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Was God Against the Godwin Sins, or Just Harold?
With the deadlock broken, the whitshan declared that the next king of england would be the 14 year old hungarian born edgar, the atheling. But that didn't mean everyone was happy about it. In particular, we're told that many of the assembled churchmen posed this selection. And that's not entirely surprising. Archbishop stiggand and bishop wolstan of worcester were friends and allies of king harold godwinson.