Hereward The Wake At Ely, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
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Hereward The Wake At Ely, 1902. Hereward the Wake, Anglo-Saxon rebel, attacking Peterborough Abbey, 1070 (early 20th century). Hereward attacking the abbey in protest at William I's imposition of a Norman abbot. From his base in the fens near Ely, Hereward was a leader of popular Anglo-Saxon resistance after the Norman Conquest and the coronation of William the Conqueror as King of England. He was the eponymous hero of a novel by Charles Kingsley published in 1865. After a work by Patten Wilson (1869-1934). From A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens [J. M. Dent & Co., New York, 1902]
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Creator
- Patten Wilson: British: Engraver
Subject
- Hereward the Wake: Anglo-Saxon, English: popular leader, rebel
People Related
- Charles Dickens: British: Novelist, author, writer, artist, draughtsman
- Charles Kingsley: British: Anglican clergyman, teacher, and writer
- William the Conqueror: French: King of England
Geographic Hierarchy
World Europe United Kingdom England Peterborough Peterborough
- 52 35 00 N , 000 15 00 W
World Europe United Kingdom England Cambridgeshire Ely
- 52 24 00 N , 000 16 00 E
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2592x3460
File Size : 26,275kb
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- 0580029030
- 2-618-806
- 2618806