Dr. Abigail Armstrong
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B10
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Mediaeval History Telephone: (0)6221-548121 |
Address
ZEGK: Historisches Seminar
Marstallstraße 6
69117 Heidelberg
My Postdoctoral Research Project
My project focusses on the administrative rolls of the nobility in late medieval England. I use two case studies from Northern England (the Bishops of Durham and the Earls of Northumberland) to compare ecclesiastical and secular manorial administration.
My study investigates questions concerning the contexts of production and the use of these documents. For example, exploring the relationship between the document and its user(s) and the connections between the contents, form and format. The project seeks to help to develop our understanding of the structure and implementation of administration of late medieval noble lordship.
Education
- September 2019 onwards: Postdoctoral Researcher at the CRC 933 Material Text Cultures, sub-project B10
- 2019: PhD awarded. Thesis title: The Daughters of Henry III
- 2015–2018: PhD in History at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
- 2013–2014: Masters degree in Medieval History at King’s College London, UK
- 2008–2012: BA Hons (EU) degree in History with a year abroad at the University of Leicester, UK with a year at the Université de Strasbourg, France (2010–2011)
Awards and Grants
- 2019: The Ede and Ravenscroft Prize awarded for academic achievement in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Canterbury Christ Church University
- 2017: Royal Historical Society, UK, Research Expenses Grant
- 2017: Royal Historical Society, UK, Small Conference Organising Grant for ‘Family and Power in the Middle Ages Conference’
- 2015–2018: Canterbury Christ Church University Graduate School Scholarship: stipend and fee waiver
Publications
- ‘Sisters in Cahoots: Female Agency in the Marriage of Beatrice of England and John of Brittany’, Journal of Medieval History 44:4 (2018), 439–56.
- ‘English royal family ties: Edward I and his Breton nieces’ in Relations of Power: Women’s Networks in the Middle Ages, ed. by Emma o. Bérat, Rebecca Hardie and Irina Dumitrescu (Göttingen, University of Bonn Press, 2021).
