Esther Liberman Cuenca @estherlcuenca.bsky.social Writer. Historian. Author of 'The Making of Urban Customary Law in Medieval and Reformation England' (Oxford University Press, 2025).
International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social Welcoming the world's researchers to share ideas in Medieval Studies at @UniversityofLeeds.bsky.social and online. Communities, 5-8 July 2027.
https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk
People of 1381 @peopleof1381.bsky.social 'The People of 1381' is a major AHRC-funded project investigating participants in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 in England. It has compiled a comprehensive database of rebels, victims and places affected by the revolt: www.1381.online.
Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people.
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
Andrew Prescott @ajprescott.bsky.social Hon Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Writes and researches on medieval history and manuscripts, archives, digital humanities, and the history of freemasonry. Heavily involved with the 'People of 1381' project: www.1381.online.
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social NYT Bestselling Author. Medical Historian. Breast Cancer Survivor.
Next book: SLEUTH-HOUND, a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of the man who loaned a voice to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes. Out October 20.
MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social The 6th Middle Ages in the Modern World conference (MAMO). Lincoln College Oxford, 22-24 June 2027.
themamo.org
Claire Newing @clairennewing.bsky.social Web Archivist at The National Archives (UK). I like archives, libraries, museums and all things culture and history but I REALLY like web archives!
Probably in Kew or Prudhoe or on a train between the two.
https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive
London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social The LMS is a forum for cross disciplinary and interdisciplinary discussions about the Middle Ages. The LMS has been hosting colloquia since 1945; it hosts three colloquia each year.
Website: https://londonmedievalsociety.com/
Studies in the Age of Chaucer @sacjournal.bsky.social We are the journal of The New Chaucer Society. Online at http://muse.jhu.edu.
https://newchaucersociety.org/page/studiesintheageofchaucer
The National Archives Trust @natarchivestrust.bsky.social Supporting education and engagement projects to share the stories held at The National Archives and beyond.
Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
Dr Ruth J. Salter @rjsalter.bsky.social Medievalist at the University of Reading
Joe Cozens @joecozens.bsky.social Historian of protest, smuggling, and the British state, 1700-1850.
Dr Gabby Storey @gabbystorey.bsky.social Historian of monarchy, gender, and sexuality. Writer, traveller, feminist, bi (she/her) trans ally always 🏳️🌈 #teamberengaria.
Book 1: Berengaria of Navarre (Routledge, 2024). Book 2 underway! Rep'd by Georgina Capel Associates
Imogen Hermes Gowar @girlhermes.bsky.social Author of The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, and more. Currently working on a novel about Lady Eleanor Talbot. Here for history and the stories we tell about it. Click for courses, mentoring, and etc: https://linktr.ee/imogenhermes
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social Postdoc @jacculturelmu.bsky.social | Blog: http://medisi.hypotheses.org | Arabic Bible | Manuscript Studies | Book History | Provenance | SciCom | #FirstGen
https://www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/team/tarras-peter/
Jessica Cale @dirtysexyhistory.bsky.social Author, historian, and host of the Dirty Sexy History podcast. FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE SECRET, SCANDALOUS HISTORY OF ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION forthcoming from Putnam. Rep: Helm Literary.
Louisa McKenzie @louisamckenzie.bsky.social Art #historian | Words for The Times and more | Co-founder: @amaterialworld.bsky.social
https://louisamckenziearthistory.com
John Reichenbach @johnreichenbach.bsky.social Journaliste, conférencier, auteur ☘️COMPRENDRE LES #IRLANDAIS☘️ Éditions Riveneuve, Paris / Ancien rédacteur en chef France Télévisions, ex ARTE, Europe 1, Radio France et CUEJ (85) /Lille 🇫🇷 Strasbourg 🇪🇺Kehl 🇩🇪/Galway 🇮🇪/Kyiv 🇺🇦 / #Ireland #Irish #Irlande
Danie Burton @princessburton.bsky.social Historian, history blogger, heritage worker. Anthony Woodville: Sophisticate or Schemer, biography of Anthony Woodville out now. Article Yorkists under Henry VII in September 2017 Ricardian Bulletin.
Gemma Hollman @gemmahauthor.bsky.social Historian, author, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Runs the Just History Posts blog. Specialises in late medieval women and the English court. Find my links: https://lnk.bio/GemmaHAuthor- E Emily Kadens @ek27.bsky.social Law professor at Northwestern University, historian of early modern law especially English equity courts and the history of commercial practice, fan of the archives, now building an AI platform to tag historical sources.
