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Sarah Rosamund Irvine Foot, FSA, FRHistS (born 23 February 1961) is an English Anglican priest and early medieval historian. She has been Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford since 2007, and Dean of Christ Church, Oxford since 2023.

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Early life and education

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Foot was born on 23 February 1961[3] and is the daughter of the military historian M. R. D. Foot and his second wife Elizabeth.[4] She was educated until 1979 at Withington Girls' School in Manchester. She then went up to Newnham College, Cambridge, to study at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, where she was taught by, amongst others, Rosamond McKitterick and Simon Keynes, completing the Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic tripos in 1983.[5] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1984; as per tradition, her BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab).[6] She was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1990: her doctoral thesis, written under the supervision of Rosamond McKitterick,[2] was titled Anglo-Saxon Minsters, AD 597 – ca. 900.[7][8]

Academic career and ordained ministry

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Foot was, from 1989 to 1990, research fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, before becoming a fellow and tutor there. In 1993 she took up a lectureship at the University of Sheffield, being promoted to senior lecturer in 2001.[9] In 2004, she was appointed to the newly established chair of Early Medieval History.[10]

On 22 February 2007 Queen Elizabeth II appointed Foot to the Regius Chair of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford.[11] She is the first woman ever to hold this chair. Postholders are expected to lead research and develop graduate studies within their areas of specialisation and to take a leading part in developing the work of the Oxford theology faculty. The professorship is also annexed to a canonry at Christ Church, although the post-holder need be only a layperson; at a special ceremony on 6 October 2007 Foot was installed as residentiary canon of the cathedral.[12]

From 2007 to 2017, Foot was a lay canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.[3] During this time, she felt the call to ordination.[13] She trained for Holy Orders on the Oxford Ministry Course, a part-time course taught at Ripon College Cuddesdon.[6] On 1 July 2017, she was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon by Steven Croft, the Bishop of Oxford.[14] On 21 December 2017, she was ordained as a priest by Colin Fletcher, the Bishop of Dorchester.[15] Since 2017, she has been a residentiary canon of Christ Church Cathedral in the Diocese of Oxford.[6][16] She was also a non-stipendiary minister at Christ Church Cathedral from 2017 to 2019.[17]

In March 2023, Foot's appointment as the Dean of Christ Church was approved by King Charles III. She is the first woman to serve in the role.[18] She took up the appointment effective 1 July 2023,[19] and was installed at the cathedral during a service on 8 July.[20] The dean is both head of an Oxford college (Christ Church) and of the cathedral of the Diocese of Oxford (Christ Church Cathedral).[18]

Research interests

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Her main areas of research lie in the history of Anglo-Saxon England, particularly Anglo-Saxon monasteries, women and religion, and the Cistercians. She also works on the history of the early medieval church and society as well as the invention of the English in historiography, and historical theory. In 2001 she was awarded a major grant to carry out research into the ruined Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire. She has written a biography of Æthelstan, the first king of all England. Among her current projects are the charters of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. She contributed to an episode of BBC Radio 4's In Our Time on the life of St Cuthbert, broadcast in January 2021.[21] is an editor of the Oxford History of Historical Writing.

Personal life

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In 1986, Foot married Geoffrey Schrecker; they divorced in 1999. Together they had one son.

In 2002, she married Michael Bentley, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews[3] and Senior Research Fellow and Stipendiary Lecturer in History at St Hugh's College, Oxford.[22]

Honours

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In 2001, Foot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[3] On 14 June 2001, she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA).[23] She served as president of the Ecclesiastical History Society from 2011 to 2012.[24]

