Behind west European history is an English-French and a more recent Protestant-Catholic rivalry. Things began in 1066 when William the Bastard sailed from Normandy. On 14 October, he defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold at Hastings. Five hundred and twenty years later on 14 October 1586, Mary Queen of Scots was tried for treason. One of… Continue reading #OTD 14 October – England and France, not a love story