Wessex (ˈwɛsɪks) n 1.(Placename) an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S and SW England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century ad 2.(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a.(in Thomas Hardy's works) the southwestern counties of England, esp Dorset ...
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Edward the Confessor was the son of King Aethelred the Unready of the House of Wessex. The family was exiled to Normandy when the Danish invaded England in 1013 but, with the nation in crisis on the death of King Harthacnut twenty-nine years later, Edward was named King of England, rest...
the House of Wessex – Edward the Confessor’s wife Edith Godwinson was associated with the nunnery and had retired there after the Conquest. Wilton was regarded as a centre for female learning as well as a centre of spirituality. The nunnery had a nail from the True Cross, bits of the ...
of your family held manors over all this part of England; their names appear in the Pipe Rolls in the time of King Stephen. In the reign of King John one of them was rich enough to give a manor to the Knights Hospitallers; and in Edward the Second's time your forefather Brian was...
The community negotiated in turn with the Scandinavians ofYork in the late ninth century and very early tenth; with the conquering kings of the house of Wessex; the comital House of Bamburgh, successor in the region to 展开 DOI: 10.1353/cat.1999.0142 年份: 1999 ...
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Edward succeeded his half-brother and King Cnut the Great’s son,Harthacnut. With him assuming the powers of King, it ended Danish rule and restored the rule of the House of Wessex. He had no children. Harold Godwinson succeeded King Edward. ...
The Norman Conquest led to the establishment of the House of Normandy and marked the introduction of feudalismin England. Additionally, Norman French became the language of the English court and nobility, exerting a significant influence on the development of Middle English....