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Edward the Confessor: The Sainted King
Buch von David Woodman
Sprache: Englisch

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Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages.

In this revealing portrait of England's royal saint, David Woodman traces the course of Edward's twenty-four-year-long reign through the lens of contemporary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Vita Ædwardi Regis to the Bayeux Tapestry, to separate myth from history and uncover the complex politics of his life. He shows Edward to be a shrewd politician who, having endured a long period of exile from England in his youth, ascended the throne in 1042 and came to control a highly sophisticated and powerful administration.

The twists and turns of Edward's reign are generally seen as a prelude to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Woodman explains clearly how events unfolded and personalities interacted but, unlike many, he shows a capable and impressive king at the centre of them.

Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages.

In this revealing portrait of England's royal saint, David Woodman traces the course of Edward's twenty-four-year-long reign through the lens of contemporary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Vita Ædwardi Regis to the Bayeux Tapestry, to separate myth from history and uncover the complex politics of his life. He shows Edward to be a shrewd politician who, having endured a long period of exile from England in his youth, ascended the throne in 1042 and came to control a highly sophisticated and powerful administration.

The twists and turns of Edward's reign are generally seen as a prelude to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Woodman explains clearly how events unfolded and personalities interacted but, unlike many, he shows a capable and impressive king at the centre of them.

Über den Autor
Dr David Woodman is Fellow and Senior Tutor of Robinson College, University of Cambridge. His previous publications include Charters of Northern Houses, The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past and Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Penguin Monarchs
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780241383001
ISBN-10: 0241383005
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Woodman, David
Hersteller: Penguin Books Canada
Penguin Monarchs
Maße: 187 x 131 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: David Woodman
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,207 kg
Artikel-ID: 118867371
Über den Autor
Dr David Woodman is Fellow and Senior Tutor of Robinson College, University of Cambridge. His previous publications include Charters of Northern Houses, The Long Twelfth-Century View of the Anglo-Saxon Past and Writing, Kingship and Power in Anglo-Saxon England.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Penguin Monarchs
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780241383001
ISBN-10: 0241383005
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Woodman, David
Hersteller: Penguin Books Canada
Penguin Monarchs
Maße: 187 x 131 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: David Woodman
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,207 kg
Artikel-ID: 118867371
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