Edward the Confessor of Edward's lands exceeded that of the greatest earls, but they were scattered among the southern earldoms. He had no personal powerbase, and he does not seem to have attempted to build one. In 1050–51 he even paid off the fourteen foreign ships which constituted his standing navy and abolished the tax raised to pay for it. However, in ecclesiastical and foreign affairs he was able to follow his own policy. King Magnus I of Norway aspired to the English throne, and in 1045 and 1046, fearing an invasion, Edward took command of the fleet at Sandwich. Beorn's elder brother,
The Confessor (film) The Confessor (film) The Good Shepherd (also known as The Confessor in the United States) is a 2004 drama film directed by Lewin Webb, starring Christian Slater, Molly Parker and Stephen Rea. The film follows a straying Catholic priest's investigation of a troubled teen's mysterious death. It was released direct-to-video on March 21, 2006. This religious-themed thriller follows Daniel Clemens (Christian Slater), a fallen priest turned public-relations representative for the Catholic Church, risking his life to prove the innocence of a fellow clergyman who has been accused of committing murder. With the help from a dedicated reporter (Molly Parker) and