Sarah Foot

The Very Reverend

Sarah Foot

FSA FRHistS
The Very Reverend; Sarah Foot; FSA FRHistS
	Foot in 2023
Born	Sarah Rosamund Irvine Foot; 23 February 1961
Nationality	British
Title	Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Spouses	Geoff Schrecker (m. 1986; div. 1999); Michael Bentley (m. 2002);
Parent	M. R. D. Foot (father);
Academic background
Alma mater	Newnham College, Cambridge
Thesis	Anglo-Saxon Ministers, AD 597 – ca. 900 (1989)
Doctoral advisor	Rosamond McKitterick
Influences	John Blair; Simon Keynes; Rosamond McKitterick;
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Early medieval English history; ecclesiastical history; historiography;
Institutions	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; University of Sheffield; Christ Church, Oxford;
Main interests	Development of English identity; early medieval English monasticism; medieval Christian–Pagan relations; medieval women and religion;
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity (Anglican)
Church	Church of England
Ordained	2017 (deacon); 2017 (priest);
Offices held	Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (2007–present)

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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