Introduction
(2022)
Book Chapter
Atherton, I., Blake, M., Sargent, A., & Tomkins, A. (2022). Introduction. In Local Histories: Essays in Honour of Nigel Tringham
Andrew Sargent's Outputs (4)
Lichfield and the Lands of St Chad: Creating Community in Early Medieval Mercia (2020)
Book
Sargent. (2020). Lichfield and the Lands of St Chad: Creating Community in Early Medieval MerciaThis book focuses on the period from the seventh to eleventh centuries that witnessed the rise and fall of Mercia, the great Midland kingdom, and, later, the formation of England. Specifically, it explores the relationship between the bishops of Lich... Read More about Lichfield and the Lands of St Chad: Creating Community in Early Medieval Mercia.
'For the Protection of all the People’: Æthelflæd and her Burhs in Northwest Mercia (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, M., & Sargent, A. (2018). 'For the Protection of all the People’: Æthelflæd and her Burhs in Northwest Mercia. Midland History, 43(2), 120-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2018.1519141The fortifications, or burhs, constructed between 910 and 915 by Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, across much of the western Midlands have often been understood as part of a broader programme initiated by her brother Edward, king of the Anglo-Saxons,... Read More about 'For the Protection of all the People’: Æthelflæd and her Burhs in Northwest Mercia.
A Misplaced Miracle: the origins of St Modwynn of Burton and St Eadgyth of Polesworth (2016)
Journal Article
Sargent. (2016). A Misplaced Miracle: the origins of St Modwynn of Burton and St Eadgyth of Polesworth. Midland History, 41(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2016.1159851The twelfth-century Life of St Modwynn of Burton upon Trent (Staffordshire) includes an episode in which St Modwynn and St Eadgyth of Polesworth (Warwickshire) resurrect a nun named Osgyth who had drowned in a river. Current scholarly consensus locat... Read More about A Misplaced Miracle: the origins of St Modwynn of Burton and St Eadgyth of Polesworth.