Esther Lemmerz, M.A.
Curriculum Vitae
Esther took English and History at the University of Bonn (2007-2010) and spent one term in Belfast. She holds two masters degrees in Medieval Studies (University of Leeds, 2011, and University of Bonn, 2013). Esther is now a PhD student working on Latin quotations in anonymous Old English homilies and saints’ lives. Together with Steven Rozenski she translated Henry Suso’s Horologium Sapentiae into English. Esther now transcribes and encodes anonymous Old English homilies for the department’s Digital Homilies Project.
Research Interests
Esther is interested in all aspects of Old English homilies and saints’ lives; this includes their composition and their use of motifs, their Latin and Greek sources, their use of Latin and their palaeography. She is also interested other medieval Germanic languages such as Old Norse and Old Saxon.
Publications and Conference Papers:
- Translation
- with Steven Rozenski: Henry Suso’s Horologium Sapientiae, forthcoming
- Conference Papers
- ‘Treachery and Betrayal in the Kenelm Legend’, The Middle Ages in Britain: A Student Conference, Gießen, 16/03/2013.
- ‘Treason and Traitors in Old English and Anglo-Latin Saints’ Lives’, Studientag zum Englischen Mittelalter (SEM) XV, Bern, 08/03/2013.
- ‘Depicting Paradox: Christ’s Dual Nature in The Dream of the Rood’, Freond ic gemete wið: A Student Conference on the Middle Ages in Britain, Prague, 02/03/2012.