Gwendolyne Gray Knight Keimpema

About me

Ahlström and Terserus postdoctoral fellow at the Department of History and Centre for Medieval Studies. PhD awarded in 2019 for the dissertation "Broken Order: Shapeshifting as Social Metaphor in Early Medieval England and Ireland".

Research

• History of mentalities
• Western witchcraft/magic/esotericism (medieval)
• Intersections of magic, science, and religion
• Medieval information and communication networks
• Meetings between cultures during the Middle Ages

Current Research Project

"Before the Witch Trials: Witchcraft as a legal concept in Medieval Scandinavia"