Christine Axen

Teaches at Bronxville Adult School

With a PhD in medieval history, Dr. Christine Axen is on a mission to make everyone fall in love with the Middle Ages.  She is passionate about teaching, both at the university level and in the public forum, and loves to give tours at the Met Cloisters.  Her research specialty is thirteenth-century French religious history, with a focus on the bishop of Avignon, the convent of St Catherine, and sacred space in medieval cities.  In all her endeavors, Christine seeks to illuminate female voices of the past, and to share their stories.