East Anglia and East Mercia submit to Edward
Edward and the Danes of Yorkshire
Reign of Aethelstan. Battle of Brunanburh
Aethelstan organises the midland shires
Reign of Edmund. Archbishop Oda
Reorganisation of the dukedoms. The shire-reeves
Reign of Eadred. Final submission of the North
CHAPTER XV. ENGLAND FROM A.D. 954 TO THE DEATH OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR.
By WILLIAM JOHN CORBETT, M.A.
Death of Eadred and accession of Eadwig Accession of Edgar Monastic Reform. Oswald's Land Loans Drift towards feudalism Edgar's administrative measures Rise of ecclesiastical franchises Reign of Edward the Martyr Minority of Aethelred the Unready Renewal of Scandinavian invasions The Massacre of St Brice's Day Svein of Denmark Restoration of Aethelred Edmund Ironside Accession of Knut His domestic policy His foreign policy Harold Harefoot Harthacnut Accession of Edward the Confessor Edward's character Predominance of Godwin of Wessex Edward's foreign advisers Exile of Godwin Return of Godwin Flight of the foreigners Death of Godwin War with Scotland Rivalry of Harold and Aelfgar The succession problem War with the Welsh Captivity of Harold Northumbrian revolt. Fall of Tostig Death of Edward the Confessor Economic conditions undem Edward Contrast between East and West The Rectitudines Singularum Personarum The Tidenham evidence The growth of seignorial courts; sake and soke St Edmund's Liberty
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