Edward The Confessor Analysis

King Edward the Confessor had spent a few years in exile in Normandy before his accession to the English throne in 1042. Along with his life expertise and with the Anglo-Saxon nobility, he created the Witan (Council) to advise and carry out his instruction. Once William of Normandy became king he didn't change the format of this Council, however only its leaders from Anglo-Saxon to Norman. William realised that for the invasion to succeed, he required to keep the maximum amount continuity to Anglo-Saxon life as possible. The administrative frameworks of England and Normandy were run in very similar methods, therefore there was very little change required to a country that was wealthy in agriculture, coin and population. England had become the