Matthew Firth is an Associate Lecturer at Flinders University. His research focuses on historiography, cultural memory, and the transmission of historical narrative across time and place. He has particular specialisations in the history and literature of early medieval England and Scandinavia.
Experience
2022–present
Associate lecturer, Flinders University
Education
2022
Flinders University, PhD
2017
University of New England, MHist
2003
University of Sydney, BA
Publications
2023
Memories of Viking Age Cultural Contact: England in the Íslendingasögur, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History
2023
The Lonely Afterlives of Early English Queens, Neophilologus
2022
On the Dating of the Norse Siege of Chester, Notes & Queries
2022
Deconstructing the Female Antagonist of the Coronation Scandal in B's Vita Dunstani, English Studies
2020
The Character of the Treacherous Woman in the passiones of Early Medieval English Royal Martyrs, Royal Studies Journal
2020
Æthelred II ‘the Unready’ and the Role of Kingship in Gunnlaugs saga Ormstungu, The Court Historian
2020
Kingship and Maritime Power in 10th‐Century England, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
2019
The Broken Body in Eleventh to Thirteenth-Century Anglo-Scandinavian Literature, Comitatus
2018
The Politics of Hegemony and the 'Empires' of Anglo-Saxon England, Cerae
2017
Integration, Assimilation, Annexation: Æthelstan and the Anglo-Saxon Hegemony in York, Melbourne Historical Journal
2017
Constructing a King: William of Malmesbury and the Life of Æthelstan, Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association
2016
London Under Danish Rule: Cnut's Politics and Policies as a Demonstration of Power, Eras
2016
Allegories of Sight: Blinding and Power in Late Anglo-Saxon England, Cerae
Grants and Contracts
2019
Flinders University Research Scholarship
Role:
PhD Researcher (Medieval Studies)
Funding Source:
Flinders University
Professional Memberships
Royal Historical Society
Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies