William the Conqueror’s Funeral Disaster: Fire, Rumours and the Alleged Exploding Corpse

from The Proper British History Podcast: Kings, Queens, Wars, Empire, Politics, Revolutions, Royalty and the Historical Great Britain · host Podily

We investigate contemporary accounts of William the Conqueror’s 1087 funeral in Caen— a procession cut short by fire and the sensational claim that his corpse exploded. By weighing monastic chronicles, legal claims over burial land, and modern scholarship we separate evidence from legend, and explore why this episode has lingered in the popular imagination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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