Selected works

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  • Handbook of Historical Theory, Sarah Foot and Nancy F. Partner (eds.), London, Sage 2012. ISBN 978-1-4129-3114-4
  • Æthelstan: The First English King, New Haven, Yale University Press 2011. ISBN 978-0-300-12535-1
  • "The Bishops of Selsey and the Creation of a Diocese in Sussex" in: Paul Foster and Rachel Moriarty (eds.), Chichester – The Palace and Its Bishops Otter Memorial Paper Number 27. Chichester: University of Chichester, 2011, pp. 90–101 ISBN 978-1-907852-03-9
  • "Patrick Wormald as Historian", in: Stephen Baxter, Catherine E. Karkov, Janet L. Nelson and David Pelteret (eds.), Early Medieval Studies in Memory of Patrick Wormald, Farnham, Ashgate 2009. ISBN 0-7546-6331-0
  • "Where English Becomes British: Rethinking Contexts for Brunanburh", in: Julia Barrow and Andrew Wareham (eds.), Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Brooks, London, Ashgate 2008. ISBN 0-7546-5120-7
  • Monastic life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600–900, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2006. ISBN 0-521-85946-8
  • "Reading Anglo-Saxon Charters: Memory, Record or Story?", in: Elizabeth M. Tyler and Ross Balzaretti (eds.), Narrative and History in the Early Medieval West, Abingdon, Marston 2006. ISBN 2-503-51828-1
  • "Finding the Meaning of Form: Narrative in Annals and Chronicles" in: Nancy F. Partner (ed.), Writing Medieval History (Writing History), London, Hodder Arnold 2005. ISBN 0-340-80845-4
  • "The Historiography of the Anglo-Saxon 'Nation-State'" in: Len Scales and Oliver Zimmer (eds.), Power and the Nation in European History, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2005. ISBN 0-521-84580-7
  • "Confronting Violence: A Medieval Perspective on the Ethics of Historiography" Storia della storiografia 42 (2002), pp. 23–41
  • Veiled Women I: The Disappearance of Nuns from Anglo-Saxon England, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing 2000. ISBN 0-7546-0043-2
  • Veiled Women II: Female Religious Communities in England, 871–1066, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing 2000. ISBN 0-7546-0044-0
  • "Remembering, Forgetting and Inventing: Attitudes to the Past in England after the First Viking Age", Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th series 9 (1999), pp. 185–200
  • "English People" in: Michael Lapidge et al. (eds), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford, Blackwell 1998, p. 170f. ISBN 0-631-15565-1
  • "The Making of Angelcynn: English Identity before the Norman Conquest", Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th series 6 (1996), pp. 25–49
  • "Violence Against Christians? The Vikings and the Church in Ninth-Century England", Medieval History 1.3 (1991), pp. 3–16
  • "Glastonbury's Early Abbots" in: Lesley Abrams and James P. Carley (eds.), The Archaeology and History of Glastonbury Abbey: Essays in Honour of the Ninetieth Birthday of C. A. Ralegh Radford, Woodbrigde, Boydell 1991, p. 163-189. ISBN 0-851-15284-8
  • "What Was an Anglo-Saxon Monastery?" in: Judith Loades (ed.), Monastic Studies, Bangor, Headstart History 1990, p. 48-57. ISBN 1-8730-4100-4
  • "Parochial Ministry in Early Anglo-Saxon England: The Role of Monastic Communities" in: W. J. Sheils and Diana Woods (eds.), The Ministry: Clerical and Lay, Oxford, Blackwell 1989, p. 43-54. ISBN 0-631-17193-2

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Sarah Foot is a British and Anglican priest renowned for her scholarship on early medieval ecclesiastical history, particularly the role of , women in religion, and the Anglo-Saxon Church in shaping English identity. Educated at , where she earned an MA and PhD in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic studies, Foot began her academic career as a Research Fellow and then Fellow and Tutor at , from 1989 to 1993. She subsequently held positions at the , advancing from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer and Professor of Early Medieval History between 1993 and 2007. In 2007, she was appointed to the prestigious Regius Chair of Ecclesiastical History at the by Queen Elizabeth II, a role she continues to hold while serving as a Residentiary Canon at Christ Church Cathedral. In 2023, Foot made history as the first woman appointed Dean of , in its nearly 500-year existence, a position that encompasses leadership of both the college's and the cathedral's Chapter; she was recommended for the role by and approved by The King. As an ordained priest in the , she integrates her deep personal faith with her academic pursuits, teaching courses on the history of the Western Church from 1050 to 1350 and the English Church and Mission from 597 to 754. Foot's research focuses on the , including the Venerable Bede's writings on biblical , homilies, science, , and history, as well as Christian-pagan relations and the of medieval . She has supervised numerous doctoral theses on pre-1200 history and pre-Norman , contributing significantly to the field through her emphasis on primary sources like Anglo-Saxon charters. Her major publications include Veiled Women (2000, two volumes), which examines the disappearance of nuns from ; Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c.600–900 (2006), a comprehensive study of monastic practices; Æthelstan: The First King of (2011), a biography of the tenth-century monarch; and Bede’s Church (2013). She has also co-edited influential works such as The History of , Volume 2: 400–1400 (2012) and The SAGE Handbook of (2013), alongside ongoing projects like a biography of the Venerable titled The Venerable Bede: A Located Life (forthcoming from ) and editions of Anglo-Saxon charters from and St Benet’s at . Foot is a Fellow of the Royal (FRHistS) and the (FSA), underscoring her standing as a leading authority on tenth-century and early medieval religious .

