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Dr Matt Firth
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Research Fellow @ Flinders Uni. Early English Queens, 850-1000 (https://t.ly/Q395d); Remembering England: Cultural Memory in the Sagas of Icelanders (https://t.ly/So2-E); & Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception (https://t.ly/jeqql) all out now.
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I'm getting the impression that if I follow this plan I may not survive...
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Thanks Deborah, it really is. At least we have him home for the night. It's amazing to think how long he's been with us.
September 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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I sent a strongly worded email...
August 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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I did!
August 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Side note that the reviewer gets themselves deeply muddled between Edward the Elder and Edgar the Peaceful (and, as such, confuses the relationships between various figures) - these are their errors, not the book's!
August 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Links! To Parergon 42.1 which contains the review:
www.parergon.org/index.php/pa...

And to the publisher site for the paperback of the book:
www.routledge.com/Early-Englis... (2/2)
Early English Queens, 850–1000: Potestas Reginae
This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing the development of the queen’s role from bed companion to institutional office. The pe...
www.routledge.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM