My PhD project explores the relationship between the Crown and ecclesiastics in fourteenth-century Scotland, with a particular focus on the reigns of David II (1329-1371) and Edward Balliol (1332-1356). My interests include the impact of warfare and violence on religious communities, political allegiance and identity, and pre-modern understandings of the nation. 

The political allegiances and identities of the Scottish Clergy between 1329 and 1371. 

Dr. Sophie Ambler

Dr. Fiona Edmonds

j.mchugh@lancaster.ac.uk

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Studentship, Lancaster University, 2018-2021

Scottish Historical Review Trust Grant 2019-2020

Royal Historical Society Research Expenses Grant 2019-2020

Geoffrey Barrow Award, The Society of Scottish Medievalists, 2019

Caroline Barron Prize, Royal Holloway, 2018

Herringham Scholarship, Royal Holloway, 2017-2018

MA Medieval Studies (2017/18), Royal Holloway University of London (Distinction).

BA History (2014/17), Royal Holloway University of London (First Class).

Member of the Centre for War and Diplomacy, Scottish History Society, Ecclesiastical History Society and Royal Historical Society. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 

A blog post I wrote for The National Archives on the Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath (April 2020): https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/for-freedom-alone-the-declaration-of-arbroath-from-english-records/