Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache
Except he couldn't wait, could he? The dastardly Normans were raping and pillaging along the south eastern coast in a tactic designed to lure Harry into a battle.

Also a large part of his army left him to gather in the harvest when he struck camp in York.

It took another 400 years for democracy to recover to the level at which it existed during Harolds time.
Here, here! Hussa for Harold!
Death and itchy bottoms to those dastardly Norman Fenchy types!