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Fresh assessments of Edgar's reign, reappraising key elements using documentary, coin, and pictorial evidence. King Edgar ruled England for a short but signific
Edgar, King of the English, 959-75
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Edgar, youngest son of King Edmund of Wessex, became ruler of a united England in 959. Although he became known as Edgar "the Peaceable," he ruled his country w
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Focusing on the family of Ealdorman Leofwine, which retained power throughout an extraordinary period of political and dynastic upheaval, Stephen Baxter reasses
Wessex and England from Alfred to Edgar
Language: en
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An important study of the emergence of the kingdom of England in the first half of the 10th century. This book is concerned with aspects of the revival of Engli
The Making of England
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During the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from 'Christendom'. The reigns of Ath