The king's body : burial and succession in late Anglo-Saxon England / Nicole Marafioti.
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TextSeries: Toronto Anglo-Saxon seriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9781442668690
- 1442668695
- Anglo-Saxons -- Kings and rulers -- Death and burial -- Political aspects
- Anglo-Saxons -- Politics and government
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 449-1066
- Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
- Anglo-Saxons -- Rois et souverains -- Mort et sépulture -- Aspect politique
- Grande-Bretagne -- Politique et gouvernement -- 449-1066
- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 449-1066 (Période anglo-saxonne)
- HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain
- HISTORY -- General
- Anglo-Saxons -- Politics and government
- Politics and government
- Great Britain
- 449-1066
- 942.01/7 23
- DA152
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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.
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