Edward vs Earl Godwine

• Edward the Confessor


  Not a great military figure, but a good king when it came to dispensing justice and being pious
• Edward was extremely reliant on the most powerful Earl, Godwine


  Edward forced Godwine into exile in 1050
• Reason for Godwine's exile in 1050

  1. An embassy from Boulogne had been attacked in Dover

  2. Edward wanted the culprits punished

  3. Godwine refused
• Godwine's return to England in 1051


  1. Godwine returned to reclaim his Earldom

  2. Godwine achieved this successfully