Henrietta Leyser

Henrietta Leyser
Henrietta Leyser
Occupation	Historian ; University of Oxford
Nationality	British
Subject	Middle Ages ; History of women ;

Henrietta Leyser is an English historian, specialising on the history of medieval England, in particular the role of women. She is an emeritus fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford.^[1] She was married to the historian Karl Leyser (1920–92); their daughter is Dame Ottoline Leyser. Leyser has contributed biographies to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Select bibliography

(1984) Hermits and the New Monasticism: A Study of Religious Communities in Western Europe, 1000-1150, Macmillan, ISBN 0333325826
(1995) Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450-1500, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 1842126210
(2015) Beda: A Journey to the Seven Kingdoms at the Time of Bede, Head of Zeus, ISBN 9781781853870
(2016) A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons, I.B. Tauris Short Histories, ISBN 9781780766003

With Richard Gameson (joint editors):

(2001) Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages: Studies Presented to Henry Mayr-Harting. New York: Oxford University Press.

With Samuel Fanous (joint editors):

(2005) Christina of Markyate: A Twelfth Century Holy Woman, London & New York: Routledge,

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Henrietta Leyser
Occupation	Historian University of Oxford
Nationality	British
Subject	Middle Ages History of women