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==Harald Hardrade's 'Land-Wasterwaster' Banner==
Also known as Land-ravager. 'Landøyðan' and '' in Icelandic. <br>
The Heimskringla was written around c.1230AD by Snorri Sturluson.
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* '''Saga of Harald Hardrade. From the Heimskringla''' From the Heimskringla ::* Treaty between Harald and Svein broken
::<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"A little after this it happened that Harald and Svein one evening were sitting at table drinking and talking together, and Svein asked Harald what valuable piece of all his property he esteemed the most.<br>
::<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">He answered, it was his '''banner Land-waster'''.<br>
:* SKIRMISH OF ORRE.
::<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"Eystein Orre came up at this moment from the ships with the men who followed him, and all were clad in armour. Then Eystein got '''King Harald's banner Land-ravager'''; and now was, for the third time, one of the sharpest of conflicts, in which many Englishmen fell, and they were near to taking flight." [LAING 1907]
==King Harold’s ‘Fighting Man’ banner==
King Harold’s personal banner is described by three sources although only two of them mention the ‘Fighting Man’.
* '''William of Poitiers, Gesta Willelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum''' (The Deeds of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England) c.1071AD
* '''William of Malmesbury, Chronicle of the Kings of England''' (Gesta Regum Anglorum) c.1125AD
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::<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"The king himself on foot, stood with his brother, near the standard; in order that, while all shared equal danger, none might think of retreating. This standard William sent, after the victory, to the pope; it was sumptuously embroidered, with gold and precious stones, in the form of a '''man fighting'''." [GILES 1847:p.276]
* '''Master Wace, The Chronicle of the Norman Conquest''' (Roman de Rou), c.1174
:* Line 11,450
::<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">“When Harold had made all ready, and given his orders, he came into the midst of the English, and dismounted by the side of the standard, Leofwin and Gurth, his brothers, were with him; and around him he had barons enough, as he stood by his gonfanon, which was in truth a noble one, sparkling with gold and precious stones. After the victory William sent it to the apostle, to prove and commemorate his great conquest and glory.” [TAYLOR 1837]</span><br>
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