This volume in the Rolls Series, published in 1858, includes three
of the most important sources for the life of Edward the Confessor.
The Vita AEdwardi was written c.1067 and was used as a source by
notable chroniclers such as William of Malmesbury and Ailred of
Rievaulx. The author declares his purpose in honouring Queen Edith,
and the Godwin family are given prominence alongside Edward. Ailred
completed a life of Edward for the translation of his relics in
1163, and the Vita Beati is 'a sort of abridged versification',
produced for Henry VI c.1440. The Anglo-Norman poem, La Estoire de
Seint Aedward, now attributed to Matthew Paris, was written c.1245
and the editor (Henry Luard, 1825 91) includes a translation,
glossary and descriptions of the numerous illustrations at the head
of the manuscript. These three sources remain vital to our
understanding of the final years of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom
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