Medievalist Weblogs (sorted by Frequency)

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This is an list of Medievalists with weblogs, or any other logs which spend some significant portion of their time discussing Medieval content. The Medievalists include undergraduates, graduate students, and professors. I would happily make additions and updates to this list (sworthen@owlfish.com). Most of these were located through the work of other Medievalists who are equally interested in who else out there in the profession is blogging or journaling. This may mean I have mistakenly misidentified some of these logs as being relevant to this list.

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* Type Key
P = Professor G = Graduate Student U = Undergraduate Student	S = Formally Studied/Has relevant degree R = Independent researcher; Serious Hobbyist; Referred to as a Medievalist C = Collective, Group weblog I = Institutional or Commercial

Weblog Name	Type *	Frequency of Medieval Content	Language	Medieval Interests
A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe	S	Always	English	Medieval news; Carolingians; medievalia
Art roman, art gothique, art médiéval	?	Always	French	Art History; Romanesque, Gothic, Medieval Art
Centro Studi Medievali "Ponzio di Cluny"	I	Always	Italian	News about the Centro
Digital Medievalist	P	Always	English	Celtic; An annotated list of medieval-related links and notes.
Dissertators	C	Always	English	Group blog for discussion of medieval PhD dissertations
Early Medieval Art	P	Always	English	Pedagogy; research tools; early medieval art
Edward II	S	Always	English	Edward II
Geoffrey Chaucer	?	Always	Middle English	Novelty Blog; Written from Chaucer's point-of-view
Got Medieval	G	Always	English	Medievalia; Modern misperceptions
Hagio-historiographie médiévale	S	Always	French	Hagiography; Medievalia on the internet
Heavenfield	G	Always	English	Anglo-Saxons
Henry Scogan	?	Always	Middle English	Novelty Blog; Written from Henry Scogan's point-of-view
John Gower	?	Always	Middle English	Novelty Blog; Written from Gower's point-of-view
Katherine Swynford	?	Always	Middle English	Novelty Blog; Written from Katherine Swynford's point-of-view
Katherine Swynford	R	Always	English	Research on Katherine Swynford and her family
Medieval History	S	Always	English	Medievalia
Medieval History	S	Always	English	Popular History
Medieval Material Culture Blog	?	Always	English	Medieval news
Medieval Studies	C	Always	English	Academia; Medievalia
Medioevo	I	Always	Italian	Current events relating to the Middle Ages; weblog for the Associazione Culturale Italia Medievale
Memoria volatilis	R	Always	Finnish/English	Vikings, medievalia
Modern Medieval	C	Always	English	Medieval news; medievalia
Mony Wylsum	S	Always	English	Middle English literature; academia
Moyen Âge	R	Always	English	Medievalia; Books about the Middle Ages
Ménestrel	S	Always	French	Medievalia on the internet
Naked Philologist	G	Always	Engish	Language; philology; Anglo-Saxon
New York Carver	R	Always	English	Medievalia; Media; Stone carving
News for Medievalists	I	Always	English	Medievalia in the news
Notre Dame Medieval Institute	I	Always	English	University of Notre Dame Medieval Institute news
Pecia	?	Always	French	Manuscript history; relevant bibliography and conferences
Remembered Places	P	Always	English	Calvary; Jerusalem; medieval copies; simulacra and memories of them
The Heroic Age	G	Always	English	Early Middle Ages; CFPs; job ads
The Ruminate	G	Always	English	Medieval News
Wraetlic	G	Always	English	Old English; Middle English; Old French; Middle French
Ancient World Wide Web	C	Frequently	English	Ancient and Early Medieval History; Archaeology
Ancrene Wiseass	G	Frequently	English	Academia
Andrea Lankin	G	Frequently	English
Archivalia	C	Frequently	German	Archives and related issues
