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Biography

Name: Edward the Confessor
Death Date: January 5, 1066
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: king

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Biography of Edward the Confessor
638 words, approx. 2 pages
Edward the Confessor (died 1066), the last king of the house of Wessex, ruled England from 1042 to 1066. Attracted to religion and to Norman culture, he was not a vigorous leader. He gained a reputation, not fully deserved, for sanctity and was...


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Edward
695 words, approx. 2 pages
(born 1002/05, Islip, Eng.—died Jan. 5, 1066, London; canonized 1161; feast day originally January 5, now October 13) king of England from 1042 to 1066. Although he is often portrayed as a listless, ineffectual monarch overshadowed by powerful...
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Edward the Confessor, Saint
148 words, approx. 1 pages
(born &circa; 1003, Islip, Eng.—died Jan. 5, 1066, London; canonized 1161; feast day originally January 5, now October 13) King of England (1042–66). The son of Ethelred II, he was exiled to Normandy for 25 years (1016–41) while the...
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Edward the Confessor Information
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Saint Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. 1003/1004 – 5 January 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death.[1] His reign marked the...


News and Journals
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History Today
The Rebellion of Earl Godwin.(Edward the Confessor's England)(Brief Article)
09/01/2001: 559 words, approx. 2 pages
September 8th, 1051 EARL GODWIN of Wessex was the most formidable figure in Edward the Confessor's England. He had first come to prominence as a henchman of Canute and by his well-connected Danish wife he had strong-minded sons to support him. The...
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History: Review of New Books
God's Peace and King's Peace: The Laws of Edward the Confessor.(Review)
06/22/1999: 368 words, approx. 1 pages
O'Brien, Bruce R. God's Peace and King's Peace: The Laws of Edward the Confessor Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 305 pp., ISBN 0-8122-3461-8 Publication Date: February 1999 Ask people today to name a medieval document that was crucial to the development of...
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The Orange County Register
The morning read // New star Likes being a kid // But 11-year-old is glad he didn't give up acting before his big break.
6/24/2007: 1,259 words, approx. 4 pages
For months, Spencer Martin spent his afternoons in the back of the family car on the long and boring drive from his Laguna Niguel home to the production offices and casting agencies of Hollywood.Each time the agent called with news of another audition, back into...
 


 

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