Henrietta Leyser

Henrietta Leyser
Occupation	Historian university of Oxford
Nationality	British
Subjects	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 currently tutor for welfare at St Peter's College, Oxford.^[1]

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

With Samuel Fanous (joint editors):

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

With Richard Gameson (joint editors):

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