The Northumbrian Genocide | The Harrying of the North

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Contemporary biographers of William considered it to be his cruellest act and a "stain upon his soul". Writing about the Harrying of the North, over fifty years later, the Anglo-Norman chronicler Orderic Vitalis wrote (paraphrased):

The King stopped at nothing to hunt his enemies. He cut down many people and destroyed homes and land. Nowhere else had he shown such cruelty. This made a real change. To his shame, William made no effort to control his fury, punishing the innocent with the guilty. He ordered that crops and herds, tools and food be burned to ashes. More than 100,000 people perished of starvation. I have often praised William in this book, but I can say nothing good about this brutal slaughter. God will punish him.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:45 Chapter 1 - The House of Wessex Falls
07:12 Chapter 2 - Edgar's Rise to Power
09:49 Chapter 3 - The Rebels Strike
14:55 Chapter 4 - The Harrying of the North

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Sources:
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle:
https://ia601601.us.archive.org/25/it...

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