Beowulf Blog	C	Frequently	English	Beowulf, intellectual history, historiography, traumatic experience, collective memory, ethical philosophy, war
Blitztoire	S	Frequently	French	Medievalia
Burnable Books	P	Frequently	English	Academia; Medievalia in the news
Christophs Notizen	G	Frequently	German	Jewish History; bibliography
Chronica Minora	G	Frequently	English	Trial-by-combat; Latin; Medievalia
Cyber Medievalist	G	Frequently	English	Graduate school; book reviews; conferences
Dame Eleanor Hull	P	Frequently	English	Academia; Manuscripts; Literature
Debilitas Mentis	G	Frequently	English	Graduate school; academia; medieval mental impairment
Ecce Equus Pallidus	G	Frequently	English	Academia; Chaucer; Intellectual History
Edge of the Dice	G	Frequently	Engish	Academia; Mevieval literature; poetry; natural philosophy; history of science
El Diario dela Condesa	G	Frequently	Spanish	Medieval literature
Ensemble Adelchis	C	Frequently	Italian	Music; Ensemble Adelchis
Et in Arcadia Ego	G	Frequently	English	Graduate school; Catholicism
Ezzelino	?	Frequently	Italian	Material Culture; Italy; Lifestyle
Fides Quaerens Intellectum	P	Frequently	English; Latin	Theology; Visionaries and mystics; text/image relationships; twelfth-century literature; Hildegard of Bingen
Heo Cwaeth	G	Frequently	English	Literature; Medieval Women; Academia
Highly Eccentric	S	Frequently	English	Medievalia; Anglo-Saxon Studies
Ilaria's Illuminating Experiences	R	Frequently	English	Experimental archeology; illuminations
In the Middle	C	Frequently	English	Group blog
Lessons on the English Longsword	?	Frequently	English	Medieval martial arts; tie-in blog to book of the same name
Living The History:Elizabeth Chadwick	R	Frequently	English	Knights; On-site research; Material Culture
Magistra et Mater	P	Frequently	English	Medievalia; motherhood; religion
Material Collective	G	Frequently	English	Modern reconceptualizations of medieval art
Matthew Paris		Frequently	English	Chronicles
Medieval Geek	G	Frequently	English	Medievalia
Medievalist Errant	G	Frequently	English	Celtic thing; Arthuriana; holiday celebrations
Mern Thonke	P	Frequently	English	Anglo-Saxon Literature; English Literature
Middle Ages and Beyond	R	Frequently	English	Medievalia
Net Bib	C	Frequently	German	Libraries, books, and manuscripts
Old English in New York	P	Frequently	English	Old English; Academia
Per Omnia Saecula Benedicta	G	Frequently	English	Dante, Prester John, bestiaries, medievalia
Quid plura?	P	Frequently	English
Quod She	P	Frequently	English	Academia; Medievalia
Sceopellen	G	Frequently	English	Early Medieval literature, architecture, art; critical theory; academia
Selah	G	Frequently	English	Psalms; psalters; Bede
St. Silvanus' Scriptorium	R	Frequently	English	Quotations from medieval sources; fiction inspired by the Middle Ages
Steven Till	R	Frequently	English	Language; historical fiction
What is History but the Praise of Rome?	P	Frequently	English	Academia; Medieval Rome
Wombat's World	P	Frequently	English	Literature
Wormtalk	P	Frequently	English	Anglo-Saxon; Tolkien Studies
Aliciam	G	Sometimes	English	Late Roman History, Law Codes
Alliterative	P	Sometimes	English	Old English, Old Norse, Middle English, History of English
Anachronista	R	Sometimes	English	Medievalia
Ancarett	P	Sometimes	English	Historical memory; sixteenth-century England
And gladly wolde (s)he lerne	S	Sometimes	English	Academia; Literature
Andrew Reeves	G	Sometimes	English	Anglo-Saxon Literature; Tolkien
Angel Falling	U	Sometimes	English	Archaeology; Pre-christian groups; Celts
Another boring academic has a blog?	S	Sometimes	English	Academia; Inquisition; magic/magical texts (K'zoo Coordinator)
Apewit	G	Sometimes	English	English History; History of medicine
Baraita	P	Sometimes	English	Late Medieval France?
