I know not if I should call that sad or comforting. Logical sense would be that eventually humanity might learn from their past.
My own father imprisoned the king who came before him; he was mad. Some claim he had him killed, others that he did the deed himself. But the body was shown to the people, so no rebellion could arise in his name.
For what comfort words might bring you, I am sorry that you lost your father so young. I was seventeen when my own perished.
( She does not wish to know what "blood eagling" entails; at least not right now. Thus, she does not ask. but there is neither fear nor judgment in her as she meets his eyes. Elizabeth can ken well why a Saxon might kill someone perceived as an invader; and why that man's people would seek revenge. Neither side was right or wrong.
The same is the case in the civil war which she was born into. She returns his smile with a gentle one of her own. )
There is a chronicle that speaks of your ferocity. The Saxons were not overfond of you, I think. ( She nods her head, keenly interested. ) Were you seeking to remain in England after you had conquered it?
Some of your people settled in France, to the North. I descended from Robert the First of Normandy. I believe I read his name was Rollo before he converted.
( And she has no idea what that name might mean to him. For all she knows, a century or more may separate him from her ancestor. )
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My own father imprisoned the king who came before him; he was mad. Some claim he had him killed, others that he did the deed himself. But the body was shown to the people, so no rebellion could arise in his name.
For what comfort words might bring you, I am sorry that you lost your father so young. I was seventeen when my own perished.
( She does not wish to know what "blood eagling" entails; at least not right now. Thus, she does not ask. but there is neither fear nor judgment in her as she meets his eyes. Elizabeth can ken well why a Saxon might kill someone perceived as an invader; and why that man's people would seek revenge. Neither side was right or wrong.
The same is the case in the civil war which she was born into. She returns his smile with a gentle one of her own. )
There is a chronicle that speaks of your ferocity. The Saxons were not overfond of you, I think. ( She nods her head, keenly interested. ) Were you seeking to remain in England after you had conquered it?
Some of your people settled in France, to the North. I descended from Robert the First of Normandy. I believe I read his name was Rollo before he converted.
( And she has no idea what that name might mean to him. For all she knows, a century or more may separate him from her ancestor. )