According to legend, a single soldier held up one side's advance across a bridge over the Derwent River until an English soldier speared him from under the bridge.
While the eventual winner of this battle offered his traitorous brother his old position back in exchange for laying down his arms, the brother's ally was only offered "seven feet of… earth." This battle followed one at Fulford, in which the brothers Morcar and Edwin were defeated. According to legend, a single soldier held up one side's advance across a bridge over the Derwent River until an English soldier speared him from under the bridge. The defeat of Tostig and Harald Hardrada here cleared the way for the victor to proceed south, where he was killed less than three weeks later. For 10 points, name this battle that marked the end of the Viking Era whose victor Harold Godwinson would be killed on October 14, 1066, at Hastings.
While the eventual winner of this battle offered his traitorous brother his old position back in exchange for laying down his arms, the brother's ally was only offered "seven feet of… earth.
Battle of Stamford Bridge