Nationality British Name Henrietta Leyser | Role Historian Education University of Oxford | |
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Occupation Historian
University of Oxford Subject Middle Ages
History of women Books Medieval Women, Hermits and the new monasticism | ||
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. 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.
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