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Edward the Confessor

2020-09-29 History
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Book Synopsis Edward the Confessor by : Tom Licence

Download or read book Edward the Confessor written by Tom Licence. This book was released on 2020-09-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066 One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, Edward the Confessor regained the throne for the House of Wessex and is the only English monarch to have been canonized. Often cast as a reluctant ruler, easily manipulated by his in-laws, he has been blamed for causing the invasion of 1066—the last successful conquest of England by a foreign power. Tom Licence navigates the contemporary webs of political deceit to present a strikingly different Edward. He was a compassionate man and conscientious ruler, whose reign marked an interval of peace and prosperity between periods of strife. More than any monarch before, he exploited the mystique of royalty to capture the hearts of his subjects. This compelling biography provides a much-needed reassessment of Edward’s reign—calling into doubt the legitimacy of his successors and rewriting the ending of Anglo-Saxon England.

Edward the Confessor

2009 Architecture
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Release : 2009
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis Edward the Confessor by : Richard Mortimer

Download or read book Edward the Confessor written by Richard Mortimer. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of essays, originating in the celebration of the millennium of Edward the Confessor's birth, is a full-scale reassessment of Edward's life and cult." --Book Jacket.

Edward the Confessor

2011-06-28 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2011-06-28
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Edward the Confessor by : Frank Barlow

Download or read book Edward the Confessor written by Frank Barlow. This book was released on 2011-06-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank Barlow's magisterial biography, first published in 1970 and now reissued with new material, rescues Edward the Confessor from contemporary myth and subsequent bogus scholarship. Disentangling verifiable fact from saintly legend, he vividly re-creates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Norman Conquest with deep insight and great historical understanding. "Deploying all the resources of formidable scholarship, [Barlow] has recovered the real Edward." — Spectator

Lives of Edward the Confessor

1858 EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, KING OF ENGLAND,D. 1066
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Release : 1858
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Book Synopsis Lives of Edward the Confessor by : Henry Richards Luard

Download or read book Lives of Edward the Confessor written by Henry Richards Luard. This book was released on 1858. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Life of Saint Edward, King and Confessor

1997 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 1997
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Book Synopsis The Life of Saint Edward, King and Confessor by : Saint Aelred (of Rievaulx)

Download or read book The Life of Saint Edward, King and Confessor written by Saint Aelred (of Rievaulx). This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Henry II came to the throne of England, he was hailed as the one who brought to an end the divisions caused by the Norman conquest, for both the Saxon and Norman royal lines met in him. To promote this newfound unity, the cult of King Edward the Confessor was promoted, culminating in his canonization in 1161. Shortly afterwards, on October 13, 1163, the new saint's body was solemnly enshrined in Westminster Abbey. On this occasion the honor of preparing the sermon was given to Aelred, the revered Abbot of Rievaulx. On the same occasion, Aelred undertook to write the life of St. Edward, and this is the text now first presented in English.

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