Amanda Dick @alittlemedievalist.bsky.social At 4 I wanted to be a pickpocket, but my dad said I’d need a more lucrative job so now I’m a medievalist.
PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham | knowledge and social cohesion in the fornaldarsogur
Dr. Chase A. Thompson @chaseathompson.bsky.social Podcaster, Historian, Writer, living in Salinas, California. Check out the Interesting Pod: https://pod.link/1826088946. Doctoral degree in counseling, pursuing a history PhD. I love hiking, mystery reading, & eating cereal in perilously unhealthy volumes.
Simon John @simonajohn.bsky.social Historian of the Middle Ages and their reception, among other things. Cyclist, Germanophile and pun aficionado.
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.
Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social FRHistS, lover of Carolingian coinage, Vikings, Jesus and my wife and daughter, though not necessarily in that order
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
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social
Dr Cathryn Pearce @cathrynpearce.bsky.social British historian. Author: Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 | Researching c18th-19th shipwrecks, the Royal Navy & coastal communities. #CoastalHistory #NavalHistory #MaritimeHistory #SussexCoast
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
Ross Balzaretti @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social Historian, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham. He/him. 🏳️🌈
Sam Ottewill-Soulsby @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social Medieval historian and charismatic megafauna enthusiast at the University of Tübingen. Blogs at https://salutemmundo.wordpress.com/
Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social Medievalist | Cricket tragic | Dog lover | Ex-scientist | Luddite | Occasional tractor driver | Living on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land | Long COVID sucks | She/her
Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Medieval History at University College Dublin
Historian of the British-Irish Isles & the Papacy in the 11th & 12th c.
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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford
Chair, Family Expert Reference Group, National Maternity & Neonatal Taskforce
(I can't read private messages here.)
J E Tearney-Pearce @marinavigo.bsky.social @ sea in the medieval Mediterranean 🌊 | Readying old buildings for the future @ National Theatre, London | Assistant Editor of al-Masāq | social media for SMM (@socmedimedit.bsky.social)
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
Dr Nicola Tallis @nicolatallis.bsky.social Historian. Author. Contributor.
ALCS @alcs.co.uk We're the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society. Nobody else in the world does exactly what we do. We've been championing writers and making sure they get paid for secondary uses of their work since 1977
www.alcs.co.uk
Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Amsterdam University Press is a leading publisher in the Humanities & Social Sciences.
Posts in EN & NL.
Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Independent. Employee-owned. Publishing Medieval & Early Modern History, Musicology, Literature, African Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies and more.
The Parker Library @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social Special collections library at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge
https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/parker-library
Parker Library On the Web - our medieval and early modern MSS digitised
https://parker.stanford.edu/parker
Institute of Historical Research Wohl Library @ihrlibrary.bsky.social The Wohl Library of the @ihr.bsky.social is a national resource for everyone researching or writing history. Membership is free to everyone and we are an open access, reference library holding over 200,000 books and journals.
University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social Join us in exploring the University of Exeter Library's Special Collections, which include archives, manuscripts, rare books and maps.
There's something for everyone, and everyone is welcome.
Find out more! ➡️ libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives
Selden Society @seldensociety.bsky.social Founded in 1887, the Selden Society is the only learned society and publisher devoted entirely to English legal history. Account maintained by @jctate1215.bsky.social.
Scottish History Network @scothistnetwork.bsky.social
Institute for Medieval Studies Leeds @leedsims.bsky.social The Institute for Medieval Studies at Leeds is a major centre for interdisciplinary medieval studies. Home of the International Medieval Congress and the International Medieval Bibliography. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval
Pete Maw @petemaw.bsky.social Associate Prof 18th-Century History at The University of Leeds;Atlantic trade, merchants and infrastructure; economic history; cotton; co-editor of Northern History
Dr Sara Barker @sarakbarker.bsky.social Historian of early modern print, news, translation, pamphlets. Scotland/Yorkshire hybrid. Likes old printed things, France, rugby, embroidery. Always stops to talk to cats and dogs. Series editor MUP Studies in Early Modern European History. She/her.
Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social Award-winning Author. Associate Professor, School of History, University of Leeds. Author of The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and Liberty in Colonial Mexico. Research: Black people, Women, Slavery, Freedom, Law, Jesuits.
Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social Tutor in English Lit at Univ, Oxford. Medievalist. Poet. She/her. Co-founder @guildmedmak.bsky.social.
Church as Sacred Space (2018). Encountering Margery Kempe (2021). Primers 7: Grendel’s Mother Bites Back (2024).
Next books on Du Maurier, & Beowulf.
Seb Falk @sebfalk.com Historian of science ||
Admissions Tutor at Girton College, University of Cambridge ||
Singer, sailor, runner, father ||
"Always generous" – The New Yorker
Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social Historian of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages @glasgow.ac.uk. Writes on the medieval Roman Empire, Britain, and everything in between.
Sara Charles @saracharles.bsky.social Medieval manuscript practitioner, bringing the manuscript making process to life. Author of The Medieval Scriptorium. Cat lady.
www.teachingmanuscripts.com
PhD in medieval martyrologies. Editor of Historical Research journal.
