Four rivals. One throne. The death of Edward the Confessor set off a chain of events that would end an era—and decide the fate of England forever.

Students in Marla Chapotel's fourth-grade class at St. Edward the Confessor School in Metairie have been studying the properties of a combination of cornstarch and water known as oobleck, with ...

Edward was the son of Ethelred II and was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon king of England who was known as 'The Confessor' because of his piety. He lived between 1003 and 1066 and was replaced by ...

Sallot, the pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, is leaving the parish to become the vicar general of the Diocese of Orange. Sallot came to Dana Point in 2002 and said the past 11 ...

Edward, called the Confessor, was born at Islip in Oxfordshire between 1002 and 1005, the son of King Ethelred 'the Unready' and Emma. Driven from England by the Danes, and spending his exile in ...

A Voyage of three Ambassadors from England to Constantinople and the East, about the year 1056[2]. [2] Hakluyt, II, 40. Malmsb II. xiii. Upon the holy festival of Easter, King Edward the Confessor ...

Edward the Confessor's death in 1066 precipitated the invasion and conquest of England by William of Normandy, who claimed the throne had been left to him.

In 1066, the English king Edward the Confessor lay dying in his bed. Three powerful men had strong claims to succeed him, but only Harold Godwinson was close enough to grab power.

Edward the Confessor coin brooch found in field. Image source, Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service. Image caption, Modifying coins into jewellery happened across the Anglo-Saxon and Norman ...