Staff profile

• My research is primarily focused upon fourteenth century England with a particular interest in the peasantry, manorial officials, gender, the Black Death, and the rural economy.

Journal Article

• Surviving the Black Death in Medieval England: Recovering from Illness at Warboys, Huntingdonshire
  
  Brown, A. T., Owen, G., & Sloane, B. (2026). Surviving the Black Death in Medieval England: Recovering from Illness at Warboys, Huntingdonshire. Historical Research. Advance online publication, Article htag010. https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htag010
• Women's Wage Labour in Rural England, c. 1250-c. 1450: Identifying the Known Unknowns in Manorial Accounts
  
  Owen, G., & Whittle, J. (2026). Women’s Wage Labour in Rural England, c. 1250-c. 1450: Identifying the Known Unknowns in Manorial Accounts. Journal of Medieval History. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2026.2663312
• Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England
  
  Owen, G., Brown, A. T., & Skinner, T. (2025). Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England. Journal of British Studies, 64, Article e92. https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10130

Newspaper/Magazine Article

• La découverte d’une liste de survivants de la peste noire éclaire la façon dont on guérissait de la maladie au Moyen-Âge
  
  Brown, A., & Owen, G. (2026, May 15). La découverte d’une liste de survivants de la peste noire éclaire la façon dont on guérissait de la maladie au Moyen-Âge. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/aak.e45h4hsue
• What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague
  
  Brown, A., & Owen, G. (2026, May 13). What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague. The Conversation.
• Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits
  
  Brown, A., & Owen, G. (2025, November 20). Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/ab.hqn3hf9nf