Barbara Yorke is a historian of Anglo-Saxon England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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She studied history and archaeology at Exeter University, where she completed both her undergraduate degree and her Ph.D. She is currently Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Winchester

University of Winchester

The University of Winchester is a British public university primarily based in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Winchester is a historic cathedral city and the ancient capital of Wessex and the Kingdom of England.-History:...

, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society

Royal Historical Society

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. In 2011 she will give the Toller Lecture.

Her 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 978-0718518561
• Bishop Aethelwold: His Career and Influence. The Boydell Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0851157054
• The Anglo-Saxons. Sutton, 1999. ISBN 978-0750922203
• Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses. Continuum International, 2003. ISBN 0826460402
• The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 600-800. Longman, 2006. ISBN 0582772923

External links

• Staff page at the University of Winchester