Not so jovial after all: how historians misunderstood William the Conqueror

The cheerful and generous nature many chroniclers ascribed to the victor of the battle of Hastings in fact belonged to someone else, says historian Marc Morris.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/20/william-i-how-we-misunderstood-the-conqueror-for-950-years?source=Snapzu