A Nice father
Robert (William's father) now asked the Norman nobles to agree to let William be his heir, to become duke if anything happened to him.
Life for an eight-year-old duke
What was it like for an eigth-year-old to be the duke of Normandy?
For one thing, being a noble, William ate a better meal than peasants, labor ears,or most other commoners. William ate meat. Any kind of meat. From beef to birds, he ate like a king. He also never drunk milk. In his days, milk was only drank by peasents, usually it was drank from the cow diriectly. The worst thing of all in William's time is tha there was no candy or any type of sweets. The only sweet things there was was honey. But even if William was the Duke once in a while he would ger a honeycomb to chew on. It wasn't candy but it was close.
Robert (William's father) now asked the Norman nobles to agree to let William be his heir, to become duke if anything happened to him.
Life for an eight-year-old duke
What was it like for an eigth-year-old to be the duke of Normandy?
For one thing, being a noble, William ate a better meal than peasants, labor ears,or most other commoners. William ate meat. Any kind of meat. From beef to birds, he ate like a king. He also never drunk milk. In his days, milk was only drank by peasents, usually it was drank from the cow diriectly. The worst thing of all in William's time is tha there was no candy or any type of sweets. The only sweet things there was was honey. But even if William was the Duke once in a while he would ger a honeycomb to chew on. It wasn't candy but it was close.