A5011098295- Medieval Literature and History
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Historical Studies of British Isles
- Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Byzantine Studies and History
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- Australian History and Society
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
- Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
- Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
- Early Modern Women Writers
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Marine and fisheries research
- Media, Communication, and Education
- Race, History, and American Society
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Music and Audio Processing
- Philippine History and Culture
- Asian Studies and History
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Media, Religion, Digital Communication
Flinders University
2018-2025
University of New England
2016-2018
Abstract King Alfred (r. 871–99) is the only native-born English ruler to have gained byname ‘the Great’. This was not a contemporary sobriquet, but often considered been bestowed in Elizabethan era by Reformation scholars who increasingly cast role of founder nation. The acknowledged exception reference as Rex Alfredus magnus (King Great) marginal annotation Matthew Paris’s early thirteenth-century text, Deeds Abbots St Albans Monastery. medieval attestation Alfred’s sobriquet is, however,...
Abstract Trap feeding and tread‐water are cetacean hunting strategies first recorded in the 2000s two whale species at opposite sides of globe. In both behaviors, whales sit motionless surface with their mouths open. Fish attracted into whale's mouth trapped when jaw is closed. We identify striking parallels behavior a sea creature named hafgufa Old Norse sources. The tradition can be traced back to aspidochelone , type frequently described medieval bestiaries, appearing Physiologus 2nd...
Early medieval England is well-known for its assortment of royal saints; figures who, though drawn from nearly five centuries pre-Conquest Christianity, are often best known eleventh-century hagiography. Common among these narratives the figure “wicked queen”–a woman whose exercise political power provides impetus martyrdom saint. Flatly and lacking in complex motivation, treacherous English hagiography a trope, didactic exemplar tailored to audiences, caution dangers female agency. Here...
Ships and seafaring were intrinsic to early English cultures, identifiable in the origin story of adventus Saxonum, material cultures 6th- 10th-century England, later portrayals good kingship. However, effective control sea only became critical Anglo-Saxon kings 10th century, serving legitimate their authority demonstrate both power prestige. Using a combination historical texts archaeological evidence, this article examines intersection kingship sea-power as practical necessity cultural...