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See also:EDGAR (EADGAR) , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:English (944-975), was the younger son of See also:Edmund the Magnificent and 1Elfgifu. As See also:early
as 95.5 he signed a See also:charter of his See also:uncle Eadred, and in 957 the Mercian nobles, discontented with the See also:rule of his See also:elder See also:brother Eadwig, made him king of See also:England See also:north of the See also:Thames. On the See also:death of his brother in See also:October 959 Edgar became king of a See also:united England. Immediately on his See also:accession to the See also:throne of See also:Mercia Edgar recalled St See also:Dunstan from See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile- and bestowed on him first the bishopric of See also:Worcester, and then that of See also:London. In 961 Dunstan was translated to See also:Canterbury, and throughout Edgar's reign he was his See also:chief adviser, and to him must be attributed much of the See also:peace and prosperity of this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time.
The reign of Edgar was somewhat uneventful, but two things stand out clearly: his ecclesiastical policy and his imperial position in See also:Britain. Edgar and Dunstan were alike determined to reform the See also:great monastic houses, and to secure that they should be restored once more to their true owners and not remain in the hands of the See also:secular priests or Canonici, whose See also:life and discipline alike seem to have been extremely lax. In this reform Edgar was helped not only by St Dunstan but also by -See also:Oswald of Worcester and lEthelwold of See also:Winchester. The priests of the old and new monasteries at Winchester, at See also:Chertsey and at See also:Milton Abbas were replaced by monks, and in monastic discipline the old rule of St See also:Benedict was restored in all its strictness.
The See also:coronation of Edgar was, for some unexplained See also:reason, delayed till the See also:Whitsunday of 473. It took See also:place with much ceremony at See also:Bath, and was followed shortly after by a See also:general submission to Edgar at See also:Chester. Six, or (according to later chroniclers) eight See also:kings, including the kings of See also:Scotland and See also:Strathclyde, plighted their faith that they would be the king's See also:fellow-workers on See also:sea and See also:land. The See also:historical truth of this See also:story has been much questioned; there seems to be little doubt that it is true in its See also:main outlines, though we need not accept the details about Edgar's having been rowed on the See also:Dee by eight kings.
Two isolated and unexplained incidents are also recorded in the See also:chronicle: first, the ravaging of See also:Westmorland by the Scandinavian Thored, son of Gunnere, in 967; and second, the ravaging of See also:Thanet by Edgar's own command in 970:
Edgar's death took place in the See also:year 975, and he was buried at See also:Glastonbury. By his vigorous rule and his statesmanlike policy Edgar won the approval of his See also:people, and in the Saxon chronicle we have poems commemorating his coronation and death, and describing his general See also:character. The only See also:fault ascribed Co him is a too great love for foreigners and for See also:foreign customs. Edgar strengthened the hands of the provincial See also:administration, and to him has been attributed the reorganization of the English See also:fleet. The characteristic feature of his rule was his Iove of peace, and by efficient administration he secured it.
Edgar formed an irregular See also:union in 961 with Wulfthryth, an inmate of the See also:convent at See also:Wilton, who See also:bore him a daughter Eadgyth. He next married lEthelf1md, " the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:duck,"• daughter of See also:Earl Ordmxr, who boxe him a son, afterwards known as See also:Edward the See also:Martyr. Finally he was united to IElfthryth, daughter of Earl Ordgar, who became the See also:mother of the lEtheling Edmund (d. 971) and of lEthelred the Unready.
AuTHORrrIES. Saxon' Chronicle (ed. Plummer and. See also:Earle, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford), sub. See also:ann.; Vita Sancti Oswaldi (Historians of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:York, ed. Raine, Rolls See also:Series) ; See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Malmesbury, Gesta regum (ed. See also:Stubbs, Rolls Series) ; See also:Birch, Cartularium Saxonicum, vol. iii. Nos. 1047-1319; F. See also:Liebermann, A.-S. See also:Laws, i. 192-216; " See also:Florence of Worcester " (Mon. Hist. Brit.) ; E. W. See also:Robertson, Historical Essays, pp. 189-215. (A, Mw.)
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