Editing Frances Yates (section)

==Personal life==
Yates's biographer Marjorie G. Jones described the historian as a "deeply emotional, even passionate" woman, who was "depressive, moody, [and] frequently unhappy",{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=xx}} as well as being fiercely determined and hard working.{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=107}} Jones noted that Yates remained a product of Victorian thought and value systems throughout her life.{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=1}} She was highly critical of [[nationalism]], seeing it as the cause for the European wars of the early 20th century, and sought to find a solution to Europe's conflicts in history, particularly the 16th century.{{sfn|Jones|2008|pp=xviii, 52&ndash;53}} However, when it came to party politics, she was largely apolitical.{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=97}}

In 1942, she commented that "I am an Anglican who takes the historical view that the Nazi [i.e. Protestant] revolution of 1559, and all the miserable complications which ensued, deprived me of part of my natural and native inheritance as an English Catholic."{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=92}}

Yates's journals only allude to one potential romantic attachment, to a man named Leonard, although there is no evidence that they had a relationship.{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=85}} There is no evidence that she was ever sexually involved with another person, although her journals are filled with references to a personal struggle against temptation, which may refer to sexual thoughts.{{sfn|Jones|2008|pp=86, 88}} For years, she was a chain smoker.{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=105}}

In 2017, she featured in a conference, ''London's Women Historians'', held at the [[Institute of Historical Research]].<ref>[https://archives.history.ac.uk/womenhistorians/ London's Women Historians.] Laura Carter & Alana Harris, Institute of Historical Research, 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2019.</ref>