Edward the Confessor

Informationen zum Autor Frank Barlow was Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Exeter until his death in 2009. Klappentext Frank 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" Zusammenfassung This biography of Edward the Confessor! first published in 1970! aims to rescue the image of the King from what the author sees as myth and bogus scholarship. Disentangling fact from legend! the text recreates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Normans.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Barlow, Barlow Frank
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2011
• EAN: 9780300071566
• ISBN: 978-0-300-07156-6
• No. of pages: 373
• Series: The English Monarchs Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, CE period up to c 1500, British & Irish history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Biography: historical, political and military, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval