Cynthia J Neville, FRHistS, FSAScot is a

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and George Munro

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of history at

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in Halifax,

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. Neville's primary research interests are the social, political and cultural history of medieval

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, 1000–1500, specifically legal history, Gaelic-Norman interactions and

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lordship. She is also interested in English legal history from 1250 to 1500. Neville is currently working on a project concerning royal pardon in Scotland from 1100 to 1603.

Publications

*Neville, Cynthia J. 'Land, Law and People in Medieval Scotland'. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010. *Neville, Cynthia J. ''Native lordship in medieval Scotland : the earldoms of Strathearn and Lennox, c.1140-1365.'' Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2005. xv, 255 p. : maps ; 24 cm. *Neville, Cynthia J. ''Violence, custom and law : the Anglo-Scottish border lands in the later Middle Ages.'' / Cynthia J. Neville. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1998. xiv, 226 p. ; 24 cm.

Awards

*2006

Margaret Wade Labarge Margaret Wade Labarge (1916–2009) was a Canadian historian specializing in the role of women in the Middle Ages. She was adjunct professor of history at Carleton University. Labarge attended Harvard and Oxford universities, and taught at the ...

Prize for the book, ''Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland'' from the

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*2003-2004 winner of the Burgess Research Awar

References

Faculty Profile, Dalhousie University Department of History.Awards
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