Bede, The Prose "Life of Cuthbert" (ca. 721)

Marit Ronen has recently received her PhD in History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research interests include the study of marginalized and liminal groups in early Medieval Europe, including ethnicity, gender, and disability studies, and focuses on early medieval England. She has published on the agency of disabled people, on kingly impairment, and on religious constructions of disability. She is passionate about making Medieval Studies more accessible to the wider public, and has participated as an instructor in history workshops for high-school students.