Edward the Confessor, the last great king of Anglo-Saxon England, canonized nearly 100 years after his death, is in part a figure of myths created in the late middle ages. In this revealing portrait of England's royal saint, David Woodman traces the course of Edward's twenty-four-year-long reign through the lens of contemporary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the Vita AEdwardi Regis to the Bayeux Tapestry, to separate myth from history and uncover the complex politics of his life. He shows Edward to be a shrewd politician who, having endured a long period of exile from England i Edward the Confessor - David Woodman od authora David Woodman a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
David Woodman |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
160 |
| Rok vydání |
2020 |
| Nakladatelství |
Allen Lane |
