Eadwig
Britishnoun
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He believes the psalter's capital letters were based on designs created by a master scribe, Eadwig Basan, who is not known to have been working in Canterbury until a few years after Alphege's death.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2020
In 959 Eadwig died, and Eadgar became king south of the Thames.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William
Dunstan, character and work of, 65; banished by Eadwig, 67; becomes Eadgar's Minister, ib.; his attitude towards the monks, 68; supports Eadward's succession, 78; death of, 79.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
Eadwig was swayed by a woman of high lineage, �thelgifu; and the quarrel between her and the older counsellors of Eadred broke into open strife at the coronation feast.
From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard
Eadwig was hardly more than fifteen years old, and it would be difficult for a boy to keep order amongst the great ealdormen and earls.
From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
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