Edward the Confessor - Last of the Royal Blood

Edward the Confessor has often been mistakenly characterized as a weak and unwilling king. In this authoritative account, Tom Licence presents a strikingly different Edward. He was a compassionate man and a conscientious ruler, whose reign marked an interval of peace and prosperity between periods of strife.

About the author

Tom Licence is Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.

Summary

An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066

Product details

• Authors: Tom Licence, Licence Tom
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780300260823
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26082-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 120 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: The English Monarchs Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), Medieval History, Biography: royalty, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval