{"id":111661,"date":"2017-11-28T17:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-08T11:12:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:12:50","slug":"william-conquerors-death-bed-confession-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/william-conquerors-death-bed-confession-2\/","title":{"rendered":"William the Conqueror\u2019s death bed confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\"> <\/div>\n<p>This is an interesting article. William the Conqueror covering all  angles on his death bed. How much is true is anyone\u2019s guess, but he  lived in violent times and his conquest of England was a violent and  ruthless one. The bloodshed did not stop with the Battle of Hastings in  1066.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have persecuted the natives of England beyond all  reason. Whether gentle or simple I have cruelly oppressed them; many I  unjustly disinherited; innumerable multitudes perished through me by  famine or the sword\u2026\u2026I fell on the English of the northern shires like a  ravening lion. I commanded their houses and corn, with all their  implements and chattels, to be burnt without distinction, and great  herds of cattle and beasts of burden to be butchered whenever they are  found. In this way I took revenge on multitudes of both sexes by  subjecting them to the calamity of a cruel famine, and so became a  barbarous murderer of many thousands, both young and old, of that fine  race of people. Having gained the throne of that kingdom by so many  crimes I dare not leave it to anyone but God\u2026..<\/em><br \/>William\u2019s death bed confession according to Ordericus Vitalis c AD 1130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an interesting article. William the Conqueror covering all angles on his death bed. How much is true is anyone\u2019s guess, but he lived in violent times and his conquest of England was a violent and ruthless one. The bloodshed did not stop with the Battle of Hastings in 1066. \u201cI have persecuted the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}