Brandon M. Bender’s work on early medieval England has appeared in peer-reviewed journals (The Year’s Work in Medievalism) and various publications for wider audiences, such as Medieval World magazine, Lancaster University’s Epoch magazine, Cambridge University’s Camedieval project, and more. He has also written definitions for reference works like World History Encyclopedia and presented at conferences like the Mid-America Medieval Association and the Kansas Association of Historians.
Brandon’s first book, England’s Unlikely Commander: The Military Career of Æthelred the Unready, debuted in 2019. He lives near Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States and can be followed at brandonmichaelbender.com.






