King William used surprisingly modern methods to dominate his new subjects after his victory over the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066. He had no problem employing actual violence - he had a passion for destruction - but he also achieved cultural hegemony over his subjects by trying to stamp out their customs and practices.
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William the (proto-postmodern) Conqueror
England's brutal new King William knew a thing our two about dominating the discourse and achieving cultural hegemony long before the Marxists and Postmodernists started writing up their theories
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