Barbara Yorke

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Name Barbara Yorke Education University of Exeter

Books Kings and kingdoms of early A, The Conversion of Britain, The Anglo‑Saxons, Nunneries and the Anglo‑Sa, Formby: Then and Now

Barbara Yorke FRHistS (born 1951) is a historian of Anglo-Saxon England.

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Yorke studied history and archaeology at Exeter University, where she completed both her undergraduate degree and her Ph.D. She is currently Emeritus Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Winchester, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She is an Honorary Professor of the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, and presented "King Alfred and the traditions of Anglo-Saxon kingship" at the 2011 Toller Lecture.

Yorke's publications include:

Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London, Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1-85264-027-8

Wessex in the Early Middle Ages. Continuum International, 1995. ISBN 978-0-7185-1856-1

Bishop Aethelwold: His Career and Influence. The Boydell Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-85115-705-4

The Anglo-Saxons. Sutton, 1999. ISBN 978-0-7509-2220-3

Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses. Continuum International, 2003. ISBN 0-8264-6040-2

The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 600-800. Longman, 2006. ISBN 0-582-77292-3

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