#Medieval

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

The Great Pyramids have always captured our imagination. For medieval Muslims, they were a relic of a ancient age of knowledge; an edifice of magic, astrology, and the jinn. A

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

'Lincolnshire Fenland Lidar' by Steve Malone — fabulous images of ancient watercourses in the Witham valley and Lincolnshire Fenland https://academia.edu/5807526/Lincolnshire_Fenland_Lidar The Witham valley in Lincolnshire from Ba

Jenni Nuttall

Stylisticienne

Before PREGNANT is used with its modern meaning, how was being pregnant described in medieval English?One medical text translates Latin praegnans with ‘pregnant’, but for the most part PREGNAUNT in

The Ancient Yuletide Carrie🎄

CarrieCuinn

Reading THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR and the author immediately says "during the middle ages mixing colors at all was a taboo, believed to be against the natural order".Wtf? Ignoring

clark 🍄🌲

bogspectre

Some thoughts on the way history is taught, the way history is understood, and a 15th century axe head that nearly moved me to tears Teaching history from the top

Jordan Ashley Moore

AncientLitDude

2020 has not been a great year, generally speaking. It was not the best year for me, personally. But despite a mental health rollercoaster there were a lot of good

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Erik Wade (@erik_kaars) here. Today, I want to talk about other peoples' work. Often when we tell the story of scholarship on pre-modern race, we center the work of white

Peter Jukes

peterjukes

I'm an atheist. But unlike the zealous new atheists, I believe in freedom of religion, and - unlike Dawkins et al - can see the values of cohesion, hope, "the

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

For our last week, my Global Medieval Lit class is reading the 15th-century Ethiopian story of the Virgin Mary, The Cannibal of Qəmər, in which a rich cannibal eats 78

York Museums Trust

YorkMuseumTrust

The 12 days of Christmas as objects in our collection — a thread On the first day of Christmas the @YorkshireMuseum gave me: A taxidermy partridge (not in) a pear

Lev Taylor

levvity

I think any instance of antisemitism is best treated as an opportunity for learning and growing. I'm not comfortable with the boycott, and I've noticed that very few of us

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onlinecolloquy

There is nothing wrong/vulgar/immoral/evil in a Hindu not greeting another Hindu on a non-Hindu festival. It is telling that:1. This needs to be made clear2. Hindus are being shamed for

EHS

EcclesHistSoc

Alright, folks, let's talk a little bit about why late medieval vernacular #hagiography is an intriguing bundle of unanswered questions. Buckle up for provenance, #fragmentology & textual shenanigans! 1/ Much

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

Just summarizing some of the various racist medievalisms that seem to have driven the mob that stormed the US capital. So it starts with the Trump rally, at which Rudy

Jack Scott

JackPScott

1/4 We will look back on current #Fed policies much as we look back on medieval medical practices such as bloodletting. ("What were they thinking??")The "progressive" age of the 21st

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Venus in Scorpio leads to suspicions and doubt of intentions of potential lovers and jealousy. Enemies will seek to undermine their marriages and likelihood of divorce is high. When in

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