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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review'Well-researched, written, cited, and indexed, this book provokes discussion and is a fine addition to scholarly libraries... Highly recommended.' -- D.J. Shepherd Choice Magazine vol 52:04:2014 'Marafioti's lucid and wide-ranging survey of the royal dead in tenth- and eleventh-century England offers numerous fresh insights into the politics of the period... It makes compelling reading.' -- Sarah Foot English Historical Review vol 130: 544:June 2015 'Marafioti persuasively shows just how important the management of Royal remains became in Anglo-Saxon world... Fine study.' -- Lindsay Digglemann Parergon vol 32:01:2015 'Nicole Marafioti's book is eloquent, incisive, and well-grounded in a wide range of primary sources... She approaches each account from numerous different interrogative perspectives, thus extracting a huge amount of insight and information.' -- Victoria Whiteworth Speculum vol 90:04:2015
Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction. 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 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
