The year 1066 is remembered for William the Conqueror, but before the Normans set foot in England, another army came for its crown. That autumn, the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada landed near York with close to ten thousand men. He was the last great Viking ruler, a warrior who had fought across Europe and built his legend in blood and fire. His goal was not a raid. It was conquest. On September 20, his forces met the English earls Edwin and Morcar near the village of Fulford. The two armies fac