Barbara Yorke

Who is Barbara Yorke?

Barbara Yorke, FRHS is a historian of Anglo-Saxon England.

She studied history and archaeology at Exeter University, where she completed both her undergraduate degree and her Ph.D. She is currently Emeritus Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Winchester, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 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 978-0-7185-1856-1

Bishop Aethelwold: His Career and Influence. The Boydell Press, 1997. ISBN 978-0-85115-705-4

The Anglo-Saxons. Sutton, 1999. ISBN 978-0-7509-2220-3

Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses. Continuum International, 2003. ISBN 0-8264-6040-2

The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 600-800. Longman, 2006. ISBN 0-582-77292-3