KS_outline_period2_Harold

**I. Introduction/Thesis**  ====**a. ** We are the East Anglians  ==== ====**b.** We are trying to persecute the late King Harold for losing to Duke William at the Battle of Hastings. ==== ====**c.** We are not here to say that Earl Godwinson is a bad man; we are here to say that he made mistakes as a king and as an Earl. He made the majority of the mistakes between the time he landed in Normandy and the Battle of Hastings. ====  ** II. He did not use his resources and his mind was elsewhere. ** ====**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt">a. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Harold was wasting a lot of his time and people to try to find and attack Tostig’s army. He didn’t use his resources and just decided to wait until Tostig found them, which killed many people  ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">**b.** His Mind i. Pg. (241) “Go to the Lady. You must take her from here, Evyn.” <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> This statement shows that the king’s mind was not totally on the war that was happening. In my opinion, this is how he died because he was not paying attention to the atmosphere around him. ==== <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**c.** Pg. (169 )“I have no time for hunting now,” he protested. But they persisted. This shows that even the littlest argument could take the king’s mind off work. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">One thing Harold did wrong was he wasn’t preparing his people for the battle. ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">  ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">  <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> **III. One thing Harold did wrong was he wasn’t preparing his people for the battle**  ====

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====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**a.**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> When Harold accepted the crown he thought that there would be peace. On pg. (212)Harold says, “when I accepted the crown I dreamed of peace” ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">b. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> He also thought that they Normandy’s would come in the spring so he wasn’t preparing for combat. On the same page(as the other quote) Harold admits, “I thought we had more time,” and the he said, “I thought the Normans wouldn’t land until next spring. In the past week the country has fought two pitched battles the likes of which hasn’t been seen in England in my lifetime. The north is wet with our blood. The men are so tired they sleep on their feet.”   ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**c.** He also knew that ther weren't ready but he fought anyway.On page "better a man should die then live a cowards life." So that means that he would rather fight and die than chicken out and live. Then he would be thought of as a coward. ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**d Pg. (226)** says I must stop the Duke of Normady means he fights before he knows he is ready which we know is a big mistake. ==== <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"> <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">III. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> One of the main reasons why it is Harold’s fault for the Battle of Hastings is because he took the oath with the Duke of Normandy. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> ====<span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">a. **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> He could have refused to take the oath coming up with some kind of excuse. He could of made a speech about how the Duke of Normandy was so great and they may have taken the attention off of the oath. There were many things that he could of used to distract the people.(135) ==== ====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**b.** He also could have escaped the palace of the Duke of Normandy. Asked to leave because of an important excuse.(118) ====

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====<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**c**. Also simply refusing. (135) ====

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<span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri">IV. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">**Harold did not deal with Tostig in the right way and if he had the Battle of Hastings might not have happened**   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin"> (184-) “Yes I know. No doubt, he is waiting for Harald Hardrada and his army to join him. We must keep the fyrd in readiness.” Said Harold, and Gyrth says “this plan will fail, Harold. You cannot keep the fyrd waiting for months at a stretch. Most of the men are not soldiers. They are farmers. You’ve already extended their time. They must be allowed to return home to harvest crops –it is hay time already. If they don’t, people will starve next winter.”
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">a.    ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Harold makes his army stand for days waiting for Tostig to attack while crops wither and die.


 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> b. **    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Harold is determined to beat Tostig, however he made a big mistake with making his army stand for days and extending their allotted time. He weakened his own army.


 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> c. **    <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> Harold sends a spy after Tostig instead of dealing with Tostig himself. Harold sent a spy to trail Tostig but when the information that was needed was collected it would take the spy very long to reach Harold. The spy reached Harold and told him of Tostig's plans, but it was too late to stop Tostig so they gathered an army and began to wait.

**<span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">Conclusion **<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> d. **    <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> I think that if Harold had gotten rid of Tostig or made sure he wasnt a threat,then the battle of Stamford Bridge never would have happened.

**<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"> <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif">a. **<span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">  Harold made mistakes as a King and an Earl but he is a good man.


 * b.** The way he dealt with Tostig was one of his biggest mistakes he made through out the book.

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 * c.** When he was crowned king the results of his mistakes grew more prominent.   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">