CONTACT INFORMATION:
Professor of Early Medieval History
School of Social Sciences
King Alfred’s College
Winchester
Hampshire, England SO22 4NR
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| Active email: | Barbara.Yorke@wkac.ac.uk |
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SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
Early Middle Ages: Conversion in early medieval Britain
Nunneries
Aldhelm, Boniface and the early medieval church in Wessex and its influence in Europe
Early medieval kingship
Early medieval identities
Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England (1990)
Wessex in the Early Middle Ages (1995)
Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses (2003)
The Conveersion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain 600-800 (forthcoming)
WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:
This forms an aspect of studying identities in the early middle ages.
History of the Medieval Book:
Medieval Chronicle Studies:
A type of primary source central to much of my research. I am working in particular at the moment on aspects of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and on early medieval origin legends; I will be a keynote speaker at the conference on Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in York this summer.
Other Possible Themes:
The interaction of religion and society; how the one is modified by the other would be a good theme that could bring in a whole range of medieval media and texts.
Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
Chloe Edwards, Female Saints in Anglo-Saxon England
Alex Langland, Boundaries in Anglo-Saxon Charters
Richard Greatorex, Federacy in the Early Middle Ages
STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
Yes, I am interested in exchange of PhD students, in staff exchanges with WUN partner institutions, and in conducting a videoconferencing seminar or course.
MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
MA in Regional & Local history (with medieval pathway and research training)
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