The opening page of the Vita Haroldi in its sole surviving manuscript, British Library Harley MS 3776
The Vita Haroldi (English: Life of Harold) is an anonymous Latin work, written around the year 1205, which claims to relate the life of king Harold Godwinson. It asserts that Harold was not killed at the Battle of Hastings but survived for many years, first journeying on the continent of Europe and then living as a hermit in various parts of England and Wales. It survives in only one manuscript, copied in Waltham Abbey, and it may have been composed there. Harold was certainly a patron of Waltham Abbey and was in all likelihood buried there.[1]
The VitaHaroldi (English: Life of Harold) is an anonymous Latin work, written around the year 1205, which claims to relate the life of king Harold Godwinson...
Waltham became an Augustinian foundation, and the new incumbents published VitaHaroldi ("The Life of Harold") soon afterwards, which records a legend that Harold...
two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part of the series Theatre 625. Barlow, Vita Ædwardi pp. 7–8. DeVries, The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066, pp....
two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part of the series Theatre 625. Barlow, Vita Ædwardi pp. 7–8. DeVries, The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066, pp....
preference for the succession. He died on 5 January 1066, according to the Vita Ædwardi Regis, but not before briefly regaining consciousness and commending...
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