Edward the Confessor : last of the royal blood / Tom Licence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Licence, Tom, author.

Series:

Yale English monarchs series.

Yale scholarship online.

The Yale English monarchs series

Yale scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Biography.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Edward, the Confessor, 1042-1066.

Edward, King of England, approximately 1003-1066.

Edward.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021.

Summary:

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. 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

The Yale English Monarchs Series

CONTENTS

LIST OF PLATES

MAPS

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

Introduction

1. Childhood

2. Exile

3. Kingship

4. Conflict

5. Dominion

6. Betrayal

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 1: THE SECTION OF THE E TEXT COVERING EDWARD’S REIGN

APPENDIX 2: EDWARD’S DIPLOMAS

APPENDIX 3: FOLCARD AND PSYCHOMACHIA

APPENDIX 4: THE DATE OF THE GESTA NORMANNORUM DUCUM BY WILLIAM OF JUMIÈGES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 1, 2020).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

ISBN:

0-300-25558-6

OCLC:

1190589984