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this man is recorded as living after the disaster. Was he in collusion with the heir?
Was it mass political murder? Or drunkenness? Or just a tragic accident?
Or perhaps the real question is a geopolitical one: given the primitive state of
medieval seafaring, how sustainable was it to try to govern a single kingdom divided
by the English Channel?
*See https://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/was-the-white-ship-disaster-mass-murder/
On the edge
However, this was not necessarily how people looked at it as the time. We can find
clues about this from an early map, the Mappa Mundi (official name
The Hereford Mappa Mundi c.1285):
Mappa Mundi means map of the world. Over a thousand medieval ones survive,
some free-standing, some as illustrations on manuscripts. This one is displayed in
Hereford Cathedral. Below, it is shown with modern countries superimposed.
