Tristan 'count-fingers' Alphey
'The biggest fool that's ever hit the big time'. Onomaphile and award-losing historian: 'Enough of all this academic chatter, Back again to devilry!'
@medievalhistory.bsky.social
Teaching medieval & ancient history at a SLAC in Michigan. Researches nostalgia. Lots of nerdy things. A greyhound named Malibu. Still mostly on Twitter, old handle @medievalhistory
@womenof1000.bsky.social
Art & research project illustrating the lives of women from around the world 1000 years ago: https://womenof1000ad.weebly.com/ PhD student at Edinburgh Uni in Celtic & Scottish Studies, researching herring gutters & their music. she/her, disabled 🏳️🌈
@bruceholsinger.bsky.social
THE GIFTED SCHOOL and THE DISPLACEMENTS (from Riverhead Books). English prof at University of Virginia.
@cmcevasco.bsky.social
Medievalist (Sub-Roman/Anglo-Saxon England) & author of historical fiction, specfic, & horror + bestselling D&D content at #DMsGuild & ENNIE-winning work for Kobold Press. #HNS2025 Program Chair. www.christophermcevasco.com
@nicolaz.bsky.social
PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚 AND NOW: FIGHTING 👊 nicolagriffith.com Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
@marcmorris.bsky.social
Medieval historian. 'If it works for Marc Morris, it works for me.' (Scarlett Johansson)
@mjporterauthor.bsky.social
Author of historical fiction set in Saxon England & 20th century historical mysteries. A bit obsessed with the Saxon kingdom of Mercia. Pub by Boldwood Books, Pen & Sword and Indie. Infuriatingly prolific. Formula 1, 2, 3, E, Academy & Extreme E/H fan.
@matthewharffy.bsky.social
Author of the BERNICIA CHRONICLES, the A TIME FOR SWORDS series, DARK FRONTIER, WOLF OF WESSEX. Co-host of Rock, Paper, Swords! The Historical Action and Adventure Podcast. https://linktr.ee/MatthewHarffy
@stevenamckay.bsky.social
Author, Guitarist. Metal fan. Co-host of Rock, Paper, Swords! - the Historical Action & Adventure Podcast
@tyguson.bsky.social
PhD student at University of Bristol; RHS Marshall Fellow (2024-25) at Institute of Historical Research; 11th-century Normandy, maritime and riverine environments, the Norman invasion fleet. https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-tyson
@northages.bsky.social
Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. Feast days, on this day, place-names, archaeology news and book releases. Posts by Dundonian bookworm Craig. https://northages.wordpress.com/
@authorrochelle.bsky.social
Author of Medieval Historical Fiction, especially the 11th century and the Plantagenets. And France. And the rest of Europe!
@rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social
AHRC PhD student in ASNC at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, researching Icelandic Liturgical Manuscript Fragments • Soprano choral scholar • 23, proudly dyslexic ⁊ 🏳🌈 • she/her
@joshbakercox.bsky.social
PhD at Bangor researching rebellions in 10th and early 12th century England and Normandy. Lover of Norman (and Anglo-Norman) History, and general fan of Robert Curthose & Robert de Belleme. https://medievalhistory.home.blog/
@michaellivingston.com
Conflict Analyst | Medievalist | Novelist | Professor | Talking Head | Host, Bow and Blade Podcast | Opinions my own | rep’d by Georgina Capel
@thegns.bsky.social
Sending Britain back to the “Dark Ages”. A not-for-profit educational living-history group dedicated to promoting interest in, and celebrating the diverse cultures of late-antiquity / early medieval lowland Britain / the broadest-sense ‘Anglo-Saxon’ period
@paulaloftingauthor.bsky.social
Author of historical fiction Sons of the Wolf Series set in the 11thcentury and writer for Pen and Sword - newly released biography about Harold Godwinson. Currently working on Biography of Edmund Ironside. website: www.threadstothepast.com
@mariadahvana.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
@hwaet.info
Translations of the first word of Beowulf. Created by @jesse.lansner.com. See more at https://hwaet.info.
