"Edward the confessor" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... threnodia on the death of Edward the Confessor will be found to correspond, both in metre and expression, with the poetical paraphrase of ...
— The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle • Unknown
... Stephen left an undisputed succession for the first time since the death of Edward the Confessor. Henry, descended equally from the Norman Conqueror and the old English kings, adopted by Stephen, acknowledged by the barons, united in himself every kind of title. It was grown into a custom for the king to grant a charter of liberties on his accession to the crown. Henry also ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke |
