how is it slander? Seems like it paints him in a far better, more intelligent light.
Also, it’d be libel.
Fnrjkdh on
Jokes aside, it’s not really slander. It’s just a historian trying to argue that he likely used boats
> But Tom Licence, a professor of medieval history and literature at UEA, found the ships returned to their home base in London and remained operational, which suggests that they were likely used by Harold during his journey and to defend against the invasion.
These researchers appears to be too Hasting to conclusion.
Public-Comparison550 on
So the march was just something everybody assumed happened?
El_Lanf on
I personally felt that this particular chapter was already conflating with the march to Stamford Bridge which IMO is the real feat that we should celebrate, as its far cooler as they not only managed to muster, gradually raising men for the defence of England along the way, but also managed to still launch a surprise attack. As far as I’m aware of, the march to Stamford Bridge isn’t being contested, but given they’re challenging the plausibility of getting to Hastings in 10 days as one of the reasons they believe they used boats, I don’t see why they aren’t looking at how they managed to do only a slightly shorter distance in apparently just 4 days.
I don’t really see why we’d need to cling to a myth of a march back when they didn’t need to muster along the way and you’ve already got the first march. If they had the boats available, there was never a reason why they wouldn’t use them.
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how is it slander? Seems like it paints him in a far better, more intelligent light.
Also, it’d be libel.
Jokes aside, it’s not really slander. It’s just a historian trying to argue that he likely used boats
> But Tom Licence, a professor of medieval history and literature at UEA, found the ships returned to their home base in London and remained operational, which suggests that they were likely used by Harold during his journey and to defend against the invasion.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/king-harolds-200-mile-march-to-battle-of-hastings-a-myth-research/
When the legend becomes fact print the legend.
Where are the Saxons now?
You’re fookin looking at them!
End of story!
Discontinue the lithium
These researchers appears to be too Hasting to conclusion.
So the march was just something everybody assumed happened?
I personally felt that this particular chapter was already conflating with the march to Stamford Bridge which IMO is the real feat that we should celebrate, as its far cooler as they not only managed to muster, gradually raising men for the defence of England along the way, but also managed to still launch a surprise attack. As far as I’m aware of, the march to Stamford Bridge isn’t being contested, but given they’re challenging the plausibility of getting to Hastings in 10 days as one of the reasons they believe they used boats, I don’t see why they aren’t looking at how they managed to do only a slightly shorter distance in apparently just 4 days.
I don’t really see why we’d need to cling to a myth of a march back when they didn’t need to muster along the way and you’ve already got the first march. If they had the boats available, there was never a reason why they wouldn’t use them.