Specializes in Early Modern British History, with an emphasis on the social, popular political, and religious history of Elizabethan England.
Expertise: European History; Military & Naval History; Religious History
My wider intellectual interests include popular politics and power; social and institutional networks; religious and national identities; urban infrastructure and development; microeconomics; and generational dynamics--particularly in Britain and its empire.
Research Interests
- Early modern British history
- Popular politics and power
- The creation of religious and national identities
- Social and institutional networks
- Microeconomics and social economic history
- Migration and immigration in the early modern world
Current Projects
- A People’s Reformation: Religion, Politics, and Society in the Elizabethan Parish
How do we live our lives in the face of massive upheaval? How do societies repair themselves after moments of fundamental change, and how do social fabrics mend after episodes of destruction?