Early life and education

Family background

Sarah Rosamund Irvine Foot (born 23 February 1961) is the daughter of the British military historian (; 1919–2012), renowned for his authoritative accounts of the (SOE) and European resistance movements during the Second World War, and his second wife, Elizabeth. Raised in an academic household, Foot was immersed from an early age in the intellectual pursuits of historical scholarship, with her father's academic roles—including as a lecturer at the and professor at the —fostering a stimulating environment for learning and research. This familial setting, marked by discussions of wartime history and archival work, profoundly influenced her burgeoning interest in and writing. The family's relocations aligned with M. R. D. Foot's career moves, such as his appointment at Manchester in 1967, exposing young Sarah to diverse academic communities during her childhood.

Academic training

Sarah Foot completed her secondary education at Withington Girls' School in Manchester. She pursued undergraduate studies in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic at Newnham College, Cambridge, earning a BA degree. Foot continued her postgraduate education at the , where she obtained an MA and completed a PhD in 1990. Her doctoral thesis, titled Anglo-Saxon Minsters AD 597–950: the Religious Life in before the Benedictine Reform, explored the structure and functions of early religious communities in Anglo-Saxon prior to the tenth-century Benedictine reforms. During the later stages of her doctoral work, Foot served as a at , from 1989 to 1993, subsequently advancing to fellow and tutor in that period.

Professional career

Academic positions

In 1993, Foot took up a position as a in early medieval history at the . She progressed through the ranks at Sheffield, serving as and then as professor of early medieval history until 2007. During her tenure there, she contributed to the history department's focus on , building a reputation for scholarship in Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical history. In 2007, Foot was appointed Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the by Queen Elizabeth II, succeeding Henry Mayr-Harting, who had held the chair from 1997 to 2003. This prestigious position, established in 1661, involves lecturing and research in ecclesiastical history, with a focus on patristic and later theological writings. As part of the appointment, she became a (known as a Student) of , where the holds an ex officio academic fellowship alongside teaching responsibilities. In addition to her professorial duties, Foot has taken on administrative roles within Oxford's academic structure. Since 2021, she has served as Censor Theologiae at Christ Church, overseeing the teaching of and related subjects in the college. This role underscores her involvement in curricular and student supervision up to at least 2023.

Ecclesiastical roles

Sarah Foot was ordained as a in the on 1 July 2017 by Steven Croft, the Bishop of , at Christ Church Cathedral. She was subsequently ordained as a on 21 December 2017 by , the Bishop of . These ordinations marked her transition from a lay role to ordained ministry within the Anglican tradition, integrating her scholarly background in ecclesiastical history with active . Following her ordination, Foot's prior status as a lay canon at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, which she had held from 2007 to 2017, evolved into that of a residentiary canon, serving from 2017 to 2023. In this capacity, she contributed to the cathedral's liturgical and administrative functions, drawing on her expertise to support the community's spiritual life while maintaining her academic commitments. On 1 July 2023, Foot was appointed Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and installed on 8 July 2023, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the institution's nearly 500-year history. The appointment, approved by the King, followed a period of institutional turbulence at Christ Church, and Foot's leadership has focused on renewal and stability. As Dean, Foot has spearheaded initiatives to address challenges, including supporting a 2023 vote to separate the Dean's role from the headship of the , enabling non-clergy leadership for the latter and enhancing operational flexibility. She has also fostered interdisciplinary collaboration through the launch of Oxford Edge, the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in March 2025, a university-wide hub designed to support ventures in social, civic, scientific, and technological fields, promoting innovation among students. Additionally, under her guidance, Christ Church has marked its 500th anniversary in 2025, commemorating the 1525 foundation of Cardinal College by (later re-established as Christ Church in 1546) with events such as a and reassessments of its historical legacy. These efforts underscore her commitment to blending faith, scholarship, and forward-looking institutional development.

