Reading the Past | William Rufus: In The Conqueror's Shadow? @ReadingthePast | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 29 minutes ago.
It’s time for us to explore what we know about William II, let’s see if we can bring him out of his father’s shadow…
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Trials of Ordeal mentioned in: youtu.be/smlIznkeONc
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry (1070s). Held by the Bayeux Museum.
Manuscript illumination showing William the Conqueror's children by an unknown artist (14th century). Held by the British Library, Royal MS 14 B vi.
Robert “Curthose” of Normandy by Henri Decaisne (1843). Held by the Palace of Versailles.
Robert Wounds His Father from James William Edmund Doyle’s “A Chronicle of England” (1864), page 109.
William injured at Mantes from James William Edmund Doyle’s “A Chronicle of England” (1864), page 112.
William the Conqueror brought back after his death to the church at Boscherville by Théodore Géricault (1823). Held by the British Museum.
Miniature of William II from Matthew Paris's Historia Anglorum (c.1253). Held by the British Library, MS Royal 14.C.VII.
Map of Cumbria, UK with districts shown (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cumbria_UK_location_map.svg).
Relief map of England, UK (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:England_relief_location_map.jpg).
Illustration in the Grandes Chroniques de France showing the death of King William II, known as William Rufus, while hunting (c.1274). Held by the British Library, Royal MS 16 G vi.
Quoted texts:
William of Malmesbury, De gestis regum Anglorum (1125)
Frank Barlow, ODNB entry on William II.
Kathleen Thompson, ODNB entry on Robert “Curthose”.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #Medieval #Norman
It’s time for us to explore what we know about William II, let’s see if we can bring him out of his father’s shadow…
Please check out my website and sign up to the mailing list to receive updates from me: katrinamarchant.com
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Also, if you want to get in touch, please comment down below or find me on social media:
Instagram and Threads: katrina.marchant
Twitter: @kat_marchant
TikTok: @katrina_marchant
Email: readingthepastwithdrkat@gmail.com
Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]
SFX from freesfx.co.uk/Default.aspx
Linked videos and playlists:
Trials of Ordeal mentioned in: youtu.be/smlIznkeONc
Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry (1070s). Held by the Bayeux Museum.
Manuscript illumination showing William the Conqueror's children by an unknown artist (14th century). Held by the British Library, Royal MS 14 B vi.
Robert “Curthose” of Normandy by Henri Decaisne (1843). Held by the Palace of Versailles.
Robert Wounds His Father from James William Edmund Doyle’s “A Chronicle of England” (1864), page 109.
William injured at Mantes from James William Edmund Doyle’s “A Chronicle of England” (1864), page 112.
William the Conqueror brought back after his death to the church at Boscherville by Théodore Géricault (1823). Held by the British Museum.
Miniature of William II from Matthew Paris's Historia Anglorum (c.1253). Held by the British Library, MS Royal 14.C.VII.
Map of Cumbria, UK with districts shown (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cumbria_UK_location_map.svg).
Relief map of England, UK (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:England_relief_location_map.jpg).
Illustration in the Grandes Chroniques de France showing the death of King William II, known as William Rufus, while hunting (c.1274). Held by the British Library, Royal MS 16 G vi.
Quoted texts:
William of Malmesbury, De gestis regum Anglorum (1125)
Frank Barlow, ODNB entry on William II.
Kathleen Thompson, ODNB entry on Robert “Curthose”.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Also consulted, were:
Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
#History #Medieval #Norman
