Andrew Rabin

Andrew Rabin is a Professor and Vice Chair in the English Department at the University of Louisville. He holds a B.A. from Grinnell College and M.A./Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His research focuses on the intersection of law and literature in early medieval England, particularly Anglo-Saxon legal texts and ecclesiastical writings. He has authored major works like Crime and Punishment in Anglo-Saxon England (2020) and edited volumes on Old English legal traditions. Rabin is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and received the 2011 Best Article Prize from the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists for his work on female advocacy in tenth-century England.

• Key Publications: Books on Wulfstan’s legal writings, Anglo-Saxon legal history, and medieval instructional texts
• Research Interests: Medieval legal systems, manuscript culture, hagiography, and political theology

His articles appear in journals such as Modern Philology, Studies in Philology, and Speculum. Current research explores intersections between archaeological findings and textual analysis of early medieval landscapes.