Jenny Wormald
| Jenny Wormald | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jennifer Mary Tannahill 18th January 1942 Glasgow |
| Died | 9th December 2015 Portobello, Edinburgh |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Historian |
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A.L. Brown
Patrick Wormald (div. 2001) |
| Children | 3 sons, Andrew, Tom and Luke |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Historical Society |
Jenny Wormald (1942-2015) FRHist S, FSA Scot, FRSA, was a Scottish historian who studied late medieval and early modern Scotland.
Personal life and education
Jennifer Tannahill was born in Glasgow in 1942, the daughter of the astronomer Thomas Russell Tannahill.[1] Wormald read history at the University of Glasgow, where she completed a PhD thesis on the history of the late medieval Scottish nobility through analysis of a kind of document known as a bond of manrent.
She was married first to A.L. Brown and then to the historian Patrick Wormald from 1974 to 2001, with whom she had three sons; the marriage ended in divorce.[2]
Career
Wormald taught at the University of Glasgow between 1966 and 1985, and then St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, between 1985 and 2005. She held a variety of other posts in this time, including Fellow Librarian and Senior Tutor at St Hilda's.[3]
Her most important research was on bloodfeud in early modern Scotland, particularly in her article 'Bloodfeud, Kindred and Government in Early Modern Scotland' which was highly influential.[4] Wormald also produced a study of the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. She was most recently an Honorary Fellow in Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh.
Select bibliography
- 'Bloodfeud, Kindred and Government in Early Modern Scotland', Past and Present, 87 (1980).
- Court, Kirk and Community: Scotland 1470-1625. Edward Arnold. 1981
- reprinted Edinburgh University Press. 1991
- 'James VI and I: Two Kings or One?', History, 68 (1983).
- 'Gunpowder, Treason and Scots', Journal of British Studies, 24 (1985).
- Lords and Men in Scotland: Bonds of Manrent, 1442-1603. John Donald. 1985
- Mary Queen of Scots: a Study in Failure. George Philip. 1988
- 2nd edition, as Mary Queen of Scots: Politics, Passion and a Kingdom Lost. George Philip. 2001
- (editor) Scotland revisited. Collins & Brown. 1991
- (Editor & contributor), The Oxford Illustrated History of Scotland. Oxford University Press. 2005
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