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4 giorni fa · Edgar (born 943/944—died July 8, 975) was the king of the Mercians and Northumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in 959 and is reckoned as king of all England from that year.
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3 giorni fa · Southwark, very naturally, figures in the chapter of English history which immediately follows on the Battle of Hastings. As soon as he had won the battle, we read that William marched upon London, where the citizens had declared Edgar Atheling king of England.
4 giorni fa · ARLEY was assessed at only 1 hide in 1086, when it was held by Cristine, sister of Edgar Atheling. With her other Warwickshire estates it came into the possession of Ralph de Limesi; Dugdale suggests, without proof, that he became her husband.
2 giorni fa · In 1086 the manor was in possession of Cristina, sister of Edgar Atheling, who had received it from William the Conqueror; the name of the immediate pre-Conquest tenant is not recorded in Domesday Book.
1 giorno fa · Anglo-Saxon, term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century ce to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are today part of England and Wales.
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- Anglo-Saxon is a term traditionally used to describe the people who, from the 5th-century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited a...
- Archaeological evidence suggests that the first migrants to Britain from the Germanic areas of mainland Europe antedated the Roman withdrawal from...
- The peoples of the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms spoke distinctive dialects, which evolved over time and together became known as Old English.
- The term Anglo-Saxon seems to have been first used by Continental writers in the late 8th century to distinguish the Saxons of Britain from those o...
5 giorni fa · In the final act, Edgar has died (‘died’) and is brought back in a coffin (placed stage front and centre here, with an embossed cross). In a curious twist, Tigrana appears to pray for Edgar and the curate propositions her, asking her to run away with him.
1 giorno fa · What were the main features of the second rebellion involving Edgar Atheling in 1069? Edgar's army seized control and slaughtered the Norman garrisons, killing 3000. Why did the second rebellion involving Edgar Atheling in 1069 fail?
