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Hereward used his cunning local knowledge to advantage
© Courtesy of Trevor Bevis
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Awake the Hereward |
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Famed through folklore, immortalised through myth, Hereward the Wake has been depicted as an action-hero of Anglo-Saxon descent. It is believed that he was born around 1032 and spent the best years of his life resisting the mighty force of "William the Bastard" (or "Conqueror" as he is perhaps more formally known!).
His adventures and escapades were recorded in prose and verse within just 40 years of his death (ie. De Gestis Herwardi Saxons – "The Exploits of Hereward the Saxon", researched and compiled in the 12th century by monastic scholars and the Domesday book).
However, exactness and detail may well have been lost in the enthusiastic endeavour to remember a hero, so we have to be careful in presenting such history today as time often merges fact and fiction. However, based on the documents listed above, we can perhaps assume the following picture of Hereward the Wake.
Words: Emma Borley
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