A sentiment variously assigned to William and to his son Henry the Beau Clerc.
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Mallet is a genuine Scandinavian name to this day.
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Routhe name given by the French to Rollo, or Rolf-ganger, the founder of the Norman settlement.
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Pious severity to the heterodox was a Norman virtue. William of Poictiers says of William, "One knows with what zeal he pursued and exterminated those who thought differently;" i.e., on transubstantiation. But the wise Norman, while flattering the tastes of the Roman Pontiff in such matters, took special care to preserve the independence of his Church from any undue dictation.