History Hit 💥 @history-hit.bsky.social Online history channel and podcast network 🏛️
NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social Amy
𖦹 Folklorist & Writer 𖦹
Ghostlore ● Witchcraft ● Devil Folklore
Rooted in Shropshire History & Lore 💀
Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇
Chris Day @dentiloquy.bsky.social I am a trade unionist, archive bore, and historian of the 19th century
Hazel Wright @hkw1981.bsky.social Better at gardening than I am at cooking. And history reader. Lots of history esp military.
In a former life, a family mediator and solicitor.
All views my own. RTs not an endorsement
Mario Holzner @marioholzner.bsky.social macro-economist & director @wiiw.ac.at, historian @dshcs.bsky.social, visiting professor @collegeofeurope.bsky.social, policy, econometrics, EU, Central, East & Southeast Europe
jenna moon @jennamoon.bsky.social Torontonian-turned-Londoner and cat lady. (and a digital live news person at the BBC. tips and pitches: jenna.moon@bbc.co.uk)
Liz Harper @archivistliz.bsky.social Archives Sector Development Manager (NE & Yorkshire | Religion & Belief) @uknatarcsector.bsky.social | Formerly @royalalberthall.bsky.social
@joestadolnik.bsky.social @joestadolnik.bsky.social
Dr Eleanor Baker @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval English and AFY English Subject Lead (Ox) ¶ Author of BOOK CURSES for Bodleian Publishing ¶ Being critically creative @guildmedmak.bsky.social ¶ Liker of material texts, medieval folk horror, university access & print making ¶ She/her
Sophie Kelly @sophiekelly59.bsky.social Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Bristol; medievalist. Background in museums (British Museum, Royal Collection, Canterbury Cathedral). I run (slowly) 🏃♀️
Dr Tasha Kitcher @tashakitcher.bsky.social Digital Researcher at the National Archives, UK
Historian and curator focused on media history, history of science and technology, and digital approaches to the study of history
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Hematopolitics @hematopolitics.bsky.social Interdisciplinary AHRC-funded project at the University of Leeds exploring blood symbolism, social relationships and boundary-making in blood banking. Account run by @jinikim.bsky.social (taking over from @claireturner.bsky.social in Oct 2025)
Mabel Slattery @slatteroo.bsky.social Cousin Jack of all trades, master of dungeons and medieval dick jokes. She/they.
New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession @newchaucer-pandp.bsky.social Academic journal offering brief essays on teaching, service, and institutional cultures for teachers and scholars of Chaucer and his age. Peer-reviewed, open access.
https://escholarship.org/uc/ncs_pedagogyandprofession
Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social Too many Jeannes | Medieval lordship and power, French comparative history, archives | Associate prof. Universitetet i Oslo (personal account) | she/hun.
OnThisDate @onethisdate.bsky.social Historical Events On this Date. (Need help applying for grants? Visit www.onegrant.co)
The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods.
Find our content here:
https://academic.oup.com/ehr
Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social Medhist=medieval+medical history (https://hcommons.org/members/mhgreen2/). Focus on Global Health. Open-access: The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta, https://works.hcommons.org/records/n3h76-6dg78.
Laura Tompkins @aliceperrers.bsky.social
Amy burcher @amy-burcher.bsky.social PhD candidate at university of Southampton
Research interests in Margaret of Anjou, queenship and textiles
Lucianna Harrison @lmharrison1536.bsky.social Historian researching WRAF (1918-20), WAAF, SAWAAF & women's roles in the military.
Living Historian/reenactor.
Civilian Instructor (CI) with RAFAC.
FR & DE Bilingual.
David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social Data Engineer at The National Archives. Digital Preservation/Digital Archiving. Also cycling, bellringing, photography, choral singing, promming and much more
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social www.virtualtreasury.ie
An All-Island & International Legacy from Decade of Centenaries
Core partners: National Archives Ireland, The National Archives UK, Public Record Office Northern Ireland, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Library Trinity College Dublin
John Sheridan @johnlsheridan.bsky.social I’m a Civil Servant, with a keen interest in many things including computers, data, law, digital preservation and archives. You’ll find me at The National Archives, helping to look after the digital archive, web archive, legislation.gov.uk etc.
Lucy Razzall @lucyrazzall.bsky.social Collections Research at The National Archives, UK
PI, AHRC-funded project *The Many Lives of Cardboard* (2026-27)
literature, material culture, book history, textiles
views my own
Graham Moore @mooregraham.bsky.social Sometimes pirate, othertimes historian.
