Bente Offereins-Gummelt, M.A.

Curriculum Vitae
Bente took English and German at the University of Göttingen (2013-2020), where she completed her MA in English in 2020. She also holds master’s degrees in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from University College London (2019) and the University of Göttingen (2020). She is now a PhD student working on the construction of identity in Castleford’s Chronicle. Bente has been working in the Department’s digital homilies project (ECHOE) since 2016.

PhD Project
Constructing Identity in Castleford’s Chronicle

Research Interests

• Insular historical writing


• Brut chronicles


• Legendary history and myth making


• Medieval identity