King's Body

Nicole Marafioti is an assistant professor of history at Trinity University.

• List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction. The Politics of Royal Burial in Late Anglo-Saxon England1. Royal Tombs and Political Performance: New Minster and Westminster2. Tenth-century Royal Mausolea and the Power of Place3. Funeral, Coronation, and Continuity: Political Corpses in the Eleventh Century4. Royal Body as Executed Body: Physical Propaganda in the Reigns of Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut5. Body and Memory: The Missing Corpse of King Edward the Martyr6. Bodies of Conquest: Kings, Saints, and Conquerors in the Reign of Cnut7. Conclusions: William of Normandy and the Landscape of Anglo-Saxon Royal BurialEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

‘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) ‘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) ‘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)