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.<br><br>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 <i>Anglo-Saxon Chronicle </i>and the <i>Vita Ædwardi Regis</i> 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 in his youth, ascended the throne in 1042 and came to control a highly sophisticated and powerful administration.<br><br>The twists and turns of Edward''s reign are generally seen as a prelude to the Norman Conquest in 1066. Woodman explains clearly how events unfolded and personalities interacted but, unlike many, he shows a capable and impressive king at the centre of them
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