Participant Info
- First Name
- Mary
- Last Name
- Valante
- Country
- United States
- State
- NC North Carolina
- valantema@appstate.edu
- Affiliation
- Appalachian State University
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Viking-Age, Ireland, Celt, women, economic, urban, textile, food, experiential
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Mary Valante completed her Ph.D. in Medieval History with a minor in Archaeology at Pennsylvania State University. In addition to these specializations, Dr. Valante has studied specific subfields like Roman History, Irish Studies, and a number of languages.
- Recent Publications
“Fleets, Forts and the Geography of Toirdelbach Ua Conchobair’s Bid for the High Kingship,” in Terry Barry and Vicky McAlister, Editors, Space and Settlement in Medieval Ireland (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2015), 48-63.
“Family Relics and Viking Kingship in Ireland,” Eolas: The Journal of the American Society of Irish Medieval Studies 6 (2013), 88-106.
“Castrating Monks: Vikings, Slave Trade and the Value of Eunuchs,” in Larissa Tracy, Editor, Castration and Culture in the Middle Ages (Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 2013), 174-187.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- British Isles, Ireland, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- Medieval
- Expertise by Topic
- Economic History, Food History, Slavery, Urban History, Women
