Introduction 1. Foundation in the Conversion Period 2. The Late Eighth and Ninth Centuries 3. The Later Nunneries of the West Saxon Royal House 4. Nunneries as Royal Ecclesiastical Foundations 5. Abbesses and Nuns as Members of Royal Houses Conclusion: Nunneries, Royal Families and Power

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Barbara Yorke is Professor of Early Medieval History at King Alfred's College, Winchester. Previous books include Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England (1990) and Wessex in the Early Middle Ages (1995).

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