University of Edinburgh

Mirrors for Princes & Theories of Counsel as Responses to the Reformation in Sixteenth - Century England

Academic History:

2015 - PhD, English Literature, University of Edinburgh

2014 - 2015 MPhil, Early Modern History, University of Cambridge

2010 - 2013 BA First Class, History, University of East Anglia

Supervisors:

Professor Greg Walker, Regius Professor of Rhetoric & English Literature

Dr David Salter, Lecturer

Research Interests:

• The genre of Mirrors for Princes
• Reformation England
• Counsel during the Early Modern period
• Political theory during the sixteenth century
• The history of the printed book
• Religious identity at both a personal & state level
• Literary sources as visual & material objects

Previous Research Projects:

‘The Genre of Mirrors for Princes in Reformation England, 1509-1558’

‘To what extent was Thomas More’s Utopia an attempt to influence Henrician Policy?’

Scholarships:

AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Scotland Studentship 2015

Contact Details:

Email: s1531297@sms.ed.ac.uk 

First published: 25 September 2015