Main Character Energy in the Face of Precarity
Hello, dear Reader, and welcome back to my blog, a site that has sadly been neglected for too long. This partly owes to the nature of working on precarious contracts. Juggling adjunct teaching gigs, full time management of a restaurant (this pays the bills), and publications already in the pipeline doesn’t leave as much time…
What’s in a seal?
I’m currently working on scholarly commentaries of Scottish seal plates that were included in the third volume of Vetusta Monumenta, which is being digitised as part of a larger digital humanities project to provide an edition of the volumes for students and researchers. The project is led by Noah Heringman of the University of Missouri…
‘Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall’
CW: mental health; depression; anxiety As September begins, and Twitter is aflutter with everyone talking about heading back to university teaching and all that that entails in 2021 – overcrowding, blended learning, et cetera, et cetera – I can’t help but feel a twinge of sadness because this is the first Autumn in 12 years…
Dispatches from the precariat
When I started this blog, I promised it would be academic cum personal. For the last few months, I’ve managed to write posts that reflect my range of historical interests and expertise. However, this past month, I’ve had to take a break from my academic self because of continued chronic illness, which will be discussed…
What’s in a Name?
NB: The historical research presented here is the intellectual copyright of Dr Rachel Meredith Davis. Any images used are done so with permission and the copyright is noted accordingly. If a woman with a doctorate gets married, is she still a doctor? While surname patterns amongst women in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries came up…
The Life and Times of Isabella, countess of Fife (d.1389)
NB: The historical research presented here is the intellectual copyright of Dr Rachel Meredith Davis. Any images used are done so with permission and the copyright is noted accordingly. Isabella, countess of Fife, was female heir to the premier earldom of Scotland in the mid-fourteenth century. The daughter of Duncan, earl of Fife, and Mary…
The strange disappearance of Euphemia Leslie
NB: The historical research presented here is the intellectual copyright of Dr Rachel Meredith Davis. CW: violence against women, coercion, murder, rape Euphemia Leslie was the female heir to the earldom of Ross in the early fifteenth century. She was the daughter of Alexander Leslie, earl of Ross, who died in 1402, and Isabella Stewart,…
‘Coming out of my cage’: The political agency of Isabella, countess of Buchan
NB: The historical research presented here is the intellectual copyright of Dr Rachel Meredith Davis. The processional frieze located in the Great Hall of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh is a vibrant synthesis of Scotland’s national history. William Brassey Hole’s frieze tells Scotland’s story through 155 portraits from the nineteenth century, proceeding back…
Christiana Bisset: A Micro-History of a Scottish Widow
NB: The historical research presented here is the intellectual copyright of Dr Rachel Meredith Davis. Christiana Bisset, lady of Clerkington, was active during the 1330s and 1350s. She was the daughter of David Uvyeth and the widow of John Bisset, a knight. A series of donations made to Newbattle Abbey, in Midlothian, allow us to…
Women, Authority, and ‘Male’ Spaces
NB: The historical research presented here is the intellectual copyright of Dr Rachel Meredith Davis. Any images used are done so with permission and the copyright is noted accordingly. Glamis Castle Archives As we settle in to Lockdown 3.0 here in the UK, I can’t help but look back at my archive trips of 2019,…
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