Traves, A. orcid.org/0000-0001-7577-1318 (2022) Genealogy and royal women in Asser’s Life of King Alfred: politics, prestige, and maternal kinship in early medieval England. Early Medieval Europe, 30 (1). pp. 101-124. ISSN 0963-9462
Abstract
Asser’s Life of King Alfred is notable for its rare inclusion of the genealogies of two royal women: Alfred’s mother Osburh and his wife Ealhswith. This article explores the presence of these genealogies in Asser’s work, arguing that they performed an important and pressing political function for Alfred’s dynasty, which differed from the intended function of male royal genealogies. The ways Asser uses the genealogies of women may indicate that female royal genealogies were more important than the extant sources initially suggest. This also has broader implications for how we understand the place of maternal kin in early medieval England more widely.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Early Medieval Europe. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 May 2021 13:46 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2024 10:08 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/emed.12521 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:173494 |