Edward the Confessor
Americannoun
noun
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The team believed the bundle of coins could have been the savings pot of a local figure, fearing regime changes following the coronation of Edward the Confessor in 1042.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025
Even Mahony didn’t have a case as preposterous as that of John Lenihan, a popular priest at St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023
That crown was a replacement for an even older medieval crown associated with Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, from the 11th century.
From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022
The St Edward's Crown replaced a medieval version, thought to have dated back to the 11th Century reign of Edward the Confessor which was melted down in 1649.
From Reuters • Dec. 3, 2022
Edward the Confessor is said to have issued the first prohibition of interest.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
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