English nationalism Siege of Calais of 1346, King Edward III expelled the inhabitants of that city because, in his words, "I wolde repeople agayne the towne with pure Englysshmen". When King Henry V conquered Harfleur in 1415, he ordered the inhabitants to leave and imported English immigrants to replace them. Edward III promoted Saint George during his wars against Scotland and France. Under Edward I and Edward II, pennons bearing the Cross of Saint George were carried, along with those of Saint Edmund the Martyr and Saint Edward the Confessor. However Edward III promoted St George over the previous national saints of
Iste confessor of whom people celebrate worldwide 2 Who holy, prudent, humble, modest // sober, pure, was and peaceful 3 At his holy tomb, frequently // the limbs of the sick (were) presently cured 4 Whence now our choir, in honour // of him sing this hymn gladly 5 Health to Him, honour and virtue // who resides above in the peak of heaven </poem> Iste confessor Iste confessor is a Latin hymn used in the Divine Office at Lauds and Vespers on feasts of confessors. It exists in two forms. "Iste confessor Domini sacratus" is the original 8th Century hymn and