Matthew Firth

Casual Professional, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Casual Academic, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Research Biography

Matthew is a PhD Candidate in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, researching cultural memory, historical narrative, and Anglo-Scandinavian acculturation in the tenth-thirteenth centuries. With research specialities in the history of early medieval England and in Scandinavian saga literature, he has published numerous articles on various aspects of society and culture in England and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages, and their intersections. He is also co-founder of, and researcher for, The Postgrad Chronicles, an academic history blog providing resources for students of the European Middle Ages.

Matthew a committee member of Cerae Journal, a committee member of the Australian Early Medieval Association (AEMA), and the reviews editor for the AEMA Journal.

Research Interests

Cultural Memory & Exchange
Early Medieval England (Anglo-Saxons)
Early Medieval Monarchy
Icelandic Sagas
Medieval Iceland
Medieval Literature
Pre-Modern English Queenship
The Middle Ages
Vikings and Viking Age History

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The Character of the Treacherous Woman in the passiones of Early Medieval English Royal Martyrs

Firth, M., 15 Jun 2020, In : Royal Studies Journal. 7, 1, p. 1-21 22 p.

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