medievalist
noun
me·di·e·val·ist
ˌmē-ˈdē-və-list 
mi-,
ˌme-,
-dē-ˈē-və-
1
: a specialist in medieval history and culture
2
: a connoisseur or devotee of medieval arts and culture
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The Gottschalk was the sort of text—Latin, Christian, European—on which medievalists built respectable careers.
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Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
Gerhard Lutz, a medievalist in a group of half a dozen curators visiting from the Cleveland Museum, was impressed by a small stone statue of the prophet Isaiah attributed to the 14th-century Flemish sculptor Claus Sluter, priced at €500,000 on the booth of the London dealer Sam Fogg.
—Scott Reyburn, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Archaeologists can punch Nazis … metaphorically In the third movie, The Last Crusade, Indy searches for his kidnapped father, an eccentric medievalist played by Sean Connery.
—Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
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Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
Now a prominent medievalist is taking a new approach to unlocking its secrets.
—Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
Gerhard Lutz, a medievalist in a group of half a dozen curators visiting from the Cleveland Museum, was impressed by a small stone statue of the prophet Isaiah attributed to the 14th-century Flemish sculptor Claus Sluter, priced at €500,000 on the booth of the London dealer Sam Fogg.
—Scott Reyburn, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Archaeologists can punch Nazis … metaphorically In the third movie, The Last Crusade, Indy searches for his kidnapped father, an eccentric medievalist played by Sean Connery.
—Petar Parvanov, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2023
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“Medievalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medievalist. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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