William Shakespeare Plays, Poems, Biography, Quotes, & Details
He enacted several superior laws, among them one that enforced Celtic tradition requiring officers of the court to defend ladies and orphans anywhere in the kingdom. Yet another permitted daughters the similar rights of inheritance as sons. The only domestic disruption was in 1045, a rebellion by Duncan I’s supporters that was quickly suppressed. In 1046, Siward, earl of Northumbria, unsuccessfully attempted to dethrone Macbeth. When Duncan’s murdered body is…Read More