The King's Body: Burial and Succession in Late Anglo-Saxon England

by Nicole Marafioti

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. Using contemporary texts and archaeological evidence, Nicole Marafioti reconstructs the political activity that accompanied kings' burials, to demonstrate that royal bodies were potent political objects which could be used to provide legitimacy to the next generation.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442647582
• ISBN13: 9781442647589
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher