| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Edward, King of England, approximately 1003-1066.
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| SUBJECT |
Edward, King of England, approximately 1003-1066 fast |
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Eduard (der Bekenner) swd |
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Westminster Abbey -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Westminster Abbey fast |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Kings and rulers
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Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056863
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Great Britain -- History -- Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056736
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mortimer, Richard, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9781846157165 |
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1846157161 |
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