{"id":2860,"date":"2020-03-30T14:32:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T13:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/history\/?p=2860"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:45:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T14:45:53","slug":"postgraduate-profile-mike-barnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/history\/2020\/03\/30\/postgraduate-profile-mike-barnes\/","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate Profile: Mike Barnes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post comes from MA by Research student Mike Barnes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

         Research is a passion, a calling,\nalmost. There is sheer satisfaction in the chase, which I have been pursuing\nnow for over thirty years. It started when I lived near Winchester and became\nserious when I did an undergraduate diploma at Oxford, which involved in-depth\nmodules on life in Tudor and Stuart England and Victorian England. I followed\nthis with an Open University module comparing the reigns of Charles II and\nLouis XIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

         This experience has given me the confidence\nto undertake independent research in archives, epitomised by my undergraduate\ndissertation, completed at this university in 2019. In The Siege of York:\n1644<\/em> I examined whether the city was defendable, which involved extended\nresearch at York City Archives, University of York Library and Archives, York\nMinster Archives, and the Borthwick Institute. Although my research has been\nvaried, I am continually drawn back to Hampshire Archives and regard myself as\nan early modernist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selby: personal research assistant hard at work <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

         The world of pre-Civil War (though many\ncurrent academics use the term British Civil Wars) Hampshire, opened up when I\ndelved into the Jervoise of Herriard collection. It became my alternative\nreality, as I lived only four miles from the Jervoise family seat at Herriard.\nSpecifically, I found the military papers enthralling and it is these that have\nbecome the focus of my MA by Research. Within this I concentrate on the\nmilitia, an extremely broad area, even when narrowed down to the period\n1625-1642. I have been transcribing, indexing and publishing muster rolls from\nthis collection since 2004, and the work is far from complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transcript of document held at Hampshire Archives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is now about focus, which in this instance will be Hampshire\u2019s militia for the period 1625-1642, a comparative and analytical study of defaulters, defaulting and defaults (the 3 d\u2019s). Defaulting is an action by which the individual fails to meet his or her obligation to provide arms and\/or equipment for the militia. My main argument at present is that defaulters were few and defaulting a small if notable occurrence. Defaults were also varied, with an individual being classed equally in default if he or she neglected to supply a belt or light horseman with horse and arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

         Bringing all this research together\ninto a coherent piece of work is some time off at present, as I am firmly in\nthe planning\/research phase. Further research may be stalled for several months\ndue to circumstances beyond our control. Consequently, two imminent research\nweeks are likely to be postponed for up to six months. This will create\nchallenges, but my breadth of research experience, will see the work progressed\nsomehow through this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Barnes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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