| Physical description |
1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index. |
| Contents |
Edward the Ætheling (c. 1005-16) / Simon Keynes -- Edward and Normandy / Elisabeth van Houts -- Edward the Confessor and the succession question / Stephen Baxter -- Edith, Edward's wife and queen / Pauline Stafford -- Edward the Confessor's Westminster Abbey / Eric Fernie -- New glimpses of Edward the Confessor's Abbey at Westminster / Warwick Rodwell -- Craftsmen and administrators in the building of the Confessor's Abbey / Richard Gem -- The sanctity and canonisation of Edward the Confessor / Edina Bozoky. |
| Summary |
The millennium of Edward the Confessor's birth presents an appropriate occasion for a full-scale, up-to-date reassessment of his life, reign and cult, a reappraisal which is provided in the essays here. After an introduction to the many views of Edward's. |
| Other author |
Mortimer, Richard, 1949-
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| Subject |
Edward, King of England, approximately 1003-1066.
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Westminster Abbey -- History.
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Great Britain -- History -- Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066.
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Biography. |
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Birth. |
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Cult. |
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Edward the Confessor. |
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Edward's reign. |
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England. |
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History. |
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Legend. |
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Man. |
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Millennium. |
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Monarchs. |
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Norman. |
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Normandy. |
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Queen. |
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Royal. |
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Saxon. |
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Westminster Abbey. |
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Biography |
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Biographies |
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History |
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Biographies. |
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Biographies. |
| ISBN |
9781846157165 (electronic bk.) |
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1846157161 (electronic bk.) |
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9781843834366 |
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1843834367 |
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