Marcus Merriman
Marcus H. Merriman | |
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Born | 3 May 1940 University of Lancaster (1964–2006) |
Marcus Homer Merriman (1940–2006)[1] was a historian and academic researching Anglo-Scottish relations in the 16th century and their European context.
Background
Merriman was born in
London University in 1971.[2]
Career
He spent his working life at
Associate Editor of the Sixteenth Century Journal (1979–82). In 1990, he was honoured with the Cadbury Schweppes National Award for innovation in teaching.[2]
At Lancaster, Merriman was
Pendle College and was credited for his part in the design of the college buildings.[3] He regularly took his students on study trips to Scotland, hiring a boat to visit the ruined 16th-century fortifications on Inchkeith.[4]
Pendle College. The purpose of the grant being to enable students to travel in order to take part in a project that would broaden their experience and provide a benefit to others.[5]
Publications
- Merriman, M.H. (1968), "The Assured Scots: Scottish Collaborators with England during the Rough Wooing, 1543–1550", Scottish Historical Review, 47: 10–35
- Merriman, M.H. (1979–80), "War and Propaganda during the "Rough Wooing"", Scottish Tradition, 9/10: 20–30
- Merriman, M.H. (1982), "The Scottish Border", in ISBN 978-0116-708-32-8
- Merriman, M.H. (1983), "Italian Military Engineers in Britain in the 1540s", in Tyacke, S. (ed.), English Map Making, ISBN 978-0712-300-10-0
- Merriman, M.H. (1984), "'The Epistle to the Queen's Majestie' and its 'Platte'", S2CID 194062409
- Merriman, M.H. (1987), "James Henrisoun and 'Great Britain': British Union and the Scottish Commonweal", in Mason, Roger A. (ed.), Scotland and England, 1286–1815, ISBN 978-0859-761-77-2
- Merriman, M.H. (1988), "Mary, Queen of France", in Lynch, M. J. (ed.), Mary Stewart, Queen in Three Kingdoms, ISBN 978-0631-152-63-7
- Merriman, M.H. (1988), "The Eyemouth forts: Anvils of Union?", Scottish Historical Review, 67: 142–155
- Merriman, M.H. (June 1991), "Realm and Castle: Henry VIII as a European Builder", History Today, 41: 31–37
- Merriman, M.H. (1996), "Home thoughts from abroad: Scottish exiles in the mid-16th Century", in Grant, A.; Stringer, K. (eds.), Uniting the Kingdoms? The Making of British History, ISBN 978-0415-130-41-7
- Merriman, M.H. (1999), "Intelligens to asseg, Migliorino Ubaldini and the Fortification of Scotland in 1548", in Viganò, Marino (ed.), Architetti e ingegneri militari italiani all'estero dal XV al XVII secolo, vol. ii, Silabe, pp. 233–255
- Merriman, M.H. (2000), The Rough Wooings: Mary Queen of Scots, 1542–1551, Edinburgh: Tuckwell Press, ISBN 1-86232-090-X
References
- ^ Mullett, Michael A. (9 April 2006). "Obituary: Dr Marcus Merriman". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c The Independent
- ^ "University of Lancaster, Pendle College history". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Gordon Donaldson, Scotland's History: Approaches and Reflections (Scottish Academic Press, 1995), pp. 151-2.
- ^ University, Lancaster. "Funding | Lancaster University". www.lancaster.ac.uk.