This is something I've been thinking for a few years.
I don't get the common narrative of the Norman Conquest, since there are holes in it.
The Bayeux Tapestry (which is actually an embroidery) was commissioned by the Normans. Like it's gonna be objective, right?
William said that King St. Edward the Confessor promised him the throne. I say bullshit. It wasn't his to promise, because the throne passed to the next eligible male relative of the king in the Anglo-Saxon system.
And the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles contradict the Tapestry. So which is right or wrong?
just a concocted narrative really.
I don't get the common narrative of the Norman Conquest, since there are holes in it.
The Bayeux Tapestry (which is actually an embroidery) was commissioned by the Normans. Like it's gonna be objective, right?
William said that King St. Edward the Confessor promised him the throne. I say bullshit. It wasn't his to promise, because the throne passed to the next eligible male relative of the king in the Anglo-Saxon system.
And the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles contradict the Tapestry. So which is right or wrong?
just a concocted narrative really.
