Caroline Walker Bynum

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Caroline Walker Bynum is a scholar working on History, Classics and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Caroline Walker Bynum has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in History, 37 papers in Classics and 7 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Caroline Walker Bynum's work include Medieval Literature and History (26 papers), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (19 papers) and Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (15 papers). Caroline Walker Bynum is often cited by papers focused on Medieval Literature and History (26 papers), Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (19 papers) and Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (15 papers). Caroline Walker Bynum collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Caroline Walker Bynum's co-authors include Judith C. Brown, Suzanne Fonay Wemple, Thomas F. X. Noble, Paula Richman, Joseph M. Bryant, Michael Camille, Stevan Harrell, Delno C. West, Sally Zierler and Priscilla Velentgas and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Public Health, The American Historical Review and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Caroline Walker Bynum

70 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Holy Feast and Holy Fast:... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1989 1990 1983 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women
    1989 497 citations Caroline Walker Bynum et al. The American Historical Review profile →
  2. Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion
    1990 330 citations Caroline Walker Bynum DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) profile →
  3. Jesus as Mother: Studies in the Spirituality of the High Middle Ages
    1983 205 citations Caroline Walker Bynum et al. The American Historical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Caroline Walker Bynum United States 20 785 658 540 295 288 91 2.2k
James A. Brundage United States 18 558 0.7× 451 0.7× 382 0.7× 109 0.4× 82 0.3× 108 1.3k
Daniel Boyarín United States 20 195 0.2× 72 0.1× 1.1k 2.1× 619 2.1× 270 0.9× 91 1.8k
Sarah B. Pomeroy United States 18 114 0.1× 69 0.1× 305 0.6× 179 0.6× 137 0.5× 54 1.1k
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen United States 13 148 0.2× 197 0.3× 187 0.3× 24 0.1× 88 0.3× 43 839
Mary R. Lefkowitz United States 16 60 0.1× 50 0.1× 359 0.7× 65 0.2× 159 0.6× 68 1.3k
Robert Alter United Kingdom 13 83 0.1× 34 0.1× 441 0.8× 502 1.7× 186 0.6× 63 1.0k
Rosemary Radford Ruether United States 17 126 0.2× 46 0.1× 803 1.5× 404 1.4× 202 0.7× 96 1.3k
C. S. Lewis United States 16 86 0.1× 54 0.1× 269 0.5× 96 0.3× 244 0.8× 84 947
Jacob Neusner United States 20 110 0.1× 45 0.1× 910 1.7× 816 2.8× 241 0.8× 410 1.7k
Cathy Caruth United States 14 263 0.3× 9 0.0× 975 1.8× 70 0.2× 330 1.1× 33 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caroline Walker Bynum

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2022). The Birth of the Author: Pictorial Prefaces in Glossed Books of the Twelfth Century. Common Knowledge. 28(2). 290–292. 2 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2019). Holy Feast and Holy Fast. 9 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker, et al.. (2016). Introduction: To Support Our Claims. Common Knowledge. 23(1). 57–58.
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2016). Are Things ‘Indifferent’? How Objects Change Our Understanding of Religious History. German History. 34(1). 88–112. 4 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2016). TEACHING ABOUT OBJECTS. Common Knowledge. 23(1). 67–74.
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2013). Depositions: Scenes from the Late Medieval Church and the Modern Museum. Common Knowledge. 19(2). 380–382. 3 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2013). Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350 – 550 AD. Common Knowledge. 19(3). 552–553. 6 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker, et al.. (2009). "Wonderful Blood. Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond", Caroline Walker Bynum, Philadelphia 2007 : [recenzja] / Halina Manikowska.. Przegląd Historyczny : dwumiesięcznik naukowy. 100(3). 2 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2009). Perspectives, connections & objects: what's happening in history now?. Daedalus. 138(1). 71–86. 12 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (2004). The Presence of Objects. Common Knowledge. 10(1). 1–32. 4 indexed citations
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Hillerbrand, Hans J., Grant Wacker, William Adler, et al.. (2001). CHH volume 70 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. Church History. 70(3). f1–f6. 1 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (1997). Wonder. The American Historical Review. 102(1). 1–26. 2 indexed citations
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Bryant, Joseph M. & Caroline Walker Bynum. (1996). The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 200-1336. Sociology of Religion. 57(2). 216–216. 47 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker, et al.. (1994). Jeûnes et festins sacrés : les femmes et la nourriture dans la spiritualité médiévale. Cerf eBooks.
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (1991). Jean-Claude Schmitt. La Raison des gestes dans l'Occident médiéval. (Bibliothèque des Histoires.) Paris: Gallimard. 1990. Pp. 432. 185 fr. The American Historical Review. 96(4). 1158–1158. 1 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (1990). Fragmentation and Redemption: Essays on Gender and the Human Body in Medieval Religion. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (1984). Women mystics and eucharistie devotion in the thirteenth century. Women s Studies. 11(1-2). 179–214. 11 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (1982). Jesus as Mother. 132 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (1977). Jesus as Mother and Abbot as Mother: Some Themes in Twelfth-Century Cistercian Writing. Harvard Theological Review. 70(3-4). 257–284. 12 indexed citations
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Bynum, Caroline Walker. (1971). Stephen of Paris and his Commentary on the Benedictine Rule. Revue Bénédictine. 81(1-2). 67–91.

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