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Edgar, King of England
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Edgar, also known as Edgar the Peaceful, the Peacemaker and the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother Eadwig's death. He was
Edgar, King of England
Edgar in the second tier of the Royal Window in the mid-fifteenth century chapel of All Souls College, Oxford. The stained glass is original apart fro
Edgar in the second tier of the Royal Window in the mid-fifteenth century chapel of All Souls College, Oxford. The stained glass is original apart from Edgar's head, which was replaced with one made by Clayton and Bell in the 1870s.
Coin of Edgar, pre-reform, Bust Crowned, moneyer Levinc, East Anglia
Coin of Edgar, pre-reform, Bust Crowned, moneyer Levinc, East Anglia
Frontispiece of the Winchester New Minster Charter of 966, the only illuminated charter and the only manuscript written entirely in gold to survive fr
Frontispiece of the Winchester New Minster Charter of 966, the only illuminated charter and the only manuscript written entirely in gold to survive from Anglo-Saxon England. Edgar is flanked by the Virgin Mary and St Peter, and he is offering the charter to Christ, who sits enthroned above, surrounded by four winged angels.
Æthelred the Unready
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Æthelred II, known as Æthelred the Unready, was King of the English from March 978 to December 1013 and again from February 1014 until his death. The epithet "Unready" or "Unræd" is a pun on his name
Edgar, King of England
…chosen with the support of Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Three years later Edward was murdered; he was succeeded by his younger half-brother, Æthelred the Unready. Later chroniclers presented Edgar's reign as a golden age when England was free from external attacks and internal disorder, especially compared with…
Æthelred the Unready
Illustration in the late tenth-century Ramsey Psalter, probably for Ramsey Abbey or Oswald, Archbishop of York
Illustration in the late tenth-century Ramsey Psalter, probably for Ramsey Abbey or Oswald, Archbishop of York
Charter S 876 of 4 June 993 in favour of Abingdon Abbey
Charter S 876 of 4 June 993 in favour of Abingdon Abbey
Charter S 905 of Æthelred in 1002 granting land in Canterbury for seven pounds to a man also called Æthelred and his wife, with restoration to the Chu
Charter S 905 of Æthelred in 1002 granting land in Canterbury for seven pounds to a man also called Æthelred and his wife, with restoration to the Church on their deaths