I had forgotten, till I noticed this, that he was originally known as William the Bastard.
That is a pretty dramatic, and positive, switch in personal brands. How many other examples are there of such positive switches in soubriquets?
Sunday, December 25, 2016
Upbranding
William the Conqueror was crowned King of England on Christmas Day, 1066.
I had forgotten, till I noticed this, that he was originally known as William the Bastard.
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Detail of a roundel of William the Conqueror ('William Bastard'), from a genealogical chronicle of the kings of England, England (East Anglia?), c. 1340–1342: British Library Royal MS 14 B VI, membrane 5.
That is a pretty dramatic, and positive, switch in personal brands. How many other examples are there of such positive switches in soubriquets?
I had forgotten, till I noticed this, that he was originally known as William the Bastard.
That is a pretty dramatic, and positive, switch in personal brands. How many other examples are there of such positive switches in soubriquets?
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