Olivia Baskerville
PhD Student
Olivia Baskerville's PhD explores the rise of nationalist discourse around medieval manuscripts, manuscripts as items of ’national heritage’, and the conceptualisation of medievalism in early 20th century Britain.
Research
Olivia Baskerville has an M.St. in Medieval History from the University of Oxford and a BA in History from King’s College London, where she won the Elizabeth Levett Memorial Prize for her work on the development of Anglo-Norman and Anglo-Scottish cross-border identities through charters and property law. She subsequently assisted on the Charters of William II and Henry I project at Oxford, focusing on Anglo-Norman dowager queenship, and is particularly interested in the varying ways in which national identities are constructed and deconstructed in both the medieval and modern periods.