What Is This Blog?

Hello and welcome to the Naked Philologist! (Like the Naked Chef, but with more grammar jokes and less chance of embarrassing burns…)

I’m an honours student in Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney. I specialise in Anglo-Saxon, with a side order of Middle English and- sometimes- a garnish in Old French. Thematically speaking, I’m interested in medieval christianity, particularly hagiography; I’m interested in the role of the Church in social and political structures; I have a thing for powerful dead bishops; I like a sprinkling of women’s history with my religious history; and I have a morbid obsession with the verb þyncan.

This blog is a place for me to flex my thinking muscles on all things medieval, and, hopefully, on some things related to my study. The internet is a far better audience than Microsoft Word.

nb: I’m just figuring out WordPress after years with Livejournal and an abortive sojourn on Blogger. Please bear with any technical hiccups.