbroideryUNESCOWorld Memory RegisterNorman conquest of England