Cullen Chandler @chandlerprof.bsky.social Medievalist, historian, trying to talk about things like normal people talk about normal things.
Jonathan Boff @jfb1066.bsky.social Military Historian. Author, ‘The Age of Mammon and Mars: Money and War in the Twentieth Century’ (OUP, March 2027). IEconomic Statecraft; Strategy; Money.
Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
Caroline @canarycaroline.bsky.social Works in academic publishing but will one day find out what she wants to do when she grows up. Supports Norwich City so must have done something awful in a previous life.
Emilia Jamroziak @emijami.bsky.social Medieval Studies, monasticism, East Central Europe and historiography. Here in private capacity. Co ma wisieć nie utonie.
Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social Associate Professor in History @uninorthampton.bsky.social, Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social. Current research interests: late medieval family, gender, literary culture; medievalism and the extreme right.
Dr Fern Riddell @drfernriddell.bsky.social Historian. Author. On your TV/Radio.
**Victoria’s Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen OUT NOW**
Expert: Suffragette Terrorism, Music Hall, 19thC Sex + Culture, Queen Victoria & John Brown.
www.fernriddell.com
https://lnk.to/victoriassecretbook
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.
Scott G. Bruce @xuthal.bsky.social Medieval History / Fordham University / editor of Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion / Canadian / chaotic good
Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social Professor of Medieval French and Head of School of Languages, Cultures & Societies at Uni of Leeds; Chair of UCFL; Co-Chair of AHA; playing card collector; MSS & cat-lover.
Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social Historian of class and capital in the American Revolution. *Empire Ablaze* out in summer 2026 https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3442-empire-ablaze. Previously, *Gentlemen Revolutionaries* (Princeton, 2017).
Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social Historian of 18C Britain | British Academy postdoc 'The Georgian Clergyman' at the John Rylands Research Institute UoM | 'Material Masculinities: Men and Goods in Eighteenth-Century England' out now: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180605/
Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social Early medievalist, etc., at the University of Cambridge.
MEMS @memsunikent.bsky.social The Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent | MA & PhD scholarships available.
For our latest updates: linktr.ee/MEMS_UniKent
Charlotte Gauthier @faraiunvers.bsky.social Historian of late medieval/early modern religious conflict and diplomacy. England and Christendom, the crusades, and the Reformation. Also: digital humanities, early music, historical theology, and public history. www.charlottegauthier.com
Dr Elizabeth L'Estrange FRHistS @drlizlestrange.bsky.social Medieval/Early Modern MSS and books, art history, material culture, gender studies, SL at Birmingham Uni, nomad, good wine, views mine
Prof Megan Leitch @meganleitch.bsky.social Professor of Medieval English Literature and Culture at University of Groningen, past President of IAS-BB & co-editor of Arthurian Lit. Research: treason, sleep, dwarves, & the Medieval Middlebrow. Canadian expat, Welsh exile, aspiring European. She/her.
Matthew Francis @mjfrancis.bsky.social
Kathryn Hurlock @drkathrynhurlock.bsky.social Historian of Wales, pilgrimage, medieval combat trauma.
John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social Pedestrian Historian.
Imperialism Syllabus: http://tinyurl.com/ev4psh98
The Anticolonial Front: http://tinyurl.com/33d3exca.
Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/ykp7r5a9.
Sarah Kenny @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Modern British Studies and Director of the Centre for Modern British Studies, University of Birmingham. Author of Growing Up and Going Out. Interested in pop culture, youth, leisure, consumption, and urban space.
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire and Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
Charlie Rozier @rozierhistorian.bsky.social Lecturer in early medieval history at University of Kent (Canterbury, UK). Daemon takes the form of a beagle called Daisy
Co-creator @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social
Chris Moores @mooresci.bsky.social Contemporary History Person - Histories of activism and suchlike. Malvern dweller, Bham worker. Trier. Proper info here: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/moores-chris.aspx
Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social Yale University Press in London https://yalebooks.co.uk/
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Nick Paul @nickpaul.bsky.social
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social The interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol concerned with all aspects of the history, culture, art and representation of medieval Europe.
Abby Monk-Jones @abbymonk.bsky.social Medievalist. Perceptions of exclusion in the Anglo-Norman realm. 🏴
Dr Stephen Donnachie @stevedonnachie.bsky.social Historian of the Crusades & the Latin East, Lusignan Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean, Medievalist, 12th-13th Centuries, Misanthropologist. Swansea, Wales. 🇬🇧🏴🇮🇪🇪🇺
Miri Rubin @mirierubin.bsky.social Historian, study the ‘Middle Ages’, work at the great School of History at Queen Mary University of London.
Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social PhD, University of Bristol; RHS Marshall Fellow (2024-25), IHR. Research on Norman Invasion in 1066, maritime and riverine environments, 11th-c. maritime connections in the North Sea world
https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
Jay Rubenstein @medievaljay.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in other stuff
Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social History, Britain, culture, cities, selfhood, sexuality, gender, #20s30s.
