Lost Vatican Letter Recasts 1066 as a Holy War Against “Followers of Satan”
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Lost Vatican Letter Recasts 1066 as a Holy War Against “Followers of Satan”
A lost papal letter suggests King Harold’s support for a rival pope may have helped turn the Norman Conquest into part of a wider European power struggle. For generations, the story of 1066 has seemed straightforward: a disputed crown, an invading duke, and a decisive battle that ended Anglo-Saxon rule in England. But new research [...]
New research suggests that the Norman Conquest of 1066 may have been influenced by a papal conflict involving the choice of two rivals for the papal throne. Fragments of a lost papal letter, preserved in the Vatican, indicate that Harold II's support for a rival pope may have altered the dynamics of the struggle for control of the Church in Europe. New context for the Norman Conquest The traditional narrative of the Norman Conquest centers on th…
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