Edward The Confessor

Author : Tom Licence
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300255584

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Edward the Confessor by Tom Licence Pdf

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.

Author : Henry Richards Luard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : GENT:900000148126

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Estoire de Seint Aedward Le Rei by Henry Richards Luard Pdf

Author : Frank Barlow
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300183825

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Edward the Confessor by Frank Barlow Pdf

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

Author : Bruce R. O'Brien
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512805222

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God's Peace and King's Peace by Bruce R. O'Brien Pdf

Sometime before the middle of the twelfth century, an anonymous English writer composed the Leges Edwardi, a treatise purporting to contain the laws that had been in force under the Anglo-Saxon King Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), cousin of William the Conqueror. The laws were said to have been spoken to William shortly after the Conquest by "English nobles who were wise men and learned in their law," recounting "the rules of their laws and customs" for the invading Norman king. When they had finished, the king wondered whether it might not be better for all of them to live under the law of his Viking ancestors; the English, however, protested that they preferred to live by their own preconquest laws. The king acquiesced, and thus, goes the story, were the laws of King Edward the Confessor authorized. Looking through the lens of this important—if spurious—treatise, God's Peace and King's Peace offers the first ground-level view of English law during the century in which the common law was born. Bruce R. O'Brien compares the Leges Edwardi to other memorials of legal policy and practice from before and after 1066, in both Normandy and England, and advances conclusions about the treatises' reliability on specific points of law. He also shows how the Laws of Edward the Confessor, taken as a record of English law at the conquest, came to be used as authoritative evidence behind the Magna Carta that the king was under the law, and how it was eventually declared a notorious forgery by seventeenth-century antiquaries and Enlightenment historians.

Author : Richard Mortimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132207106

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Edward the Confessor by Richard Mortimer Pdf

"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.

Author : Henry Richards Luard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038209891

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Lives of Edward the Confessor by Henry Richards Luard Pdf

Author : Frank Barlow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0198202032

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The Life of King Edward who Rests at Westminster by Frank Barlow Pdf

The anonymous Life of King Edward written about the time of the Norman Conquest, is an important and intriguing source for the history of Anglo-Saxon England in the years just before 1066. It provides a fascinating account of Edward the Confessor and his family, including his wife Edith, his father-in-law Earl Godwin, and the queen's brothers Tostig and Harold (who became king in 1066). The foundations of the legend of St. Edward the Confessor are apparent from the version of the work supplied by the unique manuscript of circa 1100. Barlow explores the problems raised by this anonymous and now incomplete manuscript and examines the development of the cult of St. Edward. He also investigates the life and works of Goscelin of St. Bertin, a possible author. For this second edition, Barlow has not only undertaken a complete revision of the book, but recent discoveries have enabled him to reconstruct in part the lacunae in BL Harley MS 526 with texts closer to the original.

Author : Henry Richards Luard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : GENT:900000219227

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Lives of Edward the Confessor by Henry Richards Luard Pdf

Author : Henry Richards Luard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z228994907

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Lives of Edward the Confessor by Henry Richards Luard Pdf

Author : Henry Richards Luard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Anglo-Saxons
ISBN : IND:30000102978453

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Lives of Edward the Confessor by Henry Richards Luard Pdf

Author : Jonathan Sumption
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241184219

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Edward III (Penguin Monarchs) by Jonathan Sumption Pdf

Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her lover when he was still a teenager; a third of England's population was killed by the Black Death midway through his reign; and the intractable Hundred Years War with France began under his leadership. Yet Edward managed to rule England for fifty years, and was viewed as a paragon of kingship in the eyes of both his contemporaries and later generations. Venerated as the victor of Sluys and Crécy and the founder of the Order of the Garter, he was regarded with awe even by his enemies. But he lived too long, and was ultimately condemned to see thirty years of conquests reversed in less than five. In this gripping new account of Edward III's rise and fall, Jonathan Sumption introduces us to a fêted king who ended his life a heroic failure.

Author : James Campbell
Publisher : Allen Lane
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0141977248

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Edward the Confessor by James Campbell Pdf

Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format. The cultural richness of the reign of Edward the Confessor marks the high point of Anglo-Saxon England. The saintly Edward has become one of the legendary figures in English. James Campbell's brilliant little book is the most insightful look at his personality and reign yet published.

Author : Kelly Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995857849

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The Confessor's Wife by Kelly Evans Pdf

In the 11th Century, when barren wives are customarily cast aside, how does Edith of Wessex not only manage to stay married to King Edward the Confessor, but also become his closest advisor, promote her family to the highest offices in the land, AND help raise her brother to the throne? And why is her story only told in the footnotes of Edward's history?Not everyone approves of Edward's choice of bride. Even the king's mother, Emma of Normandy, detests her daughter-in-law and Edith is soon on the receiving end of her displeasure. Balancing her sense of family obligation with her duty to her husband, Edith must also prove herself to her detractors. Edward's and Edith's relationship is respectful and caring, but when Edith's enemies engineer her family's fall from grace, the king is forced to send her away. She vows to do anything to protect her family's interests if she returns, at any cost. Can Edith navigate the dangerous path fate has set her, while still remaining loyal to both her husband and her family?

Author : Edward Moore
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781581122619

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Origen of Alexandria and St. Maximus the Confessor by Edward Moore Pdf

The revision of Origen's philosophical theology by St. Maximus the Confessor resulted in an eschatology involving the replacement of the human ego by the divine presence. In this study, I will examine the theological developments that led to this loss of a sense of human freedom and creativity in the face of the divine, tracing the influence of Origen's eschatology through the Cappadocian Fathers, Evagrius Ponticus and others, up to Maximus. This will allow me to show the manner in which Origen's humanistic theology was misunderstood and misinterpreted throughout the Patristic era, culminating in the anti-personalistic system of Maximus. Special attention will be paid to the development of Christian Neoplatonism, and how Christian contacts with the pagan philosophical schools came to have a profound effect on Eastern Patristic theology and philosophy. The final section of this study will suggest some ways in which the history of Patristic eschatology - especially Origen and Maximus - may serve as a fruitful source for contemporary theologians who are concerned with issues of personhood, creativity, and existential authenticity.

Author : David Woodman
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780241383025

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Edward the Confessor (Penguin Monarchs) by David Woodman Pdf

Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages. In this revealing portrait of England's royal saint, David Woodman traces the course of Edward's twenty-four-year-long reign through the lens of contemporary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Vita Ædwardi Regis to the Bayeux Tapestry, to separate myth from history and uncover the complex politics of his life. He shows Edward to be a shrewd politician who, having endured a long period of exile from England in his youth, ascended the throne in 1042 and came to control a highly sophisticated and powerful administration. The twists and turns of Edward's reign are generally seen as a prelude to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Woodman explains clearly how events unfolded and personalities interacted but, unlike many, he shows a capable and impressive king at the centre of them.