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I remember once seeing a TV documentary in which the narrator said that William the Conquerer had the Pope's support in 1066. Is that true? If "yes" seeing as they were Catholics too, why didn't the Saxons feel obligated to submit?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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