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425 – Hereward: The Fall of Ely

The British History Podcast

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The Importance of Forgiveness

Private Thurstan and his monks returned to the refectory. They were safely in the king's good graces thanks to their early collaboration with his forces. And they were also pretty hungry, starving in fact. It was lunchtime, so they went off in search of some notch. Meanwhile, as William's knights carried out the mutilations and imprisonments,. God knows what else. He needed to take care of something. You see, this campaign had been some pretty ugly business. So yeah, he needed to sort a few things out with God. Which meant going to the shrine of St. Athlthrith - who was the patron saint of all of these people that

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