Dr. Amanda Taylor Fellow of The Oakeshott Institute

Amanda earned her Ph.D. in 2017 from the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on late medieval and early modern English and Italian epic romances, arms and armor, and medical texts focusing on anatomy and treatment of battlefield wounds. She has published in the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Arthuriana, The George Herbert Journal, and Quidditas, and is currently working on a book manuscript that builds from her dissertation, “Fabricating the Martial Body: Anatomy, Affect, and Armor in Early Modern England and Italy.”