Research focus

Sarah Foot's primary expertise centers on early medieval ecclesiastical history, with a particular emphasis on Anglo-Saxon England from circa 597 to 1100. This period encompasses the arrival of Christianity through Augustine's mission and the consolidation of church structures amid political unification. Her scholarship illuminates the interplay between religious institutions and societal transformation, highlighting how the Church influenced governance, culture, and identity formation in post-Roman Britain. Foot has pursued a long-standing interest in medieval monasticism, hagiography, and the role of minsters in society. Minsters, as communal religious households, functioned not only as sites of prayer and learning but also as hubs for , economic activity, and , bridging rural communities and hierarchies. Her analyses of hagiographical texts reveal how saints' lives served to legitimize monastic authority and propagate devotional practices, while underscoring the evolving status of women in religious life, including their prominence in early Anglo-Saxon nunneries before a marked decline. These themes underscore the dynamic contributions of monastic communities to the spiritual and material fabric of early . Among her key biographical contributions, Foot authored a seminal study of King Æthelstan (r. 924–939), portraying him as the first ruler of a unified and a pivotal patron of the Church, whose reign fostered monastic revival and legal reforms. She has also advanced research on the Venerable (c. 673–735), examining his multifaceted oeuvre—including biblical , homilies, scientific treatises, , and historical chronicles—within the patristic and early medieval intellectual traditions. This ongoing project, including a forthcoming and a revised translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, addresses Bede's role in shaping perceptions of English Christian origins. Foot's methodological approach prioritizes interdisciplinary analysis, combining close textual scrutiny of primary sources such as charters, annals, law codes, and saints' lives with insights from and . For instance, in reconstructing Æthelstan's era, she integrates numismatic evidence (coins bearing royal imagery) and diplomatic records to assess political and patronage, avoiding linear chronologies in favor of thematic explorations that reveal contextual complexities. This holistic method, evident in her studies of monastic sites, draws on excavation data to challenge oversimplified narratives of religious decline or isolation, emphasizing instead the active engagement of minsters with their environments. Her research trajectory began with a PhD on Anglo-Saxon minsters from AD 597 to circa 900, which informed subsequent works on monastic institutions and expanded to broader 10th-century themes of kingship and church-state relations. Following the publication on , Foot's post-2011 output includes a 2018 edition of Anglo-Saxon charters from and St Benet's at Holme, alongside her sustained project, which continues to fill historiographical gaps in early medieval Christian thought and practice as of 2025. These developments reflect a deepening engagement with and editorial rigor to refine understandings of ecclesiastical evolution.

Personal life and honours

Marriage and family

Sarah Foot married Geoffrey Schrecker in 1986; they divorced in 1999. They had a son. Schrecker provided her with personal encouragement during the research and writing of her 2006 book Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600–900. In the acknowledgments, Foot thanked her sons for their loving support throughout the project. In 2002, Foot married the historian Michael Bentley, Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the . In the acknowledgments to his 2011 The Life and Thought of , Bentley credited his wife Sarah Foot for shaping the book's content through their conversations on historical . Public details about Foot's family life remain limited, reflecting her emphasis on privacy, with no children noted from her second marriage.

Awards and recognitions

In 2001, Sarah Foot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS), recognizing her scholarly contributions to ecclesiastical and medieval . In the same year, on 14 June, she was elected a Fellow of the (FSA), honoring her expertise in historical antiquities and . Foot served as President of the Ecclesiastical History Society from 2011 to 2012, a role that underscored her influence in advancing the study of across disciplines. Her appointment as the first female Dean of , in March 2023, marked a historic milestone for the institution, which had operated for nearly 500 years without women in that position; the appointment received widespread media coverage, including from the and the , and emphasized her dual expertise in academia and ministry to foster institutional renewal. In 2025, as Dean, Foot played a prominent role in commemorating the 500th anniversary of Christ Church's foundation by Cardinal Wolsey, delivering a at a on 4 that highlighted the college's enduring educational and religious mission, thereby affirming her leadership in navigating the institution's historical legacy into the future.

Selected publications

Major books

Sarah Foot's major scholarly contributions include several influential monographs on early medieval England, particularly focusing on ecclesiastical institutions and royal authority during the Anglo-Saxon period. Her works have significantly reshaped understandings of monastic practices and the consolidation of English kingship, drawing on extensive archival and archaeological evidence to challenge traditional narratives. Veiled Women (Ashgate, 2000, two volumes) examines female religious communities in Anglo-Saxon England from 871 to 1066, arguing for the disappearance of nuns and the transformation of women's roles in the church, based on charters and narrative sources. This work provides a foundational reassessment of gender and monasticism in the period. In Monastic Life in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600–900 (, 2006), Foot provides a comprehensive examination of the daily routines, spiritual disciplines, and societal integrations of early Anglo-Saxon monasteries, arguing that these institutions blended active pastoral roles with contemplative withdrawal from secular concerns. This book revises earlier assumptions about pre-Benedictine by demonstrating how religious communities adapted Irish and continental influences to local contexts, influencing the broader development of the English Church. It has been praised as the standard reference for the subject, offering the first full revision of monastic before the tenth-century reforms. Foot's (Yale University Press, 2011) offers the first complete biography of the tenth-century , portraying him as a pivotal figure in unifying disparate Anglo-Saxon kingdoms through military campaigns, legislative innovations, and diplomatic alliances. The monograph reassesses Æthelstan's reign (924–939) as foundational to , highlighting his patronage of learning and church reforms while addressing gaps in contemporary sources. Reviewers have noted its role in elevating Æthelstan's historical significance, providing a nuanced counter to views of him as merely a transitional ruler. Foot is currently completing The Venerable Bede: A Located Life (Princeton University Press, forthcoming), a biography that situates the eighth-century scholar-monk within the specific geographical and institutional contexts of Northumbria, exploring how his monastic environment at Wearmouth-Jarrow shaped his theological and historical writings. This work promises to deepen insights into Bede's contributions to early medieval historiography and ecclesiastical thought, building on Foot's prior research into Anglo-Saxon religious life.

