Ann Kettle

Ann Julia Kettle is a historian and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews.

Career Kettle has a BA and MA from the University of Oxford. She taught medieval history at the University of St Andrews for more than 40 years, during which her research focussed on English local history, history of women in the Middle Ages, and the social structure of mediaeval England.

Kettle was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 3 March 1972. She is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts. She was awarded an OBE for services to higher education in the 2002 New Year Honours.

Select publications Kettle, A. J. 2004. "Arthurian Myths and Alchemy: The Kingship of Edward IV", History: The Journal of the Historical Association. 89, 115–116. Kettle, A. J. 2002. "Pilgrimage in Medieval England", English Historical Review. 117, 161–162. Kettle, A. J. 2000. "Religious life for women, c.AD1100-1350. Fontevraud in England", Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 51, 785–786. Kettle, A. J. 1999. "Daughters, Wives and Widows after the Black Death: Women in Sussex, 1350-1535", History: The Journal of the Historical Association. 84, 717-717. Kettle, A. J. 1995. "Ruined Maids: Prostitutes and Servant Girls in Later Mediaeval England", in Edward, R.R. and Ziegler, V. (eds) Matrons and marginal women in mediaeval society, vol 3. Boydell and Brewer, 19–31.