The Norman Conquest (79 page)

Edith, Henry I’s queen (d. 1118),
349
–
51

Edith Swan-Neck, wife of Harold Godwineson,
137
,
190
,
212

Edmund, son of Edmund Ironside,
102

Edmund, son of Harold,
220

Edmund Ironside, king of England (1016),
17
–
18
,
102

Edward I, king of England (1272–1307)
4
,
151
,
353

Edward of Salisbury,
320

Edward the Confessor, king of England character,
11
,
97
; piety,
11
,
96
–
8
; chastity,
64
,
69
,
73
,
96
–
7
,
365
; supports Church reform,
98
,
368
–
9
; friendships,
63
,
69
,
75
,
78
,
95
,
208
; builds palace and abbey at Westminster,
96
–
7
,
131
,
198
,
258
,
334
,
368
; hunting,
120
,
291
; canonization and cult,
11
,
97
,
350
; cult,
353
family relationships:
with his mother, Emma,
41
,
59
–
60
,
97
; with cousin, Robert,
20
–
1
; with father-in-law, Godwine,
64
,
73
; with wife, Edith,
63
–
4
,
73
,
134
; with brothers-in-law, Harold and Tostig,
108
,
120
,
140
selective chronological survey:
birth (1002 x 1005),
13
; exile in Normandy
15
; return to England (1014),
17
–
18
; exile in Normandy
19
–
20
; attempted return to England (c. 1033),
20
–
2
,
37
,
51
; attempted return to England (1036),
34
,
37
,
51
; return to England (1041),
41
–
2
; accession (1042),
42
,
59
; coronation (1043),
59
,
140
,
197
; fears attack from Norway (1042–7)
59
–
62
,
157
,
337
; marries Edith (1045),
63
–
4
; dominated by Godwine,
62
–
6
; plan to remove Godwine,
66
,
68
,
75
; promises succession to WTC (1051),
69
–
70
,
73
–
5
,
115
–
18
,
173
; clash with Godwine (1051),
70
–
2
; prepares against Godwine’s return (1051–2)
75
–
6
; forced to readmit Godwine (1052),
77
–
9
,
95
; dominated by Godwinesons (1053–66)
100
–
9
; his Part in Harold’s visit to Normandy (1064/5),
113
,
115
–
19
; reaction to northern rebellion (1065),
129
–
31
; illness and final days,
131
–
41
,
343
,
346
; death (1066),
11
,
131
,
141

Edward the Exile (d. 1057), son of Edmund Ironside,
102
–
3
,
105
–
6
,
132
,
138

Eilífr, earl,
28
–
9

Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of England (d. 1204),
351

Elizabeth, queen of Harold Hardrada,
160

Elmham (Norfolk),
258

Ely (Cambs),
36
,
243
–
52
,
264
,
278
,
306
,
309
,
314
; abbey,
242
,
284
; abt of,
246
; castle,
251
; inquest,
308
–
9
,
314

Emma, dau. of Richard I of Normandy, queen of England (d. 1052): marriage to, Æthelred,
16
–
17
,
30
; marriage to Cnut,
19
–
20
,
30
–
1
; schemes for the succession (1035–40)
32
–
9
; relationship with ETC,
19
,
37
,
41
,
59
–
60
,
68
; patron of Stigand,
99
; death and burial,
97
,
100
; children of,
see
Alfred; Edward; Godgifu; Gunhilda; Harthacnut

Emma, dau. of William fitz Osbern,
268
,
270

Encomium Emmae Reginae
,
32
–
8
,
41
–
2
,
61
,
132

England (
selected references):
origins,
11
–
13
; population,
25
, social conditions and society,
25
–
7
; changes as a result of Danish conquest,
28
–
30
; political maturity,
31
,
309
; absence of castles in,
208
; prevalence of slavery,
25
–
6
,
294
–
5
; and political murder,
263
–
5
; Church in,
235
–
42
,
256
–
8
; naval power,
143
–
4
; changes as a result of Norman Conquest,
7
–
8
,
319
–
24
;
334
–
42
;
see also
burhs; commendation; coronation; courts; Danelaw; hides; hundreds; military obligation; shires; taxation

The English (
selected references):
origins,
11
–
13
; conversion,
12
; hairstyles,
2
; military techniques, considered backwards by their detractors,
2
,
178
–
9
; brave and warlike, according to their defenders,
178
,
208
; considered barbarous by Continentals,
263
–
5
; transformed by French fashions,
266
; accused of gluttony, drunkenness and lechery,
26
,
177
,
336
–
7
; reluctance to write about Conquest,
115
,
333
,
342
; effect of Conquest on,
7
–
8
,
319
–
21
,
332
–
42
,
344
–
53

Erik, earl of Northumbria (d: 1023),
28
–
30
,
122

Ermenfrid, bp of Sion, papal legate,
92
,
239

Essex,
12
,
18
,
66
,
68

Estrith, sister of King Cnut,
61

Eu (Seine-Mar.),
68
,
114

Eustace, count of Boulogne,
71
,
209
–
10

Evesham (Worcs), abbey,
230
,
260
,
285
–
6
; abt of,
see
Æthelwig; Walter