historian medievalist university professor
Yorke studied history and archaeology at Exeter University, where she completed both her undergraduate degree and her Doctor of Philosophy She is currently Emeritus Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Winchester, and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
She presented "King Alfred and the traditions of Anglo-Saxon kingship" at the 2011 Toller Lecture. Yorke"s publications include:
Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England. London, Seaby, 1990. Wessex in the Early Middle Ages.
Continuum International, 1995.
Bishop Aethelwold: His Career and Influence. The Boydell Press, 1997.
The Anglo-Saxons. Sutton, 1999. Nunneries and the Anglo-Saxon Royal Houses.
Continuum International, 2003.
The Conversion of Britain: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 600-800. Longman, 2006.
