Richard Mortimer 
Edward the Confessor 
The Man and the Legend

The life and cult of Edward the Confessor are here fully reappraised.


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

Tabella dei contenuti

Preface

Introduction: Edward the Confessor: the Man and the Legend – Richard Mortimer

Edward the Ætheling [c.1005-16] – Simon D Keynes

Edward and Normandy – Elisabeth M C van Houts

Edward the Confessor and the Succession Question – Stephen Baxter

Edith, Edward’s Wife and Queen – Pauline Stafford

Edward the Confessor’s Westminster Abbey –

New Glimpses of Edward the Confessor’s Abbey at Westminster – Warwick Rodwell

Craftsmen and Administrators in the Building of the Confessor’s Abbey – Richard Gem

The Sanctity and Canonization of Edward the Confessor – Edina Bozoky

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Circa l’autore

Elisabeth van Houts is Honorary Professor of European Medieval History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Emmanuel College.