Now - The Institute: The untold story of Pelmanism and its followers
Just out - Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London (MUP)
He / him
Anthony Bale FBA @realmandeville.bsky.social Medievalist & wanderer. 🏳️🌈 Travel, literature, history, cats.
📖’A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages’ - ‘stunning’ (The Times)
University of Cambridge; Girton College Cambridge; London. Views mine
https://linktr.ee/realmandeville
Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
Simon Briercliffe @simonbriercliffe.bsky.social Historian at the Black Country Museum and elsewhere: talk to me about the Black Country, Shropshire, modern and local British history, the Irish in Britain, museums, local heritage and all stops in between. Baby gaeilgeoir. https://simonbriercliffe.com/
Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social We publish books on Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern topics.
https://www.arc-humanities.org
Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (CMEMS) @cmemsedinburgh.bsky.social The CMEMS brings together staff and students from across the University of Edinburgh studying the medieval and early modern periods.
Find out more at https://hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medieval-renaissance/seminars-and-events/seminars
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.
Craig M Nakashian @themedievalprof.bsky.social A Baystate medievalist in the Lone Star State.
Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk An independent charity that seeks to fund blue skies research and scholarship. Follow this channel for details on upcoming grant deadlines, published research, scheme opening dates, grant announcements, events, and more. https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/
The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social In the heart of London, we are the centre of antiquarian learning, discovery & community. As a royal learned society, our Fellows have been inspiring scholarship, debate & research for over 300 years. Also own Kelmscott Manor, past home of William Morris.
Shahmima Akhtar @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social Historian. Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, race and nation, c. 1850-1970 out now with @ManchesterUP Studies in Imperialism Series. 30% discount code: EVENT30
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Elizabeth Tingle @profliztingle.bsky.social Professor Emerita of History, DMU, Leicester UK
Works on Early modern European religious belief and practice; church art and archaeology; landscapes and heritage.
Amateur nature lover. Tortoise fan.
The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social We mobilise the humanities and social sciences to understand the world and shape a brighter future.
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)
Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social International web-based community for medievalists working with digital media.
Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East @latineast.bsky.social The SSCLE is a non profit international organization aimed to support the scholarly investigation of all aspects of the Crusades and the Latin East
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social The GHI London is a research centre supporting and connecting history students and scholars from Britain and Germany. One of 11 independent research institutes of the @maxweberstiftung.de.
Open Mo-Fri, 9.30am-5pm
https://www.ghil.ac.uk
Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (Birmingham) @bhamcrems.bsky.social The Centre for Reformation & Early Modern Studies (CREMS) is a centre of excellence at the University of Birmingham for interdisciplinary research into the history of the Reformation and early modern Britain and Europe.
Dr Charlotte Liebelt @havelokthedutch.bsky.social PhD in Medieval English Literature ᯽Education ᯽ Currently live in Groningen, The Netherlands ᯽1 husband, 1 cat, 2 sons
Le Moyen Âge. Revue d'Histoire et de Philologie @lemoyenage.bsky.social Revue franco-belge d'histoire et de philologie publiée depuis 1888. | Édité par Cairn.info @cairninfo.bsky.social | Gestion du compte par Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani (UNamur / Archives de l'État) @nruffini.bsky.social
Kate Smith @kateesthersmith.bsky.social Historian of eighteenth-century Britain at University of Birmingham. Walker, swimmer, dog-lover, reader. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/history/smith-kate
The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social Image / Word / Orientation / Action
The Warburg Institute is dedicated to the study of global cultural history and the role of images in society.
https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Sally Badham @sallybadham.bsky.social Based in rural Oxfordshire UK. FSA & MBE. Love churches, churchyards & their contents. Enjoy gardens. Disabled (but well looked after by much loved husband). Political views private. No DMs please.
Ivo Wolsing @ivowolsing.bsky.social Dr | Lecturer in Medieval history @ Utrecht University | Medieval history and literature | Classical reception | East, West, and everything in between
Katy Mortimer @katydotcom.bsky.social Medievalist • PhD in crusader-Muslim diplomacy • Historical writing girlie 💁🏻♀️
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
Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social Medieval historian (esp. kingship, religion, saints, King John & Thomas Becket). Mature students & lifelong learning. Carer. Occasional gardener. He/him. 🌈 Ace, Genderfluid
Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social Lecky Professor of History, Trinity College Dublin. She/her. Medievalist, grandparent, knitter, immigrant. Arsenal. 🐕
Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social Scholar of religious violence and apocalypticism from the Crusades to contemporary America, living and teaching on occupied Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk land. Joyful swearbear. Amateur cook. He/him.
Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social Oxford academic. Medievalist. European. Lover of cats. 3am atheist. Easily amused; loud laugh. Never knowingly underdressed. Newish book Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy (OUP, 2025)
Beth Spacey @bcspacey.bsky.social Lecturer in Medieval History. Living and working on Turrbal and Yuggera land. She/her.
Megan Cassidy-Welch @megancw.bsky.social Medievalist, historian, writer. Working on ideas of home and homelessness in premodern societies.
Dean of Research Strategy, University of Divinity
President of the Religious History Association
FAHA, FRHistS
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.