Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor

Author: Frank Barlow

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 0300071566

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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

Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor

Author: Tom Licence

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 0300255586

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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
Edward the Confessor

Author: Richard Mortimer

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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"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.

The Life of King Edward who Rests at Westminster
The Life of King Edward who Rests at Westminster

Author: Frank Barlow

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780198202035

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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.

The Golden Legend
The Golden Legend

Author: Jacobus De Voragine

Publisher: Wyatt North Publishing, LLC

Published: 2020-01-21

Total Pages: 1549

ISBN-13: 164798047X

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Jacobus De Voragine was an Italian archbishop who lived between 1230 and 1298 A.D. His The Golden Legend is a compilation of hagiographies of many saints.