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From the King that brought you the Harrying of the North comes a contract to treat London nice… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrying_of_the_North https://en.

From the King that brought you the Harrying of the North comes a contract to treat London nice… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrying_of_the_North https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrying_of_the_North Although I guess they didn’t agree. Also I’ve never heard of a Portreeve before, I’m guessing they’re a Shirereeve for a port.

zeristor 4y ago
Portreeve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreeve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portreeve
lmm 4y ago
> From the King that brought you the Harrying of the North comes a contract to treat London nice… Your own link points out that he tried paying the northerners off first.
matthewmorgan 4y ago
Not the last time we were sold out by London.
- duxup 4y ago
  I wonder how much of a concept or identity England/English was to any given local compared to their local loyalties, regional lords and etc.
  - mistrial9 4y ago
    land, language, culture -- bonds that apply from local to city-state .. once it scales up then law, economic roles .. offhand