Isabel Taylor holds a BA in History, French, and German from Mount Allison University, a Graduate Diploma in Law (Common Professional Examination) from Northumbria University, a Master of Archival Studies from the University of British Columbia, an LL.M with a concentration on archival law from the University of Tübingen, and a doctorate in legal history from the University of Tübingen. Her second book The Crown and Its Records: Archives, Access, and the Ancient Constitution in Seventeenth-Century England appeared in October 2023 from De Gruyter. She has been working in German archives since 2013 and is currently an archivist in the State Archives of Schleswig-Holstein.