Tink, the illustration is exquisite, I thought...and I bookmarked the link for reference, concise but thorough! I learned that William ordered the Tower of London built! And, according to the link, those splendid Bayeux tapestry(ies?) were quite contemporary, perhaps commissioned by Eadith herself...
Here lifted is the part about the Saxons breaking ranks to chase the Normans, their undoing..."In the early afternoon William’s left flank of Bretons gave way, to be pursued down the hill by the fyrd they had been attacking. This break in the line, that Harold had so adamantly warned against, gave the Normans the opportunity to break into the Saxon position at the top of the slope. The incessant Norman attacks began to break up Harold’s army; the barrage of arrows taking a heavy toll, in particular wounding Harold in the eye."
And the names of Harold's brothers...Gurth and Leofwin...loved that...the whole story, still gripping your heart so powerfully, and poignant...just short of a thousand years on...