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Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. His most famous work is Reflections on the Revolution in France a critique of the social and political turmoil in that country in the final decade of the 18th century...

Portrait of the English poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), author of The Faerie Queene, oil on oakwood by an unknown artist.

A 1774 oil-on-canvas portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. Painted by Joshua Reynolds. (National Galleries, Scotland)

A 1771 oil-on-canvas portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. Painted by the studio of Joshua Reynolds. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Edmund Ironside, king of England (r. 1016), miniature from the royal genealogy MS Royal 14 B VI, 14th century. British Library, London.

The Danish conquest of England was not a singular event, but a series of large Viking invasions of England between 1013 and 1016, which eventually overthrew the native English dynasty. As a result, four kings from the House of Denmark ruled...

An illustration of Saint Edmund being martyred, manuscript illumination, by Abbo of Fleury, in Passio Edmundi, c. 1130. The Morgan Library & Museum, New York City.

A portrait of Sir Edmund Andros, an English colonial official who served as governor for multiple colonies including New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and the short-lived Dominion of New England. By Mary Beale, circa 1680.

Portrait of Edmund Andros (l. 1637-1714 CE), the second governor of New York. Painted by Frederick Stone Batcheller (1837-1889 CE). Collection of the Rhode Island State House.

Aethelred II, also known as Aethelred the Unready, was king of the English from 978-1013 and 1014-1016. His long reign was initially stable, but Viking attacks on England escalated from the 990s onward. Viking incursions eventually grew so...