Poitier's Promise to Duke William

As king edward of england lay dying, the king sent his chief man, harold godwinson, to travel to normandy and tell duke william that he would be the next king of england. No contemporary english sources say any hin about this promise, and it's something that only the norman panegyrics mention with poitier being one of the biggest. As such, it's highly unlikely to have occurred. But having laid out the likely fabricated promise, poitier moves on to the real heart of the story. He tells us that after this flurry of oaths and submission, d Duke william kitted out harold and his men with