TOSTIG

tŏsˈtĭg, d. 1066, earl of Northumbria; son of Earl Godwin of Wessex. He was banished with his father in 1051 and returned with him in their armed invasion of 1052. Made earl of Northumbria in 1055, Tostig jointly invaded (1063) Wales with his brother Harold (later King Harold of England). The Northumbrians revolted against Tostig's severe rule in 1065 and chose Morcar, brother of the earl of Mercia, to be their earl. Tostig fled to Flanders. The next year he raided the English coast, then joined the Norwegian king Harold III in defeating Morcar. Tostig and his ally were killed by Tostig's brother Harold at Stamford Bridge.

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books on: Tostig  - 129 results

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1.
Neglected Heroes: Leadership and War in the Early Medieval Period
Book by Terry L. Gore; Praeger Publishers, 1995
Subjects: Military History, Medieval
...paid a visit by none other than the disenfranchised Tostig Godwinson. Tostig, once earl of Northumbria in northern England, had...Thirsting for revenge and his own perceived just due, Tostig had first gone to Flanders, the home of his wife...
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Gods, Heroes and Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain
Book by Christopher R. Fee, David A. Leeming; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: British Literature--History And Criticism, Christianity And Other Religions--Great Britain, Literature, Medieval--History And Criticism, Mythology, British, Mythology, Celtic--Great Britain
...this request was granted. One among them asked if Earl Tostig were in the company of the invaders; Tostig then identified himself to the speaker. An- other rider then offered Tostig Northumbria as a peace-gift between brothers; Tostig...
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The Norman Conquest of the North: The Region and Its Transformation, 1000-1135
Book by William E. Kapelle; University of North Carolina Press, 1979
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Anglo Saxon Period, 449-1066, Great Britain--History--Norman Period, 1066-1154, Peasantry--England, Northern--History, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500
...undoubtedly appeared so to the northerners. Tostig could hardly have been expected to share...preconceived intention, for the choice of Tostig may have been merely a shortsighted attempt...and Mercia, 4 and the appointment of Tostig may have been simply the application of...
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St Margaret Queen of Scotland
Book by Alan J. Wilson; John Donald, 2001
Subjects: Christian Women Saints--Scotland--Edinburgh, Margaret--Queen, Consort Of Malcolm Iii, King Of Scotland--Ca. 1045-1093
...conquest by Normandy, the return of Tostig and the ever-present threat of support...could defend his land essential. But Tostig had no intention of being beaten at this...Morcar and his brother Edwin who defeated Tostig, forcing him to flee once more, this...
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The Oxford Companion to British History
Book by John Cannon; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Encyclopedias
...1065, he failed to assist his brother * Tostig in the probably impossible task of crushing...authority in Northumbria; the embittered Tostig thereafter became his brothers enemy and...strength, he joined forces in 1066 with * Tostig, * Harold II Godwinesons exiled brother...
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journal articles on: Tostig  - 2 results

 
 
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The Fall of the Last Anglo-saxon King: a Case of Leadership Failure during a Crisis
Journal article by Louis Scarpati, Stephen C. Betts; Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, Vol. 12, 2006
Subjects: England, Godwinson, Harold, Kings, Leadership, Management of crises, Teaching methods, War
...approached the Norwegian King. He offered Tostig, an ally of Hardrada and Harolds long...one third of his new kingdom, if he, Tostig, would make peace and defect to Harolds side. When Tostig asked what would be given to his ally for...
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Female Devotion and the Vercelli Book
Journal article by Mary Dockray-Miller; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 83, 2004
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon philology--Analysis, Manuscripts, English (Middle)--Criticism and interpretation, Middle English manuscripts--Criticism and interpretation, Vercelli (Book)--Criticism and interpretation
...books which were produced in England while she was married to Tostig (two of these are now in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New...OMACL/Anglo/ (62) For an account of Judiths marriage to Tostig in the volatile years leading to the Norman Conquest, see Richard...