Bean_drui	U	Sometimes	English	Celtic Literature, Old French
Beginning	U	Sometimes	English	Linguistics; Celtic Studies; knighthood
Blogenspiel	P	Sometimes	English	Medievalia online
Brian's Study Breaks	G	Sometimes	English	Islamic History
Byzantinesque Latin		Sometimes	English	Catholicism; Eastern Orthodox
Cacciaguida		Sometimes	English	Catholicism; Law
Cassandre	G	Sometimes	English	French Literature
Cataptromancer	G	Sometimes	English	Chaucer; 14th c English politics
Clio's Folly	G	Sometimes	English	History of English
Colin Brayton	G	Sometimes	English	Comp lit, medieval Iberian, Romance philology, medieval Arabic, Old French, medieval Latin, esp. Arabic-into-Latin translation and the evolution of the frame-narrative.
Cranky Professor	P	Sometimes	English	Academia; Italy
Creating Text(iles)	P	Sometimes	English	England; manuscripts
Cronaca	?	Sometimes	English	Archaeology; Art History
Curtana	G	Sometimes	English	British History
DC_Commons		Sometimes	English	Church History; England
Drowning but Learning	G	Sometimes	English	Church History from Boniface to the 4th Lateran Council; Monasticism
Everild	P	Sometimes	English	Saints' cults; gender conceptions
Femenye	G	Sometimes	English	Old Norse; Old and Middle English; MHG; Amazons
Go Lightly	U	Sometimes	English	Beowulf, Old English, Literature, Latin
Governal	?	Sometimes	English	Literature
Grey Thistle	R	Sometimes	English	History; England; Chronicles; Laws
H.D. Miller	P	Sometimes	English	Islamic Spain and Classical Islam. The cultural and intellectual interactions between medieval Muslims, Christians and Jews, esp. those in Iberia.
Hagahot	?	Sometimes	English	Medieval Jewish religious literature
Heu Mihi	P	Sometimes	English	Academia
Hilarity Allen	G	Sometimes	English	Ecclesiastical History, Venerable Bede, Anglo-Saxon, Norse
Historium	?	Sometimes	English	Medievalia; Modern misperceptions
Homuncula	G	Sometimes	English	Medieval philosophy, particularly magic and astrology
Iconoclam	G	Sometimes	English	Scandanavian Art
Ideofact	R	Sometimes	English	History of Islam; History of Technology
Ilana	G	Sometimes	English	Social and economic history; impact of war; purveyance
In Translation	G	Sometimes	English	Celtic Studies; Anglo-Saxon
Isfogailsi	S	Sometimes	English	Politics in Medieval Japan
J. Anderson Coats	R	Sometimes	English	Thirteenth-century Britain
Janice Liedl	P	Sometimes	English	Academia
Jeffrey Woolf	P	Sometimes	English	Jewish History; Law
Jennifer	G	Sometimes	English	Crusaders, Archaeology, Pottery, Death, Burial
John of Salisbury	S	Sometimes	English	12th-13th c Intellectual History; Paleography
Kross & Sweord		Sometimes	English	Church History, The Crusades, Catholicism
Larkvi	G	Sometimes	English	Latin
Logographer	G	Sometimes	English	Visigothic and Islamic Spain; ethnicity and intercultural interactions
Manu Scripta	U	Sometimes	English	Medieval Law; Charlemagne's Court; Alcuin
Mary Adelle Leinart	S	Sometimes	English	Crusades, Knights Templar, Iconography, England
Matt's Journal	U	Sometimes	English	Old English Literature, Scandanavian Myth, Chretien, John Donne
Mattparus	U	Sometimes	English	Boccaccio, Chaucer
