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> e.g. Richard Lionheart spent more time out of England than in it To be fair, most of his prize holdings were also out of England.
by pyrale 1y ago
> e.g. Richard Lionheart spent more time out of England than in it
To be fair, most of his prize holdings were also out of England.
- gherkinnn 1y ago> To be fair, most of his prize holdings were also out of England. To be fair, he wasn't really English and didn't speak the language either. It wasn't until Henry IV (reign 1399 - 1413) that a post-invasion King's mother tongue was English. Most people don't realise that for over 300 years the (language at) court was Norman French.
- IAmBroom 1y agoIf you want to talk about competent governance, look to William II, the "Hammer of the Scots" villainized in Braveheart. He made it law that legally binding contracts must be written in plain English, so that both parties would (most likely) be able to understand what they were agreeing to... Even though he did not speak it, himself.