Records Specialist (Early Modern Parliament) at The National Archives UK. Views own &c
Curator of REVOLUTION 250 exhibition - now OPEN at The National Archives!
Ros Scott @baronessros.bsky.social Lib Dem Peer. Deputy Speaker House of Lords. President National Association of Local Councils.
Samantha Katz Seal @samanthalkseal.bsky.social Feminist Chaucerian and English prof at U. of New Hampshire. Author of "Father Chaucer: Generating Authority in the CT" (Oxford UP, 2019). In progress: "Chaucer's Alice" and "1381: Making Race in the Peasants' Revolt."
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
Agent: @tomkillingbeck.bsky.social
Jonathan Hsy 許維成 @jonathanhsy.bsky.social (he/他/伊) Literature & language & theory & disability & donuts & ampersands. Cripqueer. Antiracist Medievalisms: From "Yellow Peril" to Black Lives Matter (2021)
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/83922
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Corinne Wieben @medievalpast.bsky.social Professor of medieval history, podcaster, writer, & bibliophile. MA/PhD from UCSB. Working on masculinity, marriage, & law in late medieval Italy. D&D & TTRPG enthusiast. Dabbler in history of magic & witchcraft.
@enchantedpodcast.net
enchantedpodcast.net
Larisa Grollemond @larisag.bsky.social Associate Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Getty Museum, UPenn art history PhD; major nerd. Opinions, especially the spicy ones, my own.
Gatsby @propermenshevik.bsky.social Head of History. Ordinary men avoid trouble, extraordinary men turn it to their advantage. Trouble at Mill
Michael Scott Author @flamelauthor.bsky.social Author of the New York Times' bestselling series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel http://dillonscott.com
Dr. Anna M. Duch @annamduch.bsky.social Associate Professor, Honors Program Chair, community college professor/admin, but secretly still a medievalist. Specializing in royal funerary and burial practices and medieval mortuary.
Maria Dávila @mbdavila.bsky.social Medievalist, feminist and a bit of a crazy cat lady! Profesor at the University of Lisbon, specializes in 15th century Portugal, Atlantic History, Women’s History and History Teaching.
Dr Paula Del Val Vales @pauladelval.bsky.social Senior Content Curator at The Social History Archive, PhD in History from the University of Lincoln, Medieval Women enthusiast and interested in households and comparative history.
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org Discover one of the finest medieval guildhalls in the world. Home to York’s entrepreneurs for 660 years and counting.
merchantshallyork.org
Dr Rachel Delman @racheldelman.bsky.social Heritage type and historian. Writes about medieval and Tudor women and their buildings. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Dr Lauren Mackay @regina-saba.bsky.social Historian & Author with Bloomsbury Academic, Consultant, FRHistS
📺The Boleyns, Blood,Sex & Royalty
Tour Leader & podcast host with Academy Travel | Agent: @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social
Dr Dan Spencer @gunpowderdan.bsky.social Historian of late medieval military history. Specialising in English military technology, warfare, and castles. Also a fan of Warhammer, France, dogs, heavy metal and archery.
Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social Historian and Archaeologist. Author of The Lives of Tudor Women and England’s Queens. Appears on TV. Likes travel.
David Grummitt @davidgrummitt.bsky.social Historian of the late Middle Ages (and of the history of warfare more generally), academic and magazine editor. Very good with children and cats, not too shabby in the kitchen.
Dr Nicola Tallis @nicolatallis.bsky.social Historian. Author. Contributor.
Julian Humphrys @juleshumphrys.bsky.social Historian, writer, and guide. Lecturer on historical tours. Leads English Heritage battlefield walks. Scriptwriter for museum audio guides across the UK. www.julianhumphrys.com
Matt Lewis @mattlewishistory.bsky.social Medievalist, co-host Gone Medieval podcast(https://podfollow.com/gone-medieval/view), host Echoes of History (https://podfollow.com/1615075257/view), fascinated by Richard III & the Princes in the Tower.
Substack: https://mattlewishistory.substack.com
Author Amy Licence @amylicence.bsky.social Historian of women’s lives. Prolific author of non-fiction, biographies and novels. Medieval, Tudor and Modern. Word aficionado. Teacher. FRHistS.
J L Laynesmith @jllaynesmith.bsky.social Medievalist in Reading researching queenship, Wars of the Roses, royal adultery, and medieval noblewomen (Cecily Duchess of York appears frequently) | Editor of The Ricardian | May also mention Environment, Eco Church, Trade Justice . . .(all views my own)
Dr Owen Emmerson @drowenemmerson.bsky.social Historian & Assistant Curator at Hever Castle. Consultant: #WolfHall (BBC, 2024). Broadcaster: Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (BBC); Blood, Sex, & Royalty (Netflix).
Turi King @turiking.bsky.social British & Canadian geneticist/genealogy/forensics/archaeology #DNAFamilySecrets, #RichardIII DNA gal, Television/podcast presenter.
Sharon Bennett Connolly @thehistorybits.bsky.social Historian of Medieval & Women's History. FRHistS. Mum. Yorkshire lass.
New book Jan 2025: Scotland's Medieval Queens
Blog: Historytheinterestingbits.com
Podcast: A Slice of Medieval
https://viewauthor.at/SharonBennettConnolly
Estelle Paranque @estelleprnq.bsky.social Historian, Author, Associate Prof, YouTuber, Broadcaster.
Author and editor of 6 books.
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)
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Dr Jo Edge 🏴 @hagenilda.bsky.social historian of medicine & the occult 1200–1700 | FRHistS | palaeography & editing | convenor @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social | neurodivergent | co-chair UCU Anticasualisation Committee | @ucucommons.org | https://joanneedge.co.uk | agent: @knifewitch.bsky.social
Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social Darby Fellow (Simon and June Li) in English Literature at Lincoln College, Ox. Interested in the medieval Ovid, forgeries, exile, Chaucer, Gower, medievalism.
Dr Lisa Berry-Waite @lisaberrywaite.bsky.social Historian of women & politics, Modern Parliament Records Specialist at The National Archives, and Blog Editor for the Women’s History Network. Views my own
lisaberrywaite.com
William Purkis @williampurkis.bsky.social Professor of Medieval History and Deputy Head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham | #CrusadingInContext | #DistantCamera
Delphine Demelas @delphinedemelas.bsky.social Medievalist, #Digital humanist, Digital Medievalist executive board member. #Medieval Francophonie enthusiast.
Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social Historical and applied linguist by training, but I have a soft spot for letters, queens, and Tudor history. Research Fellow in Forensic Linguistics and AI@NTU.
Website: https://helennewsomechandler.wordpress.com
NEW BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/tvnt9fyr
Sophie Bacchus-Waterman @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social Historian. Author of "Elizabeth Boleyn". Writing a book on Perkin Warbeck. Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Book History MA graduate.
Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social Ph.D. Lecturer at the University of Bath, Architectural History and Conservation. Author, HENI presenter, Arts Society speaker. Immersed in the arts of the late Middle Ages, gardens. Etc
Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social Royal Studies scholar, interested in monarchy (particularly queens!) in all periods and places. Always spinning a few too many plates for my own good, and admit to having a soft spot for a good G&T
Sam Jones @sam-jones.bsky.social History teacher & HoD at Bolder Academy.
TeachFirst ambassador 2015.
As a rule, usually dreaming about when I’m next teaching about the Vikings…
Laura Gisseleire @lgisseleire.bsky.social PhD candidate @ University of Kent with Knowledge Orders before Modernity
(formerly) Medieval Studies @ Birkbeck 🦉
mortuary rolls, commemoration, gender & monastic culture, manuscripts galore.
Catherine Ibbotson @historysquirrels.bsky.social AKA The Historical Collaborator…
More to come.
Emily Maher @emily-maher.bsky.social Medievalist and PhD student at the University of Southampton. Researching women in manorial law.
Ariella Elema 🍁 @ariellaelema.bsky.social Reference archivist, legal historian, medievalist. She/her. Knows more than is healthy about the history of trial by combat.
Meg McGuirt @meglovehistory.bsky.social I'm an avid researcher of English history, mainly from the early Anglo-Saxon era through the end of the Wars of the Roses (1485). I also enjoy learning about church history, especially in the British Isles.
Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com SVP, Strategy & Operations. Building products, growing audiences and driving revenue. Previously TIME and VICE News. Posting about media, technology and AI.
Website: https://tylerborchers.com/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tylerborchers/
Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social British History - Wellington; the Defeat of Napoleon; Regency Society, careers open to younger sons; Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen (Yale UP Feb 2024)
Lives in Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Fintan O'Toole @fotoole.bsky.social Writer, Irish Times columnist, New York Review of Books contributor, We Don't Know Ourselves author.
Buxton Nine @buxton9.bsky.social All opinions are my own. Resist the Regime.
🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🇪🇺
He/him