Personal profile
Biography
Mark Rothery specialises in the history of emotions. Previously his work focused on a range of themes including family, demography, economics, gender and masculinity. 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 and has recently published a co-authored article on anxiety.
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
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
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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Projects
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HNOCE: A History of Northampton in 100 Objects: Curating Emotions
McCormack, M. (CoI) & Rothery, M. (PI)
13/01/25 → 30/06/25
Project: Internal Fund › Public and Community Engagement
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EGMC: Emotions, Gender and Material Culture: Historical Perspectives on Museum Collections
Rothery, M. (PI) & McCormack, M. (CoI)
8/01/24 → 8/07/24
Project: Research › Charitable Funding
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'"A Source of the Greatest Anxiety": Visions of a Channel Tunnel in 1880s Britain'
Carrol, A. & Rothery, M., 18 Mar 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: The English Historical Review.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Sibling Relations and Gender in European Societies
Rothery, M., 9 Apr 2026, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women's History. Capern, A. (ed.). Oxford University Press, (Oxford Research Encyclopedias).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Entry for Dictionary/Encyclopedia › peer-review
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Introduction: Wellbeing Past and Present
Rothery, M., Jackson, P. & Hyland, S., 18 Sept 2025, Wellbeing Past and Present: The History and Contemporary Practice of a Cultural Phenomenon. Rothery, M., Jackson, P. & S. H. (eds.). 1 ed. Bloomsbury Academic, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Wellbeing Past and Present: The History and Contemporary Practice of a Cultural Phenomenon
Hyland, S. (Editor), Jackson, P. (Editor) & Rothery, M. (Editor), 16 Oct 2025, 1 ed. Bloomsbury Academic. 264 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Emotional Economies of Pleasure Among the Gentry of Eighteenth Century England
Rothery, M., 4 Jul 2024, In: Social History. 49, 3, p. 294-315 22 p., 2.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Selling Ancestry: Family Directories and the Commodification of Genealogy in Eighteenth Century Britain
Rothery, M., 12 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Cultural and Social History.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book 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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'"A Source of the Greatest Anxiety": Visions of a Channel tunnel in late nineteenth Century Britain'
Rothery, M. (Author)
10 Feb 2026Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Knowledge Exchange
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Positive Emotions: From Hope to Anxiety
Rothery, M. (Consultant)
11 Dec 2025Activity: Other Knowledge Exchange or Research Activity › Blogging activity › Knowledge Exchange
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Pleasure and the Family in Eighteenth Century England
Rothery, M. (Author)
12 Dec 2025Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Knowledge Exchange
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Emotional Economies of Pleasure and the Eighteenth Century Gentry
Rothery, M. (Author)
5 Jan 2024Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation › Research
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Well-Being: Past and Present
Rothery, M. (Author)
12 Jul 2023Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation › Research
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Roundtable session: Finding Emotions in the History of the Far Right
Henry, C. (Speaker), Jackson, P. (Speaker), Rothery, M. (Speaker) & Hyland, S. (Speaker)
21 Jun 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation › Research
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The History of Emotions and Being Human
Rothery, M. (Author)
15 Nov 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation › Research
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Northampton Museum & Art Gallery
Rothery, M. (Academic) & McCormack, M. (Academic)
31 Dec 2017Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Heritage Events › Knowledge Exchange