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393 – To Kill a Legend

The British History Podcast

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William of Malmsbury - A New Record

William of malmsbury says that, despite the contemporary norman accounts, actually william did give the body to his mother. Mamsbury also claims that githa then buried harold at his beloved church at waltham. And obviously this story is bulshiit. No contemporary account suggests anything of the sort. Also, no normans who actually knew william in life ever spoke about him in a way that suggested he was kind or worried about a mother's feelings.

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