Maweisse	S	Sometimes	English/Finnish/Swedish?	Academia
Medieval Club of Georgetown	I	Sometimes	English	Georgetown Medieval Studies-related events
Medieval Cripples, Crazies and Imbeciles ... and a Service Dog?	G	Sometimes	English	Academia; disabilities
Medieval Mayhem	U	Sometimes	English	Poetry
Michelle Palmer	G	Sometimes	English	Mallory, Chaucer
Mind Numbing	G	Sometimes	English	History; Archaeology
Minira	G	Sometimes	English	Women in popular religious movements, Cistercians, the cura monialium, women's education, Hildegard von Bingen, Marie d'Oigny, Jacques de Vitry
Mirabilis		Sometimes	English	Catholicism
Miriam	G	Sometimes	English	Celtic Theology; Church History
Mistress of Mead	G	Sometimes	English	Twelfth and thirteenth century English social and legal history
Morganlf	G	Sometimes	English	Old English, Middle English
Muhlberger's Early History	P	Sometimes	English	Current events relating to the Middle Ages
Mummy Beare	G	Sometimes	English	Archaeology
Noelle	U	Sometimes	English	Literature, swords, later middle ages
Ockhamist		Sometimes	English	Theology; Church History
On Boundaries	C	Sometimes	English	Academia; disciplinarity
Papersky	S	Sometimes	English	Late Antiquity/Early Medieval
Pasternosters	R	Sometimes	English	History of paternosters and rosaries
Paul Halsall	S	Sometimes	English	Internet History Sourcebooks Project preprint texts
Philologist Errant	G	Sometimes	English	Graduate school; academia
Philosopher Cat	U	Sometimes	English	Chaucer, Celtic Studies
Pigsnicket	U	Sometimes	English	Church History; British History; Magic
Piratehead	G	Sometimes	English	Latin, Germany
Prof. Blogger's Pontifications	P	Sometimes	English	Academia; Literature
Purring Prophecy	P	Sometimes	English	Academia; Literature
Quid Nomen Illius?	P	Sometimes	English	Literature, teaching, medievalism, Chaucer, and Charlemagne
SaffronJan	S	Sometimes	English	Old English; Latin; Book History; Art History
Shantih		Sometimes	English	Anglo-Saxon Literature; paleography
Stéphanie	U	Sometimes	English	Latin; Anselm; Dante
Summa contra Mundum	P	Sometimes	English	Catholicism
Sunset Mog	G	Sometimes	English	Late Medieval Britain
Sybilla Oritur	G	Sometimes	English	Academia
Tempore	C	Sometimes	Portugese	Historical topics from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
The Rebel Letter	P	Sometimes	English	Academia
Tiruncula	P	Sometimes	English	Dead Languages
Unlocked Wordhoard	P	Sometimes	English	Academia; Literature
Vislius	G	Sometimes	English	Academia; Latin
Xoom	P	Sometimes	English	Teaching; Beowulf; Media; Debunking
Yalebot	G	Sometimes	English	Beowulf; poetry; Twitter
Ypocras	G	Sometimes	English	Latin translation; herbals; alchemy; academia
Angevin2	G	Rarely	English	Chaucer, Shakespeare
Anoelleona	U	Rarely	English	Twelfth century literature; Arthurian romances; cathedrals
Aurelius	G	Rarely	English	Violence, Female Sanctity, Late Antiquity
Blue Rapunzel	U	Rarely	English	King Arthur, Robin Hood, Tristan and Isolde
CJ	G	Rarely	English	Saxon Prose and homilies; Beowulf; Germanic epics
Carcin0gen	G	Rarely	English	Death Culture; Power Structures; Iconoclasm
Caveat Lector	R	Rarely	English	Ex-Medievalist *; Medieval Spanish Literature?
