The flight to Scotland, after the Battle of Hastings, of Edgar Atheling, heir of the Saxon Royal house, with his mother and his sisters Margaret and Christina, was followed at no distant date by the marriage of Margaret to King Malcolm, as his second wife. A great niece of St. Edward ...
The behavior of Normans and Saxons on the night preceding the battle of Hastings, when the former prayed and prepared for Communion while the latter caroused, was in a measure significant of the spirit of the two parties. Taken as a whole, the Conqueror’s dealings with the English Church...