{"product_id":"the-kings-body-burial-and-succession-in-late-anglo-saxon-england-hardback-9781442647589","title":"The King's Body; Burial and Succession in Late Anglo-Saxon England (Hardback) 9781442647589","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe King's Body\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBurial and Succession in Late Anglo-Saxon England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicole Marafioti (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442647589\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 April 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 3 figures, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.3 x 2.7 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Well-researched, written, cited, and indexed, this book provokes discussion and is a fine addition to scholarly libraries… Highly recommended.’\u003c\/p\u003e - D.J. Shepherd (Choice Magazine vol 52:04:2014) \u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Sarah Foot (English Historical Review vol 130: 544:June 2015) \u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Victoria Whiteworth (Speculum vol 90:04:2015) \u003cp\u003e‘Marafioti persuasively shows just how important the management of Royal remains became in Anglo-Saxon world… Fine study.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Lindsay Digglemann (Parergon vol 32:01:2015)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe King’s Body\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn most cases, new rulers celebrated their predecessor’s memory and honored his corpse to emphasize continuity and strengthen their claims to the throne. Those who rose by conquest or regicide, in contrast, often desecrated the bodies of deposed royalty or relegated them to anonymous graves in attempts to brand their predecessors as tyrants unworthy of ruling a Christian nation. By delegitimizing the previous ruler, they justified their own accession. At a time when hereditary succession was not guaranteed and few accessions went unchallenged, the king’s body was a commodity that royal candidates fought to control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables and Figures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. The Politics of Royal Burial in Late Anglo-Saxon England\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Royal Tombs and Political Performance: New Minster and Westminster\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Tenth-century Royal Mausolea and the Power of Place\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Funeral, Coronation, and Continuity: Political Corpses in the Eleventh Century\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Royal Body as Executed Body: Physical Propaganda in the Reigns of Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Body and Memory: The Missing Corpse of King Edward the Martyr\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Bodies of Conquest: Kings, Saints, and Conquerors in the Reign of Cnut\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Conclusions: William of Normandy and the Landscape of Anglo-Saxon Royal Burial\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734359535896,"sku":"9781442647589","price":42.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-kings-body-burial-and-succession-in-late-anglo-saxon-england-hardback-9781442647589","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}