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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social Medievalist, Latinist, paleographer, Episcopalian, with novel in progress. DC-based, with beagle. Web: ruffnotes.org Cover image is from the Reichenau Gospels, Walters Art Museum MS W7 fol. 7r.
Zdzisław Beksiński @zbeksinski.bsky.social Fan account of Zdzisław Beksiński, a Polish painter, photographer and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. 1929-2005 Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
Stephen Clarke @stephenclarkehist.bsky.social Wannabee Historian. Studying at University of Greenwich. Political Liberal and Eurofederalist. I always have time for people who are experts in their own field.
Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social Friendly, non-threatening rewriter of medieval history. Operates out of the Low Countries. Purveyor of Fine Puns.
Kate of San Carlos @sancarloskate.bsky.social Edinburgh PhD candidate. Britannia Capta. In my spare time, I dig flowers and Roman potsherds, literally and figuratively.
Dr David Osborne @daosborne.bsky.social Archaeologist. PhD in Bronze Age stuff. Husband. Dad to two amazing people. Classical music obsessive. Son of Tyneside. https://daosborne.github.io/
Maxime Kremer @maximekremer.bsky.social Historical Research Assistant @ Ubisoft | Master's student in Medieval History @ Sorbonne Université, Paris Medievalism | Digital Humanities | Video Game Studies | Early Middle Ages | Dál Riata & the Picts orcid.org/0009-0003-6037-8259 📸 Loch Muick
Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social Avid book collector/Dreamer/ Recent MA graduate. Half-English / Half-Greek Posts:Archaeology/Ancient History/Classics🏺🏛 Expect typos and photos of sheep 😊🐑
ArchaeoPlays @archaeoplays.bsky.social They/them. Disabled/chronically ill Minecraft YouTuber, & archaeologist (aka: Dr. Heather Christie). Early medieval Scotland specialist & glass bead nerd. Lead Researcher for Carved in Stone. https://linktr.ee/archaeoplays | email: archaeoplays@gmail.com
Siobhan Poole @siobhanmup.bsky.social Senior Commissioning Editor for Medieval Studies, Premodern History and Law at Manchester University Press. She/her
Rebecca Olds @rebeccaolds.bsky.social Early Modern Dress & Textile Historian | Researcher Maker Teacher | UofGlasgow PGDip Dress & Textile Histories | www.timesmith.co.uk | cycling, live music, cats | former trademark attorney | 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 (she/her)
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social BBC Russia Editor, Moscow
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com Founder of ONEST | Global Affairs Analyst Fact-first reporting on diplomacy, geopolitics & global affairs. Read: onestnetwork.com Videos: youtube.com/@onestnetwork Support my work: https://buy.stripe.com/7sY3cw7QS8Wy4kM04Le3e01?ref=onestnetwork.com
Seán Ó Hoireabhárd @hoireabhard.bsky.social Historian of Medieval Ireland Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
Ghent Archaeology Department / Archeologie Ugent @archeougent.bsky.social Department of Archaeology, Ghent University
Chris Riedel @medievalhistory.bsky.social Teaching medieval & ancient history at a SLAC in Michigan. Researches nostalgia. Lots of nerdy things. A greyhound named Malibu. Still misses old Twitter. he/him 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
Lynn Bridgett 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @northernlass208.bsky.social Qualified Tour Guide on Hadrian's Wall for over 17 years. Italophile. All photos are my own.
Lance Smith 🎨🪶 @lancesmithart.com Self-taught Cherokee artist based in South Dakota. Sharing Native / Indigenous artwork, paintings and crafts. 🛒 https://redbirdsmithart.etsy.com 👥 https://facebook.com/lancesmithart2 🎵 https://tiktok.com/@lance.smith.art
Alice Hicklin @alicehicklin.bsky.social Historian of medieval Europe, currently researching trouvères through their representation in documentary culture @ MUSLIVE, KCL. Wolves fan 🐺🐺🐺 embroidery enthusiast. She/they 🏳️‍🌈
Ad Slooter @aslooter.bsky.social Rotterdam, pensionado, bestuurslid vereniging Humanitas, Feyenoord en PRO.
