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People: Gaspard Monge
Topic: Earls, Revolt of the
Location: Bath Somerset United Kingdom

Earls, Revolt of the

Years: 1075 - Now

The Revolt of the Earls in 1075 is a rebellion of three earls against William I of England (William the Conqueror). It is the last serious act of resistance against William in the Norman Conquest.

"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe... Yet, clumsily or smoothly, the world, it seems, progresses and will progress."

― H.G. Wells, The Outline of History, Vol 2 (1920)