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The Oath of Harold Godwinson

By Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

William the Conqueror’s chaplain used to tell this story to those who doubted his master’s claim to the English crown.

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Picture: From the Bayeux Tapestry, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.. Source.

Posted November 18 2024

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One Vast Heap of Booty

By Orderic Vitalis

Embarrassed by the behaviour of his Norman bishops and abbots, King William I asked monk Guitmond to come over and set an example.

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Posted August 15 2022

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A Feast in Time of Slaughter

By Edward Freeman

After winning the English crown at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy ensured everyone understood what kind of man their new King was.

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Posted March 4 2021

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The Voyage of Sigurd

From The Saga of Edward the Confessor

Back in the eleventh century English refugees founded New York, but it wasn’t in North America.

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Picture: By Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted March 25 2020

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Home from Home

By Goscelin of Canterbury

In Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire, a man from Kent founded a glittering church for English refugees.

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Posted March 24 2020

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The Battle of Hastings

After King Edward the Confessor died childless, Europe’s princes stepped forward to claim the prize of England’s crown.

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Posted August 28 2019

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