William of Poitiers and the battle of Hastings story 950 years later

Abstract

This paper aims to evoke, in the year of the commemoration of the 950th anniversary of its occurrence, the one that is considered the most decisive battle of European medieval history: the Battle of Hastings, fought on October 14, 1066, in southern England, between King Harold II Godwinson and the Duke William of Normandy. And this is done in a very special way, providing to the Portuguese-speaking public the translation of the  paragraphs alluding to this combat which were produced between 1071 and 1077 by the clergyman William of Poitiers usually quoted as the most important written source of the event. The article consists of an   introduction (in which the narrative’s author is presented and the main moments of his vibrant combat’s description are recalled) and an appendix, where the Latin text is transcribed and the corresponding Portuguese translation presented (we believe that for the first time, at least in a bilingual version).

https://doi.org/10.14195/1645-2259_16_1