Daily archives: August 23, 2016

Some people apparently seemed to think that William the Conqueror (also known as William the Bastard) was a jovial, friendly, fluffy-bunny of a man…. what were they smoking??? The Harrying of the North was not the act of a nice chap…. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/20/william-i-how-we-misunderstood-the-conqueror-for-950-years