Dr Jessica Nelson
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Head of Collections Expertise and Engagement
About
Jessica is passionate about engaging the public with the records held at The National Archives and firmly believes that there is something within the collection to interest everyone. Her research specialism is medieval history from the 11th to the 13th century, in particular the role of women, but she has researched a wide range of subjects over the course of her career.
Jessica is on the board of the GIS Sociabilités/Sociability, an international network exploring sociability in the long eighteenth century.
Articles
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Blog post
On the Record: Magna Carta
In this first instalment of our miniseries People and Power, we find out more about the document from 1215 that became known as Magna Carta, or ‘great charter'.
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Blog post
On the Record: 700 years of the Thames
From frozen festivals to royal polar bears, from wartime recovery to medieval merchants this episode of our podcast explores extraordinary stories of the river.