Children of the Norman Conquest
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How Does Edma Fit Into That Story?
Edma iwas prouts erma but im ovs wronetan. So edma a, tell us a bit about him. How does he fit into that story? Yes, o, heis interesting because he's someone, as i said, not from of, you know, a distinguished family or anything, just a fairly ordinary boy. Facically, at he time of the conquest, he was about six or seven at the time of the Conquest. He was being brought up in the monastery at christchurch canterbury,. so canter canterbury cathedral. As he grew up, he came to be a writer of of history and also of saints lives. And
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