Megan Taylor Shockley
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814783191
- eISBN:
- 9780814786529
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814783191.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
This chapter reveals how Rebecca used the Challenger journal and rituals of public and private mourning in order to construct and reinforce her new identity. Having spent the past two years almost ...
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This chapter reveals how Rebecca used the Challenger journal and rituals of public and private mourning in order to construct and reinforce her new identity. Having spent the past two years almost entirely in William's company, Rebecca now looked toward what she perceived to be a bleak and lonely future. Since she made a promise never to marry again, the young woman perhaps saw nothing before her but solitude. The 22-year old woman's writings suggest that she was overcome by despondent feelings immediately upon William's passing, and she recorded these feelings for years after William's death. She also used her journals to begin creating a narrative about what happened to William in his last days, setting a dramatic scene in which she figured as a prominent actor and the object of William's undying love.Less
This chapter reveals how Rebecca used the Challenger journal and rituals of public and private mourning in order to construct and reinforce her new identity. Having spent the past two years almost entirely in William's company, Rebecca now looked toward what she perceived to be a bleak and lonely future. Since she made a promise never to marry again, the young woman perhaps saw nothing before her but solitude. The 22-year old woman's writings suggest that she was overcome by despondent feelings immediately upon William's passing, and she recorded these feelings for years after William's death. She also used her journals to begin creating a narrative about what happened to William in his last days, setting a dramatic scene in which she figured as a prominent actor and the object of William's undying love.
David Bates
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780300118759
- eISBN:
- 9780300183832
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300118759.003.0014
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter studies the death and legacies of William the Conqueror. It first describes William's final illness, death, and burial, and the events that happened in the aftermath of his death, ...
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This chapter studies the death and legacies of William the Conqueror. It first describes William's final illness, death, and burial, and the events that happened in the aftermath of his death, particularly the issue of royal succession. The chapter then traces further developments in Normandy and England following his rule, and the notable changes that had occurred within these territories as a result of his rule. Finally, the chapter turns to an assessment of the significance of William's career overall, contextualising his life and achievements within a multicultural world in which there were multiple diversities and many common factors, where William the Conqueror's life remains only part of a much larger story.Less
This chapter studies the death and legacies of William the Conqueror. It first describes William's final illness, death, and burial, and the events that happened in the aftermath of his death, particularly the issue of royal succession. The chapter then traces further developments in Normandy and England following his rule, and the notable changes that had occurred within these territories as a result of his rule. Finally, the chapter turns to an assessment of the significance of William's career overall, contextualising his life and achievements within a multicultural world in which there were multiple diversities and many common factors, where William the Conqueror's life remains only part of a much larger story.
