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The loss of the heir to the throne threw England into crisis.
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From the Bayeux Tapestry, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
William the Conqueror’s chaplain used to tell this story to those who doubted his master’s claim to the English crown.
© Ethan Doyle White, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Embarrassed by the behaviour of his Norman bishops and abbots, King William I asked monk Guitmond to come over and set an example.
© Tim Green. 2.0.
Two monks vying for the abbot’s chair at one of England’s prestigious monasteries each promised King William Rufus handsome rewards for his favour.
© Sergey Ashmarin, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kings of Norway educated in England drew on the experience of English clergy to establish Christianity in their own land.
By William Hole (1846-1917), via the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
When Malcolm III, King of Scots, met Princess Margaret of Wessex, he knew at once that he had found a woman capable of setting an example to a whole nation.
By Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
Back in the eleventh century English refugees founded New York, but it wasn’t in North America.