Northumberart @northumberart.bsky.social Lynda Taylor- Landscape artist/ gallerist of Crown Studio Gallery in Rothbury Northumberland UK. Interested in art, history, archaeology, craft technology, gardening and nature. Online shop- crownstudiogallery.myshopify.com
Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social We are Enrichment Through Archaeology. We provide school workshops, manage community heritage projects and offer guided tours of the Peak District. Interested in Neolithic, museums & religion and rapidly learning about early medieval agriculture!
Anton Larsson @antonyaolarsson.bsky.social Doctor of Archaeology and project manager at Lödöse Museum, Sweden.
Scottish Church History Society @scotchurchhist.bsky.social Society promoting interest in Scottish church history. 'Scottish Church History' journal published by EUP. Join our mailing list - eepurl.com/duJJc5 https://www.scottishchurchhistory.org/
@nativetreeplanter.bsky.social @nativetreeplanter.bsky.social Growing and planting native trees. Local history research for Dalgety Heritage Trail.
Amy Baker @antoninewallblues.bsky.social Archaeologist lurking in a museum. PhD: Understanding craft and social practice on the Antonine Wall. Roman Scotland & northern frontiers, social theories of technology, antiquarians. Hexham/Falkirk Books, beer, bikes, barrows, Burnley, bad weather.
Dr Zoë Jackson @zoejackson.bsky.social Social history, law, memory, and the landscape (in various permutations) in early modern Britain. PhD on early modern memory and perjury from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. she/her
Nigel Kneale’s Crow @darkandlonelywater.bsky.social Folklore, folk-horror, Old English, Old Norse, runic transliterator, pre-Christian archaeology, mythology, counterculture, Lovecraft, Howard, Tolkien, Tarkovsky, Bela Tarr, occulture, shamanism, psychogeography, Old Irish manuscripts, Chaos Magic, Kafka.
@benedictjephcote.bsky.social @benedictjephcote.bsky.social Local historian with specialisms in medieval Bassetlaw history and Clumber Park Chair of the Retford and District Historical and Archaeological Society For more local history community info, see: https://sites.google.com/view/bassetlawhistory/home
Roman Scotland @romanscotland.bsky.social All about Roman Scotland and beyond. Run by AndrewTibbs.bsky.social | formerly @RomanScotland and @AndrewTibbs | Hon Research Fellow at Aberdeen Uni
Kate loves a walk. @katelovesawalk.bsky.social Loves a good walk 🚶‍♀️glass of wine 🍷 . Vegan 🌱 Ⓥ and WFPB🥗. We come into this world with nothing and leave with nothing. It’s what we do while we are here that matters. No DM’s unless you ask first.
Samuel Rowe @samdrowe.bsky.social PhD student working on early medieval Lombard Italy at Padua, Venice and Salamanca.
Dr Emma Nuding @eknuding.bsky.social Lancaster-based medievalist working on this Southampton project: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=UKRI4381 📍🌊🌎 Author of this book: https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/writing-st-guthlac-hb/ 📖
The Oxfordshire Museum Service @oxonmuseumservice.bsky.social The Oxfordshire Museum Service (OMS) cares for and makes accessible the county’s Museum collection across the four sites of The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock, Bishops Palace in Witney, Swalcliffe Barn near Banbury and the Museum Resource Centre.
Chris Gibson @christophergibson.bsky.social UK based, 55°N. What I do for a living is too boring to share, wary about sharing too much of my family life, embarrassed of my nerdy hobbies. He/him.
