Oracle Bones and How the People Who Read Them Were Chosen by the King
William, Duke of Normandy, over the sea in France
William was a distant cousin of Edward the Confessor and wanted to be the next rex. He claimed that both Edward and Harold had promised him the throne, but English language supporters of Harold challenged this.
When Edward was a boy in 1016, King Canute invaded England and Edward ran away to Normandy for safety. Edward stayed in Normandy until he became King of England in 1042. Edward invited William of Normandy to his court in 1051 and supposedly promised to brand him heir.
After a shipwreck in 1064, Harold was handed over to William of Normandy, who forced him to swear an oath that he would help William become the next king of England when Edward died. It was said that the adjuration was given over a box that unbeknown to Harold contained the basic of a saint. Oaths were important guarantees that were considered binding in the Middle Ages, so this item adjuration bound Harold to helping William, and made Harold's own claim to the throne look illegal.
William had been a very successful ruler of Normandy and he thought he could exercise an every bit skilful job for England.
(Photo on left shows William at a Battle of Hastings re-enactment)
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