Mary Vincent

Mary Vincent has been teaching at Sheffield since 1988. Her main research interests lie in the history of modern Spain, particularly in the period of the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship (1931-75). An interest in the social basis of Franco's support, particularly that provided by the Catholic Church, led her to write Catholicism in the Second Spanish Republic, (1996). An increasing interest in the history of gender led to various publications, including edited collections on Gender and History, (with Robert Shoemaker, 1998) and Gender and War c.1918-1949, (2001). She published Modern Spain 1833-2002: People and State (2007), a general history of the Spanish state that focuses on the persistence of political violence and the historical problem of state legitimacy in Spain. Mary is writing a book on religious violence in the Spanish Civil War. She is also currently Head of Department.