A Substack newsletter by a medieval history educator, mixing illustrated posts about marginal manuscript creatures with announcements and lectures from paid virtual courses such as one on women in late medieval England. Readers get accessible, enthusiastic introductions to premodern history and course-style lecture material.
Website: https://thehistoriansdesk.substack.com
Helen Castor's personal newsletter offers behind-the-scenes glimpses of her history writing, including short essays on medieval London and royal history. It also runs a reader-led read-along of the fifteenth-century Paston Letters, with transcriptions and guidance.
Essays on economic history by an academic economic historian, covering medieval economies, long-run growth debates and developments in scholarly research. Posts combine engagement with the historiography and data such as Domesday Book and Malthusian benchmarks with commentary on the profession.
A history newsletter companion to HistoryMedieval.com offering features on medieval politics, daily life, archaeology, and book reviews. Readers get well-argued accounts of research such as Westminster Abbey burial identifications and reassessments of the Crusades.
A medieval history newsletter with long-form essays on the Burgundian dukes, rural French peasant life around 1450, and related cultural, military and biographical topics. Readers get detailed historical narratives grounded in specific communities and sources.
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