Maria Cannon

Maria Cannon is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth. Her research interests are family, gender, emotions, and the life cycle in early modern England. She recently co-edited a collection Adulthood in Britain and the United States from 1350 to Generation Z with Laura Tisdall (Newcastle University), and has published articles in Continuity and Change and Genealogy. Her current project Blending the Family: Affection, Obligation and Dynasty in Early Modern English Stepfamilies explores emotion and authority in blended families. She is a convener of the Life Cycles seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, London and a committee member of the Children’s History Society.