Kerstin Pfeiffer, writing in Literature and Theology, described Medieval Blood as "detailed, insightful, and theoretically informed' and as 'a thought-provoking book which…opens up new lines of inquiry and invites comparative scholarship".

[3] Bildhauer's edited volume (with Robert Mills),The Monstrous Middle Ages, investigated how humans are distinguished from other entities, especially monsters and things.

[5] Kevin Uhalde, writing in The Medieval Review, described The Middle Ages in the Modern World (co-edited with Chris Jones) as high-quality and coherent.

[6] Bildhauer is an Ordinary Member of the editorial board for the Journal Forum for Modern Language Studies, published by Oxford University Press.

[10] Bildhauer received a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2009 for 'outstanding young scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study'.