Henrietta Leyser FRHistS (née Bateman) is an English historian. She is an expert on the history of medieval England, in particular the role of women.
Henrietta Leyser | |
|---|---|
| Born | Henrietta Bateman |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4, including Ottoline |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Middle Ages History of women |
| Institutions | St Peter's College, Oxford |
Career
editLeyser is an emeritus fellow at St Peter's College, Oxford, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[1]
Leyser was W. John Bennett Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Institute and the Centre for Medieval Studies at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 2011-12.[2] She was a Distinguished Visitor at the Centre of Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (January-April 2012).[3] She has contributed biographies to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Between 2003 and 2012 Leyser appeared in five editions of the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time, discussing subjects including the East-West Schism, the Concordat of Worms and the life of Gerald of Wales.[4][5][6][7][8]
In 2011, she received a Festschrift entitled Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400–1400: Essays Presented to Henrietta Leyser, edited by her son Conrad Leyser and Lesley Smith (Farnham: Ashgate).[9]
She was married to the historian Karl Leyser (1920–92). Their children are Dame Ottoline Leyser, Regius Professor of Botany, Conrad Leyser, also a medieval historian,[10] and circus performer and author Matilda Leyser.
Select bibliography
edit- (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
- (2001) co-edited with Richard Gameson, Belief and Culture in the Middle Ages: Studies Presented to Henry Mayr-Harting. New York: Oxford University Press.
- (2005) co-edited with Samuel Fanous, Christina of Markyate: A Twelfth Century Holy Woman, London & New York: Routledge,
- (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
References
edit- ^ St Peter's staff page Archived 12 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Henrietta Leyser – Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies". Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ Toronto, 3rd floor; M5s 2c7416-978-4884, On. "Henrietta Leyser | Centre for Medieval Studies". Retrieved 15 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "In Our Time, Abelard and Heloise". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "In Our Time, Gerald of Wales". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "In Our Time, The Schism". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "In Our Time, Greyfriars and Blackfriars". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "In Our Time, The Concordat of Worms". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Van Houts, Elisabeth (1 October 2013). "Motherhood, Religion, and Society in Medieval Europe, 400–1400: Essays Presented to Henrietta Leyser, ed. Conrad Leyser and Lesley Smith". The English Historical Review. 128 (534): 1189–1191. doi:10.1093/ehr/cet201. ISSN 0013-8266.
- ^ "Karl Leyser (1920–1992)" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 94: 599–324. 1997.