Jordibus @jcuerre.bsky.social Historian, medievalist, economist. PhD candidate at Universitat de València. Currently researching medieval mints and money plus labour markets. I like rocksteady music and olives, but loathe grapefruits and solemnity. 🚴🏼🤺🏋🏼‍♀️🥋🏃🏼‍♂️🥾
Paddy McAlary @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social Historian of medieval Ireland and Britain @cam.ac.uk Research Fellow @queens.cam.ac.uk Researcher on parliament and government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk
Sacristy Press @sacristypress.bsky.social Sacristy Press is an independent publisher of history and theology (including historical fiction), based in the historic university city of Durham, UK. https://www.sacristy.co.uk
That's So Medieval Podcast @thatssomedieval.bsky.social A twelve episode series funded by Fordham's Center on Religion and Culture in which Ph.D. candidate Benjamin Bertrand tries to find the connections between the medieval Church and the modern world. New episodes release on Wednesdays.
Dr David Rundle @drdavidrundle.bsky.social Historian, palaeographer, Renaissance man. Managing Editor, @mediumaevum.bsky.social . Found in libraries or restaurants.
INSULAR @insularmss.bsky.social Insular Manuscripts in the Age of Charlemagne: ERC Advanced Grant research project (2024–2029). Run by Prof. Jo Story, with Dr Anna Dorofeeva and partners in libraries & universities across Europe. Funded by UKRI.
Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org The latest research in Archaeology from @universitypress.cambridge.org cambridge.org/archaeology
Osprey Publishing @ospreypublishing.bsky.social The leading publisher of illustrated military history
Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social Zooarchaeologist, Associate Professor in Environmental Archaeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands, based in Orkney. Currently obsessed with whaling history and whaling stories in Scotland. 🇨🇦
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England. https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Wirral Archaeology CiC @warchaeologycic.bsky.social Our mission is to Investigate, explore and unearth Wirral’s hidden history
Bournemouth University Archaeology and Anthropology @buarchanth.bsky.social Archaeology at Bournemouth University
Andrew Kenrick @andrewkenrick.bsky.social Former editor of White Dwarf, current editor of @hinterlandnf.bsky.social. Life writing PhD from UEA. Mostly writing about Romans. REX JUBA, out 2026 from Penguin. https://linktr.ee/andrewkenrick
C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social Award-winning & bestselling author at Vinci Books | Co-host of the Vikingology Podcast | Lecturer at Medievalists(dot)net | Learn more at cjadrien.com
Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social 'dust in the air suspended, marks the place where a story ended' Find me at http://www.simonknott.co.uk Also available on X/Twitter. All 📷 by me unless otherwise stated.
Ilaria Loi @ilarialoi.bsky.social Archaeology enthusiast. Music lover (post punk, prog, electronic and more) Victim/survivor of alcohol-fuelled violence. Cat-aholic. Translator 🇮🇹 🇬🇧
Nathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social (he/him) VisDev / Freelance Illustrator/ BG Art (Pet comissions OPEN, 85 USD) https://ndhart.carrd.co/ nathan.hernandez.art@gmail.com
@revweardaleheather.bsky.social @revweardaleheather.bsky.social CofE Priest in Diocese of Durham
Yorkshire Numismatic Society @yorkshirenumsoc.bsky.social The Yorkshire Numismatic Society aims to promote the study of coins Website: http://yorkshirenumismatic.blogspot.com/ Follow us on X at https://x.com/yorkshirenumsoc
Gollancz @gollancz.bsky.social Gollancz is the sci-fi, fantasy & horror list of @orionbooks.bsky.social ✨ The UK’s No. 1 SFF publisher by TCM sales since 1927 🏆 linktr.ee/Gollancz
Dr Cory Stade | Archaeology Proofreader @palaeocory.bsky.social 🖋️Academic #proofreading and #copyediting www.cocoproofreading.com 📚Book jewellery www.coryographies.etsy.com #DysguCymraeg she/her
The Scottish Medievalists @scotmed.bsky.social Official account of the The Scottish Medievalists: The Society of Scottish Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Run by @neilmcguigan.bsky.social : https://scottishmedievalists.com/
Apardjón Journal for Scandinavian Studies @apardjon1.bsky.social Academic periodical focusing on the Viking and medieval North. Publishing interdisciplinary research, reviews, and translations. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/research/centres/centre-for-scandinavian-studies/apardjon-journal-for-scandinavian-studies/
