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Pauline Stafford
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Pauline Ann Johnson
1 September 1946 Leeds
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| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | St Theresa's Roman Catholic Primary School, Leeds; Mount St Mary's Girls Grammar School, Leeds; Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anglo Saxon England |
| Institutions | Huddersfield University; Liverpool University |
Pauline Stafford is a very important historian from England. She is a Professor Emerita of Early Medieval History at Liverpool University. This means she is a retired professor who is still highly respected. She also visits Leeds University to teach and share her knowledge. Dr. Stafford was once a leader, or vice-president, of the Royal Historical Society, a group for historians.
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What Pauline Stafford Studies
Pauline Stafford's work mainly focuses on the history of England during the early Middle Ages. This period was from the 700s to the early 1100s. She studies the lives of women and how their roles changed during this time. She also looks at similar topics for the Franks, who were a powerful group in Europe from the 700s to the 800s.
Another big part of her research is about the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. These are old books that tell the history of Anglo-Saxon England after King Alfred the Great.
Her Education Journey
Pauline Stafford studied history from the Middle Ages at Oxford University. For her PhD, which is a very high university degree, she wrote about a king called Aethelraed the Unready. Her teachers, Pierre Chaplais, Henry Loyn, and Karl Leyser, helped her with her research and checked her work.
Books and Articles by Pauline Stafford
Pauline Stafford has written many important books and articles. Here are some of them:
- After Alfred: Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and Chroniclers, 900-1150 (2020): This book explores the historical records of England after King Alfred.
- Gender, Family and the Legitimation of Power: England from the Ninth to Early Twelfth Century (2006): This book looks at how families and gender roles affected power in England.
- Queen Emma and Queen Edith: queenship and women's power in eleventh-century England (1997): This book tells the stories of two powerful queens, Emma and Edith, and how they used their influence.
- Unification and conquest. A political and social history of England in the tenth and eleventh centuries (1989): This book covers how England became one country and the changes that happened during that time.
- Queens, Concubines and Dowagers. The Kings's Wife in the Early Middle Ages (1983): This book explores the different roles of women who were married to kings in the early Middle Ages.
External Links
- Learn more about Pauline Stafford at the University of Liverpool
