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395 – Rearranging the Deck chairs on HMS England

The British History Podcast

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Queen Edith's Submission to Winchester

King edward's widow and king harold's sister had just accepted him as overlord. And i'm pretty sure that she probably thought this was as good of a deal as she was going to get. With her submission, now the normans could argue that the queen of england, with links to both the house of wessex and the house of godwin supported his claim. The records report that william was absolutely see over edgar's elevation and the fact that the english rejoiced at this selection. So he wanted some payback. Meanwhile, in the broken tower, things were finally starting to firm up and take shape. After what the carman says was an entire

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