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The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 2, 2021 at 10:29 pm
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.
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 2:25 am
(September 2, 2021 at 10:29 pm)theablekingathelstan Wrote: 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.
Unfortunately the facts contradict to "what you´ve been thinking for a few years".
The Bayeux Tapestry is not the only evidence for the norman conquest of britain.
That being said, i give you a 2/10. Time to go back under your bridge?
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 7:46 am
Um...take this up with historians, maybe? Do a decade of exhaustive research and write a book, maybe? Change world history by posting rant on Atheist forum...not likely.
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 8:00 am
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 8:12 am
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 8:25 am
(September 3, 2021 at 8:12 am)Spongebob Wrote: Go away, you smell of elderberries.
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 8:27 am
This feels like a Bates thread.
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 9:38 am
Um, welcome? Hope you make an introduction thread.
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RE: The Norman Conquest of England is a bs narrative
September 3, 2021 at 10:59 am
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(September 2, 2021 at 10:29 pm)theablekingathelstan Wrote: 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.
What specific conflicts between the depictions on the Tapestry and the story in the Chronicle are giving you trouble?
Incidentally, while royal Anglo-Saxon succession generally was by primogeniture, there are instances of the Witenagemot both electing and deposing kings (although both systems necessarily take a backseat to an angry Frenchman with a sizable army).
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