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Research Biography
Matthew is an Associate Lecturer in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. He researches 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 currently working on his first monograph, a biographical study of English queens-consort in the years 850-1000, scheduled for publication the Routledge Lives of Royal Women series.
Matthew is the current editor of Cerae Journal, an assistant editor of the Brepols published series East Central Europe, 476–1795, and the reviews editor for the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association (AEMA).
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
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, English Kingship in the Saga Age: Memory, Transmission and the Evolution of Narrative
Award Date: 27 Oct 2022
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Kingship and Maritime Power in 10th-Century England
Firth, M. & Sebo, E., 1 Sept 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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Emotional Alterity in the Medieval Northern Sea World
Sebo, E., Firth, M. & Anlezark, D., 2023, Emotional Alterity in the Medieval North Sea World. Sebo, E., Firth, M. & Anlezark, D. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Emotional Alterity in the Medieval North Sea World
Sebo, E. (ed.), Firth, M. (ed.) & Anlezark, D. (ed.), 2023, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 284 p. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotion)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
Prizes
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International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England Conference
Matthew Firth (Participant)
21 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organising a conference, workshop, ...
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Patronage, Privileges and the Saintly Royal Women of Shaftesbury and Wilton Abbeys
Matthew Firth (Speaker)
1 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Rhetoric and Royal Reputation: The Coronation Scandal of Vita S. Dunstani
Matthew Firth (Speaker)
5 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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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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Intertextual Archetypes: The Royal Woman as ‘Wicked Queen’
Matthew Firth (Speaker)
21 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation