MS Society UK @mssocietyuk.bsky.social We’re here to provide support for people living with multiple sclerosis and drive research into better treatments. Together, we are strong enough to stop MS.
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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social Dr Hana Videen (she/her), author of THE WORDHORD: DAILY LIFE IN OLD ENGLISH & THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY. Sharing the Old English Word of the Day since 2013.
linktr.ee/wordhord
Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social Historian of queenship in early medieval England. Based in York UK.
Antiracist. Disabled. Non-binary. Marxist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Author of Ælfgif-who?, biographies of medieval women: florencehrs.substack.com
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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social Professor of Medieval History and Diplomatic. Deputy Head of Arch & Hist @exeter.ac.uk. Editor of charters @monumenta.bsky.social. Monographs with CUP, Yale UP and @princetonupress.bsky.social. Medievalist + Germanophile.
Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social Medievalist. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social Late antiquity, early Middle Ages, manuscripts, cities and monasticism. A bit of digital humanities and maps as well.
Assistant Professor at the University of Erfurt
Dr. Verena Krebs @krebsverena.bsky.social Medieval Historian. North-East Africa & Ethiopia. German. Professor. GIF lover, Sci-fi fan. Getting better at remembering this app exists. More info: VerenaKrebs.com.
Elaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social Welsh 🏴 Early Medievalist. Manuscripts, Archives, Text Technologies, Early British literature. Author of Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts (OUP, 2021) and Disrupting Categories, 1050-1250 (ARC, 2024), etc. Living in California, but Ceredigion forever.
Seb Falk @sebfalk.com Historian of science ||
Admissions Tutor at Girton College, University of Cambridge ||
Singer, sailor, runner, father ||
"Always generous" – The New Yorker
Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social Times and Sunday Times best-selling author
Medieval Historian
Mother of Doggos
SCEPTRED ISLE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY OUT MAY 2025 (Hutchinson Heinemann, Penguin Random House)
Randall Munroe @xkcd.com
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised historian, not surprised eels.
Doctor of medieval things. Talkin’ eels, history, and maps. Spaniel mourner. Alt-text artist.
I draw custom maps and artwork on commission:
https://surprisedeelmaps.com/
Support me here: patreon.com/SurprisedEel
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen @karinwahlj.bsky.social Journalism professor, Cardiff University. President-Elect, International Communication Association. Interested in media and democracy. https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/wahl-jorgensenk 🏴🇩🇰
Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social Professor of runology (= runes & runic inscriptions, not urology), working with all things runic and more. Own views and random thoughts.
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Harlan Coben @harlancoben.bsky.social Next Netflix series: I WILL FIND YOU
Next book: PLOT TWIST: A Memoir
HarlanCoben.com
Robin Fleming @robin-f.bsky.social Historian of Roman and early medieval Britain @ Boston College. Writes history from archaeology/material culture. Recently finished a book on Roman dogs. Distracting myself from thinking about the US political Hellscape by thinking about 5th c Britain.
Past Horizons Archaeology Equipment @pasthorizons.bsky.social Archaeology Equipment Web Shop. WHS and Battiferro Trowels, Photo Scales, Drafting Film (permatrace) and much more.
https://pasthorizons.com
David Petts @davidpetts1.bsky.social Rewriting archaeology, @durham_uni
Land/seascapes- old music/books - folk traditions - early med/ post med Britain / Armorica - views own - incorrigibly plural - Pleasant Green; Dept of Works
Edmund Simons @tunky-pig.bsky.social Associate Professor of Heritage Management, Buildings Archaeologist, Oldthingologist, Anthropospelæologist
All opinions my own
Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social A/Prof Medieval Literature, Flinders | Visiting Fellow, St Cross College, Oxford | Lead CI ARC DP23: First English Speakers | DP23: Finding Friendship in Old English Literature | PhD TCD | FSA | IAUPE | Beowulf monograph ManchesterUP '26
Steve A @grungeviking.bsky.social Viking archaeologist. Lapsed photographer. Guitars. Bad jokes. Probably too grumpy for Bluesky #pusb
https://youtube.com/@graffitifoxes?si=I__M2PhxmIckzs4J
Dr Jasmin Higgs @jaztherunologist.bsky.social Runologist for hire! I’m interested in runic inscriptions, historical linguistics, and writing systems. Currently working on: early medieval inscribed rings.
Sigurd Towrie @orkneyjar.bsky.social Orkney. North of Scotland. Ran Orkneyjar website until 2024, when costs and time became too much. Now divide my time between nessofbrodgar.bsky.social and uhiarchaeology.bsky.social
Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social Adjunct prof in Medieval Icelandic Studies | Project manager at the Icelandic Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts @mshl-cdha.bsky.social | Researcher @antidote-network.bsky.social |📍 🇮🇸 & 🇨🇿 | Historical Linguist | Víglundur 🐈
Andy Agate @andyagate.bsky.social Archaeologist, ex-Finds Liason Officer for Northumberland and Newcastle, Visiting Fellow Newcastle University.
Making a Warrior @makingawarrior.bsky.social Research project @Oslo/Uppsala/Reykjavík/Copenhagen
Examining viking warriorhood and its representations past and present
Project info: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/research/projects/making-a-warrior
Frida Espolin Norstein @fridanor.bsky.social Archaeologist at Stockholm University, Viking Age, Early Medieval, burial practices
Natasha Bradley @natashaamberjo.bsky.social AHRC DPhil Student at Lincoln College, Oxford | women in Old Norse translations, hagiographies, and religious texts | Clarendon Scholar | she/her
Danica Ramsey-Brimberg @dcrb.bsky.social Viking Age/Early Medieval Scholar. Coordinator of Digital Engagement for ICMA. Editorial Assistant for Church Archaeology Journal. Co-Host of New Books in Irish Studies. Current MLIS Student.
