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Showing posts with label Stigand. Show all posts
24 November 2024

The Trial of Penenden Heath

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Odo of Bayeux had it all. He was the half-brother of Duke William of Normandy (they shared a mother ), who made him a bishop. When William ...
02 August 2024

Edgar Ætheling, Part 1

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After the death of King Harold Godwinson on 14 October 1066 at the Battle of Hastings , the witenagemot wasted no time: the very next day, ...
05 June 2024

Dealing with the Godwins

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Godwin, the Earl of Wessex, was a powerful landowner during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066), and Edward was wary of him. Ed...
06 May 2014

The Fighting Bishop

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Tomb of Remigius, Lincoln Cathedral [ link ] A "ship list" exists of the ships used by William of Normandy when he conquered E...
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