Sunday, September 25, 2011

Seafaring Sunday: The Conqueror Sets Sail

September 28, 1066: William of Normandy's fleet sets sail for Pevensey, England.

Header: William the Conqueror's ships on the Bayeux Tapestry

4 comments:

Timmy! said...

Ahoy, Pauline! Or, as he was previously know, "William the Bastard"...

Pauline said...

Yeah, well, it's hard out here for a Conqueror.

Undine said...

Me, I still prefer to think of him as "the Bastard." I've long had the feeling Hastings was one of those battles where the wrong side won. (Alas, poor Harold...)

Pauline said...

I agree; that arrow through the eye was pure luck, after all.