The King's Body : Burial and Succession in Late Anglo-Saxon England / Nicole Marafioti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marafioti, Nicole, author.

Series:

Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 16.

Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglo-Saxons--Kings and rulers--Death and burial--Political aspects.

Anglo-Saxons.

Anglo-Saxons--Politics and government.

Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--449-1066.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The King's Body investigates the role of royal bodies, funerals, and graves in English succession debates from the death of Alfred the Great in 899 through the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Contents:

The Politics of Royal Burial in Late Anglo-Saxon England

1. Royal Tombs and Political Performance: New Minster and Westminster

2. Tenth-century Royal Mausolea and the Power of Place

3. Funeral, Coronation, and Continuity: Political Corpses in the Eleventh Century

4. Royal Body as Executed Body: Physical Propaganda in the Reigns of Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut

5. Body and Memory: The Missing Corpse of King Edward the Martyr

6. Bodies of Conquest: Kings, Saints, and Conquerors in the Reign of Cnut

7. Conclusions: William of Normandy and the Landscape of Anglo-Saxon Royal Burial.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6870-9

1-4426-6869-5

OCLC:

879870081