Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The millennium of Edward the Confessor's birth presents an appropriate occasion for a full-scale, up-to-date reassessment of his life, ...

One coin, the oldest in the hoard, depicts King Edward the Confessor, who died childless in January 1066, triggering a period ...

More Viking Age silver has been discovered per square kilometer on the Isle of Man than in England, Ireland, Scotland, and ...

When he came to the throne in 1377, at the age of just 10, he understood himself to be heir to an unbroken line of sovereigns ...

The main source used by later historians for St Edward’s life was the Vita Edwardi, probably written very soon after the Saint’s death in 1066. Some seventy years later, a monk of Westminster called ...

Discover more about St Edward the Confessor, who is the only king of England to be made a saint. In this KS2 lesson, designed to last for one hour, you will cover the importance of saints within ...

Edward the Confessor: King of England, married to Harold's sister, Edith. He died in January 1066 without an heir. King Cnut: King of England 1016-1035. Cnut was the King of Denmark, who exploited ...

And if we bring in the kings before 1066, we also get Edward the Confessor and Edward the Martyr, to make Edward the most popular of all English king names. There have been six Williams ...

Universal History Archive The crown was last used by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 The original is thought to date back to Edward the Confessor, the 11th Century royal saint who was the penultimate ...

Because King William believed he was the rightful successor to Edward the Confessor, his first written statements and proclamations were made in English, just like the kings before him.

The hoard features historical figures from the time period, such as William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor, and Harold ...