Childeric	P	Rarely	English	Early medieval social and economic history
Cow	U	Rarely	English	Literature; Music
Daeron	S	Rarely	English	History
Discipuladc	G	Rarely	English	Pre-Norman Britain; Art History
Drown Soda Distro	U	Rarely	English	Gender and sexuality; Italy
Essential Imperfect	G	Rarely	English	Marie de France, Chaucer
Femme Grrl Prof	G	Rarely	English	Academia
Haligweorc	S	Rarely	Engish	Theology; Gospel of Matthew
Highly Magnified, Thoroughly Educated	P	Rarely	English	Academia
Illuminatio	R	Rarely	English	English, Irish Literature
IsleSkye	U	Rarely	English	English Literature; Gawain
Jakob	G	Rarely	English	Royal administration and the relationship aristocracy-king in Late Medieval Denmark
Just Insomnia	G	Rarely	English	Troubador poetry, Ovid's Ars Amatoria, Middle English love complaints, Andreas Capellanus' De amore
Lady Jane	G	Rarely	English
Lady Kathryn	U	Rarely	English	Cooking
Lady of Shalott	G	Rarely	English	Graeco-Roman World
Lindsay	G	Rarely	English	Hagiography
LittleOwl	S	Rarely	English	French Literature
Miss Cranky	U	Rarely	English
New Kid on the Hallway	P	Rarely	English	Academia; Blogging
Northern Lights	G	Rarely	English	Medievalism
Ogmios	S	Rarely	English	Celtic Studies
Old Oligarch	P	Rarely	English	Theology
Philobiblon	R	Rarely	English	Late Medieval/Early Modern
Pwwka	U	Rarely	English	Intellectual history, church history, female mystics
Rafaela	U	Rarely	English	High Medieval Literature
Rhiannon	S	Rarely	English	Music
Rymenhild	G	Rarely	English	Cultural interactions in medieval English literature
S. Worthen	P	Rarely	English	Classifications of knowledge; History of technology; Weather
Seanachai	U	Rarely	English	Literature; Iceland
Sioneva	G	Rarely	English	Art History
Snow Blood and Coal	G	Rarely	English	Folklore, Folk Tales, Literacy
Stephe	S	Rarely	English	Medieval Law
Subnivean	U	Rarely	English
Sylvie	U	Rarely	English	Germanic languages and literature
The Cork Diaries	G	Rarely	English	Medieval Literature
The Reader	R	Rarely	English	Catholicism
Will Hudson	U	Rarely	English	Catholic Church during the Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties.
Glosses	G	On Hiatus	English	Etymology; Folklore; Slavic; Old Norse
Fijodalgo	G		Russian	Law of medieval Leon-Castile Kingdom (Content is in Russian, which I can't read, so I don't know how much is relevant.)
Jeff Sypeck				Quid plura?
Jurden	S		Russian	Germany; Witch hunts (Note: I can't read Russian so don't know how much content is relevant!)
Owwwl	S		Russian	Muslim Spain (Note: I can't read Russian so don't know how much content is relevant!)
History Speaks	See And gladly wolde (s)he lerne.
Schizmatic	See Andrew Reeves.
Morganlf	See Aud the Deep Minded.
Kasandaro	See CJ.
Dorothea Salo	See Caveat Lector.
Hench Minion	See Chronica Minora.
Hairy Eyeball	See Colin Brayton.
Sara Jane	See Drown Soda Distro.
Thaliestra	See Femenye.
Beo	See Go Lightly.
Travelling Shoes	See H.D. Miller.
Manuscript Boy	See Hagahot.
The Age of Perfection	See Heu Mihi.
Carpe Libros	See In Translation.
Cwjat	See Jennifer.
Policraticus	See John of Salisbury.
Craig Schamp	See Logographer.
Lady Sylkie	See Mary Adelle Leinart.
Skelligsraven	See Medieval Mayhem.
Phlebas	See Michelle Palmer.
Medieval Blogger	See New York Carver.
English Eclectic	See Paul Halsall.
Medieval Woman	See Purring Prophecy.
Owlfish	See S. Worthen.
Wadam	See Snow Blood and Coal.
Scott Nokes	See Unlocked Wordhoard.
Eulistes	See What is History but the Praise of Rome?.
K.A. Laity	See Wombat's World.
Michael Drout	See Wormtalk.