The King is dead.

A Duke came to England promising to bring Christ's peace,

and with him came an army blessed by the Pope himself.

But William didn't want peace.

He wanted wealth, he wanted power,

and this invasion force was unbound by any law or custom

held by the people they now sought to dominate.

They had no interest in this island's culture,

its history, or even its people.

Many won't even bother to learn the language.

England wasn't being liberated.

It was being colonized.

And in their lust for domination,

the Normans would soon begin to look outwards

towards the rest of the island.

This occupying force intended to change

an entire civilization into a structure

that served their own interests.

And to do this, William and his papally sanctioned army

sought nothing less than to break the will of the people.

And so the battle of Hastings might be over,

but villages still burned.

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