Edward the ConfessorFrank 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" |
Contents
Edwards Background | 3 |
Edward Ætheling | 28 |
The Anointed King | 54 |
The Years of Struggle 10438 | 73 |
The Victorious King 104951 | 96 |
The Revolution Undone 10523 | 118 |
The Royal Estate | 135 |
The Kings Government | 158 |
The Rule of Solomon 105464 | 188 |
The End of the Reign | 240 |
The Eternal Kingdom | 256 |
Epilogue | 286 |
B Hostages taken from Earl Godwins family | 301 |
The descendants of Eustace of Boulogne and Godgifu | 307 |
E The date of the first translation | 325 |
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