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385 – The Audacity of Boats

The British History Podcast

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Harold and Agatha's Betrothals Were Routine and Were Routinely Broken Off

The claims of a betrothal between harold and one of william's daughters is hotly debated. If it took place, that betrothal would have been agatha, who was at most a young teenager when the incident occurred. And beyond the obvious yiks factor, that massive age gap means that if this betrothal took place, which is hotly debated, it wasn't something that would have triggered for many, many years. The whole thing is dodgy as hell. It paints harold not as a victim of conquest, but as the arrogant, tyrannical scoundrel who had it coming. Right on cue, you've got hand ringing and pearl clutching in the

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