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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Feb 01, 2025, 07:24 AM

Title: White ship disaster of 1120
Post by: Imperial Dave on Feb 01, 2025, 07:24 AM
https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2025-01-historian-reveals-emotional-impact-white.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17383945553745&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2025-01-historian-reveals-emotional-impact-white.html


Hopefully of interest...
Title: Re: White ship disaster of 1120
Post by: Keraunos on Feb 01, 2025, 08:34 AM
Indeed.  Learned of this in history, with the anecdote that Henry I never smiled again, but never gave thought to all the others who died with his son and the wider impact this had beyond the succession crisis.