Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

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 life, and a reinterpretation of the development of his cult, the volume considers his childhood in England and its influence upon his later life; the time he spent in Normandy and the relationships that developed there; and his later life, including an examination of the role played by Edith, his queen. There is also a particular focus upon Westminster Abbey, and the major new discoveries which have recently been made there. Incorporating both broad surveys and the fruits of detailed new work, this book is essential reading for all those interested in late Saxon and Norman England.

CONTRIBUTORS: RICHARD MORTIMER, SIMON KEYNES, ELISABETH VAN HOUTS, STEPHEN BAXTER, PAULINE STAFFORD, ERIC FERNIE, WARWICK RODWELL, RICHARD GEM, EDINA BOZOKY

Edward, --- Westminster Abbey --- History --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Kings and rulers --- Biography --- Rois et souverains --- Biographies --- Histoire --- Eduardus Confessor rex Anglorum --- Edward, - King of England, - ca. 1003-1066 --- Great Britain - Kings and rulers - Biography --- Great Britain - History - Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066 --- History. --- Aedward, --- Aedwardus, --- Eadward, --- Eadweard --- Edouard, --- Edward --- St. Peter's (Westminster, London, England) --- Abby Church of Westminster (London, England) --- Saint Peter's (Westminster, London, England) --- Collegiate Church of St. Peter (Westminster, London, England) --- Dean and Chapter of Westminster (London, England) --- Abbey of St. Peter (Westminster, London, England) --- Abbey Church of Westminster (London, England) --- Ecclesia Collegiata B. Petri Westmonasterii (London, England) --- Abbey of Saint Peter (Westminster, London, England) --- Westminster Abbey Church (London, England) --- Ecclesia Abbatiae Westmonasteriensis (London, England) --- Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Westminster (London, England) --- Church of St. Peter (Westminster, London, England) --- Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster (London, England) --- Westminster Cathedral (London, England : 1540-1556) --- Great Britain. --- ART / History / General. --- Biography. --- Birth. --- Cult. --- Edward the Confessor. --- Edward's reign. --- England. --- Legend. --- Man. --- Millennium. --- Monarchs. --- Norman. --- Normandy. --- Queen. --- Royal. --- Saxon. --- Westminster Abbey.