#Medieval

Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Preorder SON OF THE STORM!)

IAmSuyiDavies

I always find the “Africa is better off from the results of colonization” arguments amusing. What do people think happened with African empires & their European counterparts prior to colonization?

Samira Ahmed

SamiraAhmedUK

I reckon revolutionary Derbyshire mill owner Joseph Arkwright wd be thrilled that Ian Jackson has opened up his excellent comic/SF Cromford Collectors Corner in one of his workshops. (Also on

James Harland

DJMHarland

I want to talk a bit about how Dr. Philip A. Shaw of the University of Leicester, primarily a philologist and scholar of onomastics by training, wrote for his PhD

Lawrence Mason

LawrenceMason13

I left uni (theology degree) with crippling doubts, intense cognitive dissonance and felt I have no one to talk to about it. I was terrified of being honest with myself

Jaimine

jaiminism

"It remains certain that brahminical sects didn't, as they're said to have done, practice tolerance towards Buddhists & Jains; on the contrary, they fomented religious conflicts in ancient or medieval

Dr Kathleen Neal

KB_Neal

Serious point, from a historian of letter writing... we are in a time of flux in communication forms and formulae. A short https://twitter.com/ProfessorCrunk/status/1349012729936412676 One key issue is we are all

Mohammad Farooq

MohammadFarooq_

Finished this book in less than a day a few minutes ago. Quite a decent read, mentions the siege of Acre and the battles fought, the ups and downs in

David M. Perry

Lollardfish

I need to know more about the interest in medieval and classical history in the trump white house. /1 2) Today the WH issued a proclamation of commemoration of the

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

For much of history, the zodiac were far more than personality traits. In fact, in most treatise by medieval Muslim astrologers nativity temperament is often the shortest sectionA thread on

Hinduone

Hinduone2

Trying a thread on indian temple architecture. Please do give your honest feedbacksIntroduction Most of the architectural remains that survive from Ancient and Medieval India arereligious in nature. In different

Matt Gabriele

prof_gabriele

so this is from me & @Lollardfish and the main point is that how we tend to think about monuments can be divided into categories of "nostalgia" & "memory." #twitterstorians

Ugra

_ugra_

Ludovico di Varthema, a medieval italian traveler who spent some time in Vijayanagara around the year 1502 CE describes the then emperor Narasimha Raya IV :"He wears a cap of

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

In astrology from the medieval Islamic world, Venus in the various zodiac signs spell out the fortunes of a person in love. But the significations of Venus also tell us

Shaun Sayres (Pre-PheD)

TheSteamboatGuy

This didn't get as much traction yesterday as I thought it might, but I have some thoughts on this that people need to consider in thinking about how to integrate

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

As Christmas nears, here's a lovely late 15th-/early 16th-century portable nativity scene from a gold ring, found Sleaford, Lincs :) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/642395 A 6th- or 7th-century Byzantine ring featuring

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Just as the Sun moves through the Zodiac, medieval astrologers of the Islamic world also noted the movement of the Moon through a zodiac of its own, known as manzil

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