401 – Norms and Normans

The podcast explores the repercussions of Count Eustis' failed seizure of Dover, William of Normandy's effort to legitimize his reign, the impact of William's perspective on his laws and the complaints of the English, the murder fine and institutional segregation imposed by the Normans, the significance of Abbey of Fachamp and the Bishopric of Dorchester, and the bishops' efforts in drafting a penitential ordinance.