William II Penguin Monarchs - The Red King Gillingham JohnPaperback
William II Penguin Monarchs - The Red King Gillingham JohnPaperback William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death: killed by an arrow while out hunting, perhaps…
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William II Penguin Monarchs - The Red King Gillingham JohnPaperback
William II (1087-1100), or William Rufus, will always be most famous for his death: killed by an arrow while out hunting, perhaps through accident or perhaps murder. A ruthless, irascible man, he frequently argued acrimoniously with his older brother Robert over their father's inheritance - but he also handed out effective justice, leaving as his legacy one of the most extraordinary of all medieval buildings, Westminster But, as John Gillingham makes clear in this elegant book, as the son and successor to William the Conqueror it was William Rufus who had to establish permanent Norman rule.