Cambridge Medieval @camedieval.bsky.social Official account for the medieval history subject group at the University of Cambridge. Posting about all things medieval
Palenik Iris @palenikiris.bsky.social Historian/Lover of Books/Film Nerd/Forever Aunt #MaskUp #CovidIsntOver Historikerin/Liebhaberin von Büchern/Film Enthusiastin/Ewige Tante #MaskeSchützt #MaskeBleibtAuf #ImpfenSchützt
Ceræ @ceraejournal.bsky.social Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is an independent, peer-reviewed, digital-first, open-access journal. All volumes are available through our website. https://ceraejournal.com
Perth Women on Wikipedia @perthwomenwiki.bsky.social Group of editors and trainers partnering with library staff to bring the under-told histories of Perth's women to Wikipedia. Aiming to be inclusive and intersectional 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Changing the world in small and important ways! Posts by Gill Perth, Scotland
Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social Writes the most popular UK Substack (samf.substack.com) Author of Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State". (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024). Working on book two. Senior fellow: Institute for Government
Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social Early medievalist at University of Kent, he/him
David Kneale @davidkneale.bsky.social Isle of Man based press photographer and maritime historian. MA dissertation published in the International Journal of Maritime History. Writing about press gangs, steam packets and whatever the tide brings.
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social Professor of History, with particular focus on women in England c.1300-1700. Was PI on AHRC-funded Alice Thornton’s Books project, 2021-25. https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/people/cbeattie/
Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social Writer. Medievalist. Blogger. 🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷 Author of #historicalfiction, mystery & romance at https://linktr.ee/cathiedunnwrites Organiser of #BookPromotion at the #CoffeePotBookClub 🥰📚 https://linktr.ee/thecoffeepotbookclub
Chronology Of the Norse TransAtlantic Colonies and Territories @contactproject.bsky.social a 5‑year ERC‑funded project @rug.nl 📜 Re‑examining the earliest Europe ↔ North America connections 🔬 Radiocarbon spike dating | Isotope & DNA analysis | Bayesian modelling | Historical & saga research 🌍 Mapping Norse expansion across the North Atlantic
Lauren Randall @laurenrndll.bsky.social PhD Theology candidate at Durham University researching the paratext of Codex Amiatinus, exploring palaeography, philology and manuscript cultures.
dailymedievaldeath @dailymedievaldeath.troet.cafe.ap.brid.gy A #medievaldeath a day as #otd. Run by @manuel_kamenzin. Header: BL, Add 36684, f 100r. Profile: BL Add 37049 f 31v. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://troet.cafe/@dailymedievaldeath, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Manuel Kamenzin @manuel-kamenzin.bsky.social Medievalist. Works on prophecy and politics. Has worked (and continues to work) on death and dying (especially rulers). Bochum / Würzburg (Germany).
Dr Richard Asquith @richardasquith.bsky.social Historian, archivist and researcher, College of Arms and the Vintners’ Company. Secretary of the Yorkist History Trust and Harlaxton Medieval Symposium. Urban history, death, piety, trust, and executors in pre-Reformation England; also early modern art.
Norse in the North @norseinthenorth.bsky.social Annual postgraduate student conference in the North-East of England on Old Norse and Viking Studies. Co-run by Durham University, University of York, University of Leeds and University of Nottingham. 2027 - Theme: Life and Death (University of Nottingham)
Manau Miniatures @manauwargames.bsky.social Scottish miniature designer, currently working on lots of Picts. You can find them here: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/ManauMiniatures
Mercedes Cerón @mercedesceron.bsky.social Art Historian, teaching at Universidad de Salamanca. Goya, antiquaries, collecting, books, prints https://produccioncientifica.usal.es/investigadores/157360/detalle?lang=en https://link.springer.com/book/9783032068392
Sarah Hendriks @spchendriks.bsky.social Research Fellow at Ireland's Virtual Record Treasury. Scholar of papyrology, architecture, and early modern manuscripts. Aspiring farmer.
