The King's Body: Burial and Succession in Late Anglo-Saxon England

‘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

“By looking at the treatment of royal dead and how they were manipulated as part of succession disputes, Marafioti offers a new approach to the troubled politics of the eleventh century. The King’s Body is an interesting study that makes a real contribution to knowledge.” Barbara Yorke, School of Humanities and Social Studies, University of Winchester

“This is a hugely clear-sighted and compelling book, one that emphasizes brilliantly the benefits of bringing together the twin disciplines of Anglo-Saxon history and literature: if the primary focus is on the political battles over the burial-sites of the bodies of successive Anglo-Saxon kings, the entire corpus of surviving material is magisterially surveyed to mighty profit.”

Andy Orchard, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford

“Scholarly and well written, The King’s Body places burial in the realm of a political statement: a very new suggestion.”

Christina Lee, Associate Professor in Viking Studies, University of Nottingham