Paula Del Val Vales

I am a PhD candidate and Associate Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, as well as a La Caixa Postgraduate Abroad fellow (2021/2022). My thesis is the first comparative analysis of the Queen's Household across three kingdoms (England, Castile and the Crown of Aragon), and throughout the thirteenth century.

My research interests include Iberian and English queenship, the resources and revenues of queens consort, dowers and dowries, as well as the study of networks within the queen's court, with a particular focus on the 13th century.

I am currently working on the first edition (and English translation) of Queen Eleanor of Provence's household and wardrobe accounts for the Pipe Roll Society.

I hold a BA in History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2019, Premio Extraordinario de Grado UCM), and a MA in Medieval Studies from King’s College London with Distinction (2020), where I studied Eleanor of Provence’s household rolls under Prof. David Carpenter's supervision.

I am part of several international research groups, including MUNARQAS, Scripta Manent III, and 'Examining the Resources & Revenues of Royal Women in Premodern Europe', as well as the Lincoln-based Medieval Studies Research Group.

I am a founder member of the 'Asociación JIMENA', which intends to connect young researchers working in the domains of Middle Ages: https://asociacionjimena.wixsite.com/jimena
Supervisors: Louise Wilkinson and Antonella Liuzzo