Articles and chapters

Sarah Foot has made significant contributions to scholarly journals and edited volumes, extending her research on Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical history, , and beyond her monographs. Her articles often explore themes of violence, martyrdom, and natural phenomena in early medieval contexts, while her chapters in collective works address archival practices, local histories, and key figures like and . These publications demonstrate her engagement with interdisciplinary approaches, including and environmental readings of religious texts. A pivotal article on is Foot's "Why Were There No in the Early English Church?", delivered as the H. M. Chadwick Memorial Lecture in 2020 and published in 2021, which examines the absence of native martyr cults in pre-Conquest and contrasts them with imported Roman traditions. This work highlights the selective adaptation of hagiographical narratives in Anglo-Saxon religious culture. Another key piece on related themes is her chapter "Bede's Abbesses" (2020), reassessing female leadership in Bede's Ecclesiastical History and its implications for early English . In Early Medieval Europe, Foot's 2009 article "Violence against Christians? The Vikings and the Church in Ninth-Century " reassesses raids on religious sites, arguing that contemporary sources exaggerated destruction to emphasize resilience rather than widespread martyrdom. This contribution challenges traditional narratives of Scandinavian impact on Anglo-Saxon . Complementing this, her 2010 chapter "Plenty, Portents and Plague: Ecclesiastical Readings of the Natural World in Early Medieval Europe" in God's Bounty? The Churches and the Natural World (Studies in , vol. 46) interprets Anglo-Saxon chronicles' environmental motifs as theological signs, linking them to broader interpretations of divine will. Foot's chapters in edited volumes often focus on Anglo-Saxon minsters and tenth-century institutions. Her contribution "Anglo-Saxon Minsters: A Review of Terminology" () in Pastoral Care Before the Parish critiques the imprecise use of "minster" for communal religious houses, advocating for nuanced distinctions between monastic and parochial roles in pre-900 . On tenth-century themes, she contributed "Internal and External Audiences: Reflections on the Anglo-Saxon Archive of in " to The Haskins Society Journal 24 (2012), exploring how twelfth-century forgeries shaped perceptions of early medieval ecclesiastical archives. She co-edited The Oxford History of Historical Writing, vol. 2: – (2012), which surveys historical writing in the period, emphasizing regional narratives in Anglo-Saxon contexts among its contributions. Post-2020 publications include "Conquests in Eleventh-Century England: 1016, " (2020), her chapter comparing Danish and Norman invasions through ecclesiastical lenses in an edited volume on conquests. These works connect to her ongoing interest in and Æthelstan-era transitions. In 2024, Foot published a review of Whyte's Let These Things Be Written in Church Times, engaging with hagiographical depictions of St. Cuthbert and influencing discussions on Northumbrian saints. Foot has also held editorial roles that shaped the field, notably as co-editor (with Nancy Partner) of The SAGE Handbook of Historical Theory (2013), which includes her chapter on annals and chronicles, promoting theoretical reflections on . Her reviews in journals like The Journal of Theological Studies and Early Medieval Europe have further influenced debates on monastic terminology and Viking-era .
Publication TypeTitleYearVenueKey Theme
ArticleWhy Were There No Martyrs in the Early English Church?2021H. M. Chadwick Memorial LecturesHagiography and martyr cults
ArticleViolence against Christians? The Vikings and the Church in Ninth-Century England2009Early Medieval Europe 18(1)Viking raids on churches
ChapterPlenty, Portents and Plague: Ecclesiastical Readings of the Natural World in Early Medieval Europe2010God's Bounty? (Studies in Church History 46)Environmental theology
ChapterAnglo-Saxon Minsters: A Review of Terminology1992Pastoral Care Before the ParishMinster institutions
ChapterBede's Abbesses2020Women Intellectuals and Leaders in the Middle AgesFemale monastic leadership

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