Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gary McGath Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Babel Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:14:03 -0400 Organization: Mad Scientists' Union Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:14:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="95dea9c6bd52efddc71ce1ed1dd2aa05"; logging-data="3722646"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+4NUJnxVE2CRSzDeGTN6hg1DLHVnUqs2E=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:TSwcnF+UXq/rhdzlCPIobnmmuK8= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1418 On 3/27/24 9:30 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote: > In 1066, was William the Conquerer an authorized representative acting > on behalf of the French government? The Duchy of Normandy was basically an independent state at the time, and William was its head. -- Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com