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sword of Edward the Confessor
Curtana Cur*ta"na (k?r-t?"n?), n. The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.

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- 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...
- gemstone in the Royal Collection. The sapphire is thought to have been set in the coronation ring of King Edward, known later as St Edward the Confessor, who...
- St Edward's Crown is the coronation crown of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. Named after Saint Edward the Confessor, versions of it have traditionally...
- valuable and revered piece of furniture in the world. The chair was named after Edward the Confessor, and is currently kept in St George's Chapel at Westminster...
- The Northumbrian Revolt of 1065 was a rebellion in the last months of the reign of Edward the Confessor against the earl of Northumbria, Tostig Godwinson...
- Edward the Confessor, p. 34. Æthelstan Ætheling, Oxford Online DNB Whitelock, English Historical Do****ents, pp. 593-593 Barlow, Edward the Confessor,...
- 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...
- Edward the Confessor. Edward had been forced to lived in exile, and when he died in 1066, one of the claimants to the throne was William, the Duke of...