-
Edward the Confessor".
The notion of Curtana being St.
Edward's sword was spurious.
There had been
objects up to then
purported to be St.
Edward the Confessor's...
-
coronation of his cousin, King
Edward II
of England, on 25
February 1308,
carrying Curtana,
the sword of Edward the Confessor. At
the beginning of the king's...
-
converted to
Christianity in
the Early Middle Ages. A
permanent set
of coronation regalia, once
belonging to
Edward the Confessor, was
established after he...
- collection.
The stone is
thought to have been in
the coronation ring
of Edward the Confessor,
known later as St
Edward, who
ascended the throne of England...
- 1296 by King
Edward I to
contain the Stone of Scone,
which he had
captured from
the Scots.
The chair was
named after Edward the Confessor and for centuries...
- St
Edward's Crown is
the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
Named after Saint Edward the Confessor,
versions of it have traditionally...
- more
probable as
the year
of death, Barlow,
Edward the Confessor, p. 30. Æthelstan Ætheling,
Oxford Online DNB Barlow,
Edward the Confessor, p. 34. Æthelstan...
- from
the 1040s,
commissioned by King
Edward the Confessor, who is
buried inside.
Construction of the present church began in 1245 on
the orders of Henry...
- saint"
during the Crusades, but
the saint most
closely ****ociated with
England was
Edward the Confessor. This was so
until the time
of Edward III, who in...
-
spanned the reigns of four monarchs; from Cnut,
Harold Harefoot, and Harthacnut, into
the early years of Edward the Confessor. Most
important was
the reign...