Dr Rowan English @rowane.bsky.social Archaeologist, PhD on the ivory trade in late antiquity. Also interested in early medieval northwest Europe, circular economies, funerary archaeology, and long-distance interactions of all kinds.
The Northern Tapestry @northerntapestry.bsky.social Exploring the sagas and stories that link medieval Iceland, Scandinavia & the northern British isles https://northerntapestry.com/
Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social Early medievalist, West Highland fiddler, writer & editor based in London (UK). Occasionally posts sculpture on @ASCorpus.bsky.social. Trustee @gefrintrust.bsky.social. British Museum tour guide.
Marianne Hem Eriksen @thehem.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Archaeology | BBC New Generation Thinker | PI of the Body-Politics project | v slow runner 🇳🇴🇬🇧🇪🇺
Cassidy Croci @cassidycroci.bsky.social Humboldt Research Postdoctoral Fellow, Hosted by the Scandinavian Studies Department at the University of Tübingen. Working on “Routes of Narration: Domestic Travel in the Íslendingasögur”! 🇺🇸➡️🇬🇧➡️🇮🇸➡️🇩🇪
Dr Sam Leggett @samleggs22.bsky.social Lecturer in Biomolecular & Medieval Archaeology at Edinburgh Uni - data viz & R enthusiast (she/her)
Emma Brownlee @ecbrownlee.bsky.social Research fellow @GirtonCollege
@UCamArchaeology
Early Medieval Europe | Death & Burial | GIS | Occasional Vikings
She/her
Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social FRHistS, lover of Carolingian coinage, Vikings, Jesus and my wife and daughter, though not necessarily in that order
Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
https://ssns.org.uk
Anton Larsson @antonyaolarsson.bsky.social Doctor of Archaeology and project manager at Lödöse Museum, Sweden.
Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social Howard Williams BSc MA PhD FSA
Aʀᴄʜᴀᴇᴏ𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 Blogger & Vlogger
http://linktr.ee/archaeodeath
North Ages @northages.bsky.social Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. On this day, feast days, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social Medievalist - Vikings, Normans, Britain, Ireland, the North Atlantic and beyond. Reception & Medievalism.
Associate Professor, University of Oslo
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social Swedish archaeologist (PhD, Arch Sci).
Finds specialist (Iron Age through Medieval per.)
Surveyor of islands in the Baltic Sea.
😍LiDAR-spotting!
Works for @raa-se.bsky.social
Papers etc: https://raa.academia.edu/NyBj%C3%B6rnGustafsson
Norselass @norselass.bsky.social Early Medievalist, far traveller, health humanities. Sadly no longer lives next to Robin Hood.
The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social Stunning Viking-Age sculpture collection from the early medieval kingdom of Strathclyde, held in A-listed Govan Old ⏰️ OPEN 7 DAYS, 11am to 4pm 🎟 FREE entry!
Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @uoncsva.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
Keith Ruiter @keithruiter.bsky.social Medievalist | likes law, normativity, transgression, & other Viking Age oddities (also has a life outside work) | Senior Lecturer at University of Suffolk | Hon. Assistant Prof at Centre for the Study of the Viking Age | PhD | he/they
Shannon Lewis-Simpson she/elle @smlewisimpson.bsky.social In the Woods, & online. #humansecurity, #archaeology, #culture, #Newfoundland, #WPS, #chickens, #navy, #metal, #GenX, #gardens, #books, #food, & #nature, not necessarily in that order.
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social Galloway Hoard Researcher at National Museums Scotland. Author of Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom and other archaeology content. https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/dr-adrian-maldonado See also @almostarch.bsky.social
Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social Early medievalist, etc., at the University of Cambridge.
Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social Viking Historian | Research Fellow @uio.no | Assoc. Researcher @livunihss.bsky.social | vikings in continental Europe | medieval(ism) | histor(iograph)y
https://hcommons.org/members/ccooijmans
Adam @eblueaxe.bsky.social Archaeologist working in Northern England; specialist in the early medieval. Interested early medieval archaeology, board and PC gaming, miniature modelling, WW2, and most nerdy stuff
Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social Early medieval archaeologist | Viking trade PhD (Gla) | History MA Oxon. Balliol, Oxford | Author: A Viking Market Kingdom; Treasures of the Vikings | Co-Editor / Co-Author: The Viking Age in Scotland | The Govan Stones
Richard Coles @richardcoles.bsky.social Writer, podcaster, musician, priest.
Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social Hello from Medievalists.net, the leading online resource for the Middle Ages - check out our website at www.medievalists.net
Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social @spectator lit ed. “Clock-white, still friendly to the earth.” https://bit.ly/TheHauntedWood
Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social 🦊Indie bookseller with an online shop📚Lots of signed books & special editions 🦊 Sale sections all year round with book bargains📚Gift packages, book subscriptions & E-gift cards available🦊Bookish gifts📚 FoxLaneBooks.co.uk 🦊
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social All about the books
Eloise Kane @eloi.se Archaeology, writing, research, cheese. PhD in hares.
📖 Wilderlands: The Human History of Wild Britain (April 2026)
Ferrier of children. Normally lost.
Justin Pollard @justinpollard.bsky.social Screenwriter, storyliner - Vikings, Those About to Die, Tudors etc. Author, former QI writer. Historical consultant Peaky Blinders, Pirates of the Carribean and a few others.
Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social Just an archaeologist who works at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Charles Spencer @charlesspencer.bsky.social History and nonfiction author, public speaker, broadcaster, & columnist for FT Wealth. Custodian (for this generation) of Althorp House, and run the Althorp Literary Festival. Author of 4 Sunday Times bestsellers. FRHistS and FSA.
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