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Aspects of the English royal succession, 1066-1199: the death of the king

December 28, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Tomb of William the Conqueror

The death of any ruler in the twelfth century, even if it were expected, caused a considerable amount of shock and disquiet amongst those who were left behind.

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The Arthur of the chronicles

September 30, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Even if we cannot accept the claim made by Geoffrey in his introduction that his putative source was ‘attractively composed to form a consecutive andorderly narrative’, he certainly made extensive use ofWelsh genealogies andking-lists.

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