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magazine articles on: Tostig  - 3 results

 
 
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The Trauma of 1066
Magazine article by Elisabeth Van Houts; History Today, Vol. 46, October 1996
Subjects: Anglo-Saxon literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Military occupation--Psychological aspects, United Kingdom--History, 1066-1154 (Normans)
...find Orderic Vitalis interpolating William of Jumieges, Gesta Normannorum Ducum (GND) with details on King Harolds brothers Tostig and Gyrth, the battle and in general a toning down of some of Williams more explicit pro-Norman sentiments. In fact Orderic...
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The Making of England
Magazine article by Patrick Wormald; History Today, Vol. 45, February 1995
Subjects: England--Kings and rulers, Saxons in England--History, United Kingdom--History, 449-1066 (Anglo-Saxon period)
...over West Saxon rule. From then on, Northumbria always needed careful handling; for forgetting that, Harolds brother, Earl Tostig, was expelled by a brutal rebellion in 1065. Yet by that time, the Northumbrians too sought not independence but a more amenable...
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The Rebellion of Earl Godwin
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 51, September 2001
Subjects: Godwin, Earl of Wessex--Conduct of life, Nobility--Political activity
...family outlaws and gave them five days to leave the country. The earl and his wife with Swein and two of the younger sons, Tostig and Gurth, took ship from Bosham for Flanders. Harold and another brother, Leofwin, left for Ireland from Bristol. The...


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newspaper articles on: Tostig  - 4 results

 
 
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The Date Modern Britain Was Born
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 14, 2010
Subjects: Norman Conquest, 1066
...and nor was he alone. Harold had fallen out with his brother Tostig, who forged an alliance with the Norwegian king, Harald Hardrada...and annihilated the Norwegians at Stamford Bridge. Harald and Tostig were killed, but the triumph was to be short-lived. Duke...
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'Time Team' Has a Field Day Unearthing King Harold's Hidden 1065 Welsh Links; Sherd of Pottery on 'A Real Cracker of a Site' Is Evidence of Saxon Link
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 29, 2008
Subjects: Archaeology
...Norway, and the potential threat from his embittered brother Tostig. In May 1066 Harold mobilised his fleet and army against an...leaving William free to cross the English Channel unopposed. Tostig and Hardraade joined forces and invaded England the same month...
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The Day England Died
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 27, 2008
...scramble to succeed Tony Blair in 2007 or to unseat Gordon Brown in the summer of 2008. Like a modern- day Mandelson, the wily Tostig, Harolds brother, a prototype Prince of Darkness, played both ends against the middle. C RUCIAL to what happened was an...
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Racy Ancestor Is Recruited to Cause; Musical Adapted for Hall Appeal
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 25, 2008
...freelance. He has also co-written two Tynemouth Pageants - one on invasions along the North East coast and the other about Tostig, the brother of King Harold of England. He was among 150 people at the public meeting at Seaton Delaval arts centre. "The...


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encyclopedia articles on: Tostig  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Tostig
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TOSTIG tos tig, d. 1066, earl of Northumbria...1052. Made earl of Northumbria in 1055, Tostig jointly invaded (1063) Wales with his...the earl of Mercia, to be their earl. Tostig fled to Flanders. The next year he raided...
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Harold
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...revolted (1065) against Harolds brother Tostig and chose Morcar in his place as earl...undertook an invasion. At the same time, Tostig, with Harold III of Norway, invaded...battle of Stamford Bridge, in which both Tostig and Harold III were slain. Then the harassed...
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Northumbria, Kingdom Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...last and most powerful. The Northumbrians expelled his successor, Tostig, in 1065. He was replaced by Morcar, the brother of Edwin, earl of Mercia. The next year Tostig returned with Harold Hardrada of Norway and defeated Morcar and Edwin...
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Harold III
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in the turbulent warfare of the time. In 1066 he accompanied Tostig , the exiled earl of Northumbria, on an invasion of N England...the Norse invasion at Stamford Bridge; both Harold III and Tostig fell in the battle. However, the way had been prepared for...


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