Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
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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Research output
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Kingship and Maritime Power in 10th-Century England
Firth, M. & Sebo, E., 1 Sep 2020, In: International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 49, 2, p. 329-340 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Æthelred II ‘the Unready’ and the Role of Kingship in Gunnlaugs saga Ormstungu
Firth, M., 25 Mar 2020, In: The Court Historian. 25, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kings, Poets, and Outlaws: Royal Admonition in the skáldasögur
Firth, M., 2020, p. 20-20. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Anglo-Saxon Kingship and Icelandic Identity in the skàldasögur
Firth, M., 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Prizes
Activities
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Memories of England in the Sagas of Icelanders
Matthew Firth (Speaker)
22 Apr 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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A Pagan Past: Evidence for Pre-Christian 'Worship' in the Sagas of Icelanders
Matthew Firth (Speaker)
13 Mar 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Kings and Poets: Royal Admonition in the sagas of Egil and Gunnlaug
Matthew Firth (Speaker)
18 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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King Cnut, the Warrior Poet, and the Dragon: Constructing Reality through Myth
Matthew Firth (Speaker)
22 Feb 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk