Henrietta Leyser

This article is about the historian. For the plant biologist, see Ottoline Leyser.

Henrietta Leyser
FRHistS
Born
Henrietta Bateman
NationalityBritish
Spouse
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(m. 1962; died 1992)​
Children4, including Ottoline
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Sub-disciplineMiddle Ages
History of women
InstitutionsSt Peter's College, Oxford

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.

Career

Leyser is an Emeritus Fellow at St Peter's College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[1] She joined St Peter's College in 1996 as Supernumerary Fellow in Medieval History, becoming an Official Fellow in 2002 and a Senior Research Fellow in 2008 before retiring in 2011. During her time at the college she additionally served as Tutor for Admissions between 1998 and 2008 and as Tutor for Welfare between 2004 and 2011.[2]

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.[3] She was a Distinguished Visitor at the Centre of Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (January-April 2012).[4] 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.[5][6][7][8][9]

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).[10]

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,[11] and circus performer and author Matilda Leyser.

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
  • (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

  1. ^ St Peter's staff page Archived 12 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Michaelmas Term 2024" (PDF). University of Oxford Calendar: 391. 2024.
  3. ^ "Henrietta Leyser – Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies". Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "In Our Time, Abelard and Heloise". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "In Our Time, Gerald of Wales". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ "In Our Time, The Schism". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ "In Our Time, Greyfriars and Blackfriars". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. ^ "In Our Time, The Concordat of Worms". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Karl Leyser (1920–1992)" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 94: 599–324. 1997.

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