Jon Dear @accordingtojond.bsky.social Writer on archive TV and film. Currently working on a book about the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. Produced The Quatermass Experiment (2023) and Children of The Stone Tape (2024). Podcasts on Nigel Kneale and Giallo.
Dept of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Univ of Cambridge @department-asnc.bsky.social The Bluesky account of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge.
James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social GenAI can absolutely do one. Writer: Green Wing, Piglets, first novel Pagans, available in paperback: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/james-alistair-henry/2928377365622
@andrewct.bsky.social @andrewct.bsky.social Archaeological graduate, former museum curator and football supporter. Owned by a cat!
This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social I post daily about something that is “this many years ago”. This account is a hobby project. Time zone is GMT+2.
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social
Sophie Durbin @sk-durbin.bsky.social PhD Archaeology student at UHI-Orkney. Research on remote engagement with early medieval burial archaeology of Orkney. Object studies, multidisciplinary approaches. Also: 20th c. medievalisms and arts/film writing from home base in Minnesota.
@ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social she/they • professor • person • MEDIEVAL ROBOTS & NECESSARY INVENTIONS (coming out soon) Robots & AI • Roger Bacon • Medieval Science • Medievalisms • “Unbearably scholarly”
Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social Iceland-obsessed Landscape Photographer. UK-based. Newsletter sign-up: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/2233713/forms/183477923653617261?fresh=1%2Fpopup
@merovingian42.bsky.social @merovingian42.bsky.social
Lari Ahokas @ahokas.bsky.social Doctoral researcher (History, Uni. Helsinki): medieval book history, manuscript studies, DH. Views own. He/him. Väitöskirjatutkija (historia, Helsingin yliopisto): keskiajan kirjahistoria, käsikirjoitustutkimus, digitaaliset ihmistieteet. Näkemykset omia.
Theresa Tomlinson @terrytom.bsky.social Writer - books for all ages. Main interest in historical fiction. Loves dancing, art and cats!
Robbie Luxford 🏺 @archaeoscot.bsky.social Scottish Archaeologist working for @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social ⚒️ @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social and @leidenarchaeo.bsky.social alumni. GIS 🌍 Research 📚 Heritage 🏺
yourlocalarchaeologist @localarchaeologist.bsky.social Archaeology student at KU Leuven | Especially interested in paleoanthropology and palaeolithic archaeology | Also active on Instagram as @yourlocalarchaeologist
Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social Archaeologist and writer. Once-upon-a-time a diplomat. Rural. https://clairemillington.com (She/her)
Research in Action on Church Heritage @churchheritage.bsky.social Prioritising need and creating momentum to tackle an urgent challenge for the nation | A @socantscot.bsky.social and @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social project | Supported by #NationalLottery #HeritageFund and the Pilgrim Trust
Aberdeen Medieval and Early Modern Conference @amaemconference.bsky.social 'Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North' 25-26 May 2026 at the University of Aberdeen Registration and information: https://forms.gle/AATYMcMUkKt7XmtKA
Sarah Semple @sarahsemple.bsky.social Archaeologist, early medievalist, gardener, aspiring artist.
Prosapiens @prosapiens.bsky.social Curieux, particulièrement intéressé par tout ce qui a trait aux sciences humaines, surtout l'Histoire et sa composante médiévistique. J'éprouve également de l'appétence pour l'actualité et les relations internationales.
Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
My Historical Table @myhistoricaltable.bsky.social Historical food website, dedicated to bringing delicious recipes back from the past to the present. Join me at my table. www.myhistoricaltable.com Founder @meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social
Will_ Birds_ Wildlife_ Photography @willjames95.bsky.social -From 🇬🇧 -Passion for wildlife and nature. -Don't use my posts unless permission is granted! -Follow me on instagram for more... https://www.instagram.com/will.jamesphotography 🚫 NUDITY!!!