Melissa Glass

PhD Candidate of History at the University of Calgary

Headshot of white woman with long light brown hair, leaves in the background.

Researching early modern English legal and social history, particularly the interaction between land tenure and social status in the tumultuous seventeenth century. Also interested in landholding in early America, print culture, and the role of property law in the emergence of capitalism.

Gratefully supported by the Killam Trusts and SSHRC.

Emailing at: mmglass@ucalgary.ca

Posting on Bluesky at: @melissa-glass.bsky.social

Recent Publication

“The Rust of Antiquity”?: Print Culture, Custom, and the Manorial Court Guidebooks of Early Modern England, in the Canadian Journal of History (2021)