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'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.2018.1519141

The 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.

Battlefields, Burials and the English Civil Wars (2018)
Book Chapter
Atherton, I. (2018). Battlefields, Burials and the English Civil Wars. In Battle-Scarred: Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars (23 - 39). https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9781526124807.003.0002

Twentieth-century practices of battlefield preservation construct war graves as sites of memory and continuing commemoration. Such ideas, though they have led archaeologists in a largely fruitless hunt for mass graves, should not be read back into th... Read More about Battlefields, Burials and the English Civil Wars.