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1066: Sailing Into the Storm

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Godwin's Legacy - A Brief History

William was a bastard, the term used at that time for an illegitimate son born out of wedlock. His father was a duke of normandy, and his mother was the duke's mistress. The fact of his birth was a problem for him and for his authority. He had all these men's hands and feet cut off as sort of warning. And so naturally it was very important for edward to keep some one like this on his side  and avoid any conflict with william.

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