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EPQ Initial Ideas - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Again, this would be the best documented and the most interesting (eg. regarding internal politics, attitudes, etc.)
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        Royal bastards
        
        William the Conqueror
        
        INITIAL QUESTION: Was William the Conqueror’s life typical of noble bastard/illegitimate children during the Middle Ages?
        
        This is my initial question, taking into account the choices thus far. I will continue to develop it to make sure that it is viable
        
        FINAL QUESTION: The Tale of Two Bastards: A Comparison of the Lives of William the Conqueror and Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
        
        I decided to change my topic to this, whch keeps in the same theme of my previous topic (medieval royal bastards), but is more specific and will hopefully allow me to create a more in-depth and comparative project
        
        Probably the most famous of all illegitimate royal children and would allow me to provide a base for studying other bastards (especially given that he usurped the throne of another country)
        
        Not only is this a subject that I do not know a huge amount about (which would make the research and completion of the EPQ more edifying and beneficial), but this field would also be useful for comparisons into how different bastards were treated in different periods, dynasties, etc.
        
        Pretenders to the Throne
        
        This was my first developed idea for this section, as it is not an area that I have in-depth knowledge in. However, I eventually decided that I would be able to make a more fleshed-out and analytical project on illegitimate children, and so abandoned this idea
  - - - I am primarily interested in this specific area of the Dark Ages, especially the way that the Vikings shaped the history of Britain through raiding and settling. I am also interested in learning more about their general way of life outside the British Isles. However, there may be problems obtaining primary sources, as the Vikings did not record their own history
  - - - How Romans viewed different parts of their empire
        
        Stemming from the possibility of covering the Roman Celts, this may make an ancient history project more broad and comparative
      - As I am particularly interested in the history of the British Isles, the Celts would be the most apt choice for studying Britain in the Roman period