A Heritage Far from Negligible' Examine this view of the duchy Duke William Inherited. Tackling the question with regards to William's heritage is very dangerous for any historian to undertake. The Vikings who initially settled within the Carolinian kingdom were illiterate and left no written account of there own, what we do have, or what many historians have considered of useful value (many discount the works of writers such as Dudo) is very vague. This …showed first 75 words of 1888 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1888 total…Duchy that William inherited was far from negligible. It proved to be the concrete that he stood upright in, yes he was an amazing leader, but the seccurance and the constructing of an actual duchy in the face of such adversity and conflicting cultures was very remarkable and can not be discounted when viewing William's achievement's. William the Conqueror: David C. Douglas The Norman's and the Norman Conquest: R. Allen Brown Normandy before 1066: David Bates