@kateweikert.bsky.social
Medievalist 900-1200ish England and Normandy most of the time. Immigrant and misplaced Hoosier in the south of England when not in Wales. Usually tired. She/her. Insta @katherineweikert
@jeannecorviere.bsky.social
Medievalist, historian of Medieval Normandy, gender, masculinity, sexual violence, 600 years later time's up, author of "Negotiating Clerical Identities" (Palgrave, 2010) and the award-winning "The Manly Priest" (Penn Press, 2015).
@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
@jorvikviking.bsky.social
👆 Follow us for Viking fun! 🤪 Book a visit to discover the REAL Vikings 🔥
@aboyarin.bsky.social
UVic prof, medievalist, Anglo-Jewish women, Early Middle English, etc
@skrivafel.bsky.social
Runologist-for-hire, librarian, PhD in Scandinavian languages. Translator into Old Norse for Civ VI, God of War (but only the good runes), AC Valhalla. I infrequently make text games.
@3dgroovanstones.bsky.social
She/her. Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Glasgow for the Og(h)am project; researching Digital Imaging and Early Medieval Sculpture
@northernpicts.bsky.social
The bluesky social media channel for the University of Aberdeen Northern Picts project @northernpicts on Facebook All things Pictish/early medieval/Aberdeen/Scotland/Archaeology/Hilforts/Digital
@tcfairfax.bsky.social
Professional Orkneyinga saga enthusiast | Doctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham | Reviews Editor, Northern Studies
@northerntapestry.bsky.social
Exploring the sagas and stories that link medieval Iceland, Scandinavia & the northern British isles https://northerntapestry.com/
@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.
@fridanor.bsky.social
Archaeologist at Stockholm University, Viking Age, Early Medieval, burial practices
@neilmcguigan.bsky.social
Historian aka dastardly re-writer of history, chiefly Britain/Ireland, focus on Scotland & n. England pre 1300 | Author of 500-page + award-winning monograph on the Age of Máel Coluim III | Disability parent | https://st-andrews.academia.edu/NeilMcGuigan
@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
@orcwriter.bsky.social
Author of whimsical tales disguised as found manuscripts. Specializing in mouse-run libraries, and gardens where magic blooms between dewdrops. The mushrooms insist they're 'philosophically inclined.' https://claudemoreausgarden.substack.com/
@historymalc.bsky.social
Books & Writing. Co-author of Churches of Salisbury & District, June 2025. Once led mental health & addiction services - still cares about social justice. #kidneycancer www.Malcolm-Sinclair.com
@rgeirsson.bsky.social
Promoting Leif Eriksson awareness and failing / Atrocities of the written word scattered around the world wound web / Translator of The Impudent Edda www.scandinavianaggression.com
@jcduncanauthor.bsky.social
Author, engineer and bladesmith. Writing historical fantasy and fiction, author of 'A Song of Steel' https://getbook.at/a_song_of_Steel
@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
@uexeterpress.bsky.social
Dedicated to scholarly book publishing for over fifty years. Internationally recognised for excellence in humanities. www.exeterpress.co.uk
@kateantiquity.bsky.social
People-watcher, ancient and modern. Historian of Late Antiquity. Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
@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
@samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social
Medieval historian and charismatic megafauna enthusiast. Blogs at https://salutemmundo.wordpress.com/
@anotheraspirin.bsky.social
Friendly, non-threatening rewriter of medieval history. Operates out of the Low Countries. Purveyor of Fine Puns.
@benpohl.bsky.social
Professor of Medieval History, University of Bristol | Books with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Boydell & Brewer (×2), Schnell & Steiner, ARC Humanities Press | Manuscript Detective™ 🕵️♂️ 📜 📖
@carinevanrhijn.bsky.social
Historian of things early medieval at Utrecht University.
@jtpmedieval.bsky.social
Restless medievalist • Professor at St Andrews, Scotland • Apocalypse/ Nature/ Science/ Medicine c. 500-c. 1000
@kfduggan.bsky.social
Dog lover | Pasta addict | Professor | Historian of crime, living standards, law and social control in Western Europe, 7th–13th centuries
@jmharland.bsky.social
Late Roman & Medieval History & Archaeology @dependencybonn.de Exploring what happens when empires die. Book available at http://t.ly/LfaV http://jmharland.hcommons.org