Submission of the earls
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- Created on: 26-09-20 00:57
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- Submission Of The Earls
- Edgar Eathling,Edwin,morcar and othersmade and oath to wiliam and gave him hostages as a guarantee of their loyalty.
- Its not clear as to why the earls submitted as England's position was stronger then the Normans
- London was strongly fortified against William's attacks
- England's best warriors died at war.
- He promised to be a 'gracious lord' to them.
- William's march around England may have threatened to cut the city of from supplies
- The English should have attacked William at Dover.
- William had seized the royal treasury so Edgar had nothing to offer his followers.
- Did the surviving English Nobles believe that William's victory was God's will?
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