Episode 8 - William Iron-Arm

Norman Centuries | A Norman History Podcast by Lars Brownworth by Anders Brownworth

May 28, 201015:43Society & Culture

In Duke Richard II's Normandy an impoverished knight named Tancred de Hauteville struggled to provide for his twelve sons. The eldest of them - William - declined his inheritance and headed to southern Italy to seek his...

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