Table of Contents

Edgar: Rex admirabilis - Simon D Keynes
A Conspectus of the Characters of King Edward, 957-975 - Simon D Keynes
Eadwig and Edgar: Politics, Propaganda, Faction - Shashi Jayakumar
Edgar, Chester, and the Kingdom of the Mercians, 957-9 - C P Lewis
Edgar's Path to the Throne - Frederick M. Biggs
The Women in Edgar's Life - Barbara Yorke
Edgar, Albion and Insular Domination - Julia C Crick
King Edgar and the Men of the Danelaw - Lesley Abrams
The Pre-Reform Coinage of Edgar - Hugh Pagan
The Chronology of the Benedictine "Reform" - Julia Barrow
The Frontispiece to the New Minster Charter and the King's Two Bodies - Catherine E. Karkov
The Laity and Monastic Reform in the Reign of Edgar - Alexander R. Rumble
The Edgar Panegyrics in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Mercedes Salvador-Bello

About the Author

CATHERINE E. KARKOV is Professor Emeritus of Art History, University of Leeds.

Reviews

A welcome cheaper reprint of important papers.
*NORTHERN HISTORY*

[An] academic history, aimed at those with a serious interest in Anglo-Saxon history. It will be of great value for them, casing light on this otherwise obscure reign.
*WWW.HISTORYOFWAR.ORG*

A timely reassessment of this monarch and reign.
*YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES*

Illuminates aspects of Edgar's reign that have not been well covered in most general works, and its consistently high standard will ensure that it becomes essential reading for those who wish to understand the life and times of Edgar the Peaceable.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*