Edward the Confessor : last of the royal blood
Licence, Tom2020
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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.
Main title:
Edward the Confessor : last of the royal blood / Tom Licence.
Author:
Licence, Tom, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020.
Collation:
352 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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ISBN:
9780300211542 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1919519
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