Bethan Catherine Watts
Historian, Academic and Author
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Bethan Catherine Watts is an author and historian who specialises in the histories of childhood and domesticity.
Spotify | A History of Childhood Podcast
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Spotify | A History of Childhood Podcast
YouTube | A History of Childhood Podcast
YouTube | A History of Childhood Podcast
Bethan Catherine Watts (MRHistS., PhD, MA, BA) is a social historian specialising in childhood and domestic history. She is a member of the Royal Historical Society, as well as the Children's History Society and the Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past. Her research centrally focuses on the experiences of children in the English Middle Ages, though she has written widely about historical homes, attitudes to health, medicine and hygiene, and the daily lives of past people across history. Bethan has published three non-fiction books, numerous articles, and writes the blog A History of Childhood on Substack. She shares her research on Instagram @bethanwatts.historian.
Blog | A History of Childhood with Bethan Catherine Watts
Blog | A History of Childhood with Bethan Catherine Watts
My Book | Inside the Tudor Home: Daily Life in the Sixteenth Century
My Book | Inside the Tudor Home: Daily Life in the Sixteenth Century
My Book | The Dark and Dingy Underworld of the Victorian Slums
My Book | The Dark and Dingy Underworld of the Victorian Slums
My ResearchGate Profile
My ResearchGate Profile
PhD History student at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David focusing on children and childhood in Late Medieval and Early Modern England. Writing PhD thesis 'Growing Up in Medieval England: The Lived Experiences and Material Culture of Children in Late Medieval England, 1212-1486'. Research interests also include attitudes to health, hygiene and medicine, domestic life and the home, and material culture. I have written widely on Early Modern and Victorian Britain. Author of 3 books.
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HistoryHit Podcast | Inside the Tudor Home
HistoryHit Podcast | Inside the Tudor Home
We are all familiar with great Tudor palaces and country houses but what were the homes of ordinary people like during that time? How were they built, and how did designs change with the use o...
Talking Tudors Podcast | Inside the Tudor Home
Talking Tudors Podcast | Inside the Tudor Home
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MRHistS. PhD researcher at UWTSD focusing on Medieval English children and childhood. Author of 3 books. Owner of 3 cats. Loves children’s history, domestic culture, and the history of medicine. Works for @histchild.bsky.social
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