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— Understanding the past through primary sources, analysis, and debateHow cruel was William the Conqueror to the Anglo-Saxons? This document reveals the "miserable" truth
An inquest juror. A disgraced earl's brother. A one-eyed pretender bishop appear in the Bayeux Tapestry's telling of 1066, and their presence complicates the standard Norman victory narrative. The stitching, it turns out, carries more politics than the battle scenes let on.
— via HistoryExtra (BBC), Michael Wood
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