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Biography
Mark Rothery specialises in the history of British social elites, particularly the aristocracy and the gentry. His work focuses on a range of themes including family, demography, economics, gender, masculinity and most recently emotions. He has published major journal articles and books on these topics. Mark is currently working on an emotional history of the aristocracy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Supervision
Antony Bounds; History
Decolonisation of the West Indies
Martyn Green; History
Motivations of Volunteers in Napoleonic Britain.
Siobhan Hyland; History
Searchlight magazine's Anti-fascist campaign to uncover Second World War era war criminals living in Britain during the 1980s and 1990s.
Ruth Barton: History
The emotions of the English landed gentry in the eighteenth century
Research Interests
I am interested in a broad range of areas of social, cultural and economic history. In the past my work has focused on the history of landed elites in terms of gender, family structure, demography, wealth and income. At the moment I study the hsitory of emotions and I have a range of projects looking at inheritance, anxiety and pleasure
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Transformations and Adaptations: The English Landed Gentry 1870-1939, University of Exeter
Award Date: 2 Apr 2005
External positions
Co-Editor of 'Family and Community History', Family and Community History (Taylor and Francis)
29 Feb 2020 → …
Keywords
- D204 Modern History
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Emotional Economies of Pleasure Among the Gentry of Eighteenth Century England
Rothery, M., 3 Sept 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Social History. 49, 3, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Manning the British Empire: Gender, Identity and Emotions in Early Twentieth Century Britain
Rothery, M., 24 Mar 2023, In: Family & Community History. 25, 3, p. 234-252 18 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Katie Barclay and Francois Soyer, Emotions in Europe 1517-1914 (Routledge, 2021)
Rothery, M., 29 Nov 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Family & Community History.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book Review › peer-review
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Davies, John E., The changing fortunes of an aristocratic family, 1689–1976: the Campbells of Cawdor and their Welsh estates (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2019. Pp. ix+343. 12 figs. ISBN 978‐1‐78327‐434‐5 Hbk. £85.00)
Rothery, M., 14 Feb 2021, In: Economic History Review. 74, 1, p. 295-296 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book Review
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Editorial
Rothery, M., 8 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Family & Community History. 23, 2, p. 93-94 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
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Communities of kin and English landed gentry families of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Rothery, M., 25 Sept 2018, In: Family & Community History. 21, 2, p. 112-128 17 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Male anxiety among younger sons of the English landed gentry, 1700-1900
French, H. & Rothery, M., 1 Dec 2018, In: The Historical Journal. 62, 4, p. 967-995 29 p., 4.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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A Dangerous Weapon in the Researcher's Armory: DIY Digitization in the Study of Social History
Rothery, M. D., 2016, p. 1-12, 12 p.Research output: Working Paper
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The History of Emotions and Being Human
Mark Rothery (Author)
15 Nov 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
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Roundtable session: Finding Emotions in the History of the Far Right
Clive Henry (Speaker), Paul Jackson (Speaker), Mark Rothery (Speaker) & Siobhan Hyland (Speaker)
21 Jun 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
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"A dangerous weapon in the researcher's armoury": DIY digitisation in the study of social history
Mark David Rothery (Speaker)
8 Jan 2016Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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Geographies of supply: Stoneleigh Abbey and Arbury Hall in the eighteenth century
Mark Rothery (Speaker)
1 Apr 2012Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Workshop › Research
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Rearranging the furniture: fashion, status and personal preference at Stoneleigh Abbey, c.1730-1800
Jon Stobart (Speaker) & Mark David Rothery (Speaker)
1 Jun 2011Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Seminar/Workshop › Research
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Significant contribution recognised for new Associate Professors
Rachel Maunder, Amin Hosseinian Far, Karen Anthony, Cristina Devecchi, Matthew Callender, Michael Opoku Agyeman, Mark Rothery, Claire Paterson-Young, Paul Jackson, Helen Caldwell, Liz Gulliford, Jamal Nasir, Eunice Lumsden, Federico Farini, John Sinclair, Adrian Pryce, Kimberley Hill & Cathy Smith
3/09/20
1 item of Media coverage
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Anxiety-suffering sons of the gentry suffered from emotional turmoil, letters show
9/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
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Anxiety-suffering sons of the gentry suffered from emotional turmoil, letters show
4/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
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Young Georgian and Victorian men had 'anxiety' about money and 'manliness'
4/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
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