|
|
Definition of Eadwig
1. Noun. King of England who was renounced by Northumbria in favor of his brother Edgar (died in 959).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eadwig
Literary usage of Eadwig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"Next year (958), when all was lost, Odo succeeded in divorcing eadwig ...
Odo passed away on the 2nd June,4 ancl eadwig followed him on the ist October. ..."
2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1870)
"II. Grant of Cumberland to Malcolm. 945- 946. Succession of eadwig in ...
Dunst an, 1 See Appendix H. 1 On the whole reign of eadwig, see Mr. Allen's Essay ..."
3. Onomasticon Anglo-saxonicum; a List of Anglo-Saxon Proper Names from the by William George Searle (1897)
"BCS - KCD 630 669 eadwig [984] kinsman of bp Oswald Wore. BCS — KCD 645 eadwig [c.
... 970] witness Exeter BCS 1244 KCD - Earle eadwig Edic . ..."
4. A History of England Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings by Johann Martin Lappenberg (1845)
"Dunstan would probably have closed his life in exertions for the spread of monastic
discipline, had not an event at the coronation of eadwig drawn him into ..."
5. The Conquest of England by John Richard Green (1884)
"The new ealdorman whom eadwig had set over Mid-Britain was the first to move
against him ... 193) says, justly enough, " eadwig is accused of dissolving the ..."
6. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"The Mercians reject eadwig, sever their kingdom from his, and then elect Eadgar
as their king.4 ^Ethelred the Second was deposed in favor of his conqueror, ..."
7. Inquiry Into the Rise and Growth of the Royal Prerogative in England by John Allen (1849)
"AN INQUIRY LIFE AND CHARACTER OF KING eadwig. eadwig, the fourth in descent
from ^Elfred, is described by our monkish historians as a voluptuous and ..."
Other Resources:
