#Medieval

Thomas SHANkara

Shan_ThaDon

(THREAD) A vegan interpretation of Eid al-Adha This is Muslim holiday that honors Abraham and his willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, to show his obedience to God. As Abraham

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

Arguably the earliest expression of Shi’i religiosity was the concept of walayah (الولاية), oftentimes translated “sanctity” among other renderings. Walayah is a designation carrying different but interconnected meanings. Short

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

In the writings of medieval Muslim astrologers, Virgo earned a reputation as a sign of the wise. Today known as The Virgin in the zodiac, Virgo had a far more

Tracy Deonn 💙⚔️♥️

tracydeonn

I'm excited about The Green Knight! But, LORDT. People are ALREADY being loud & wrong about King Arthur on Beyonce's internet!There is no single Arthurian story. No sacred text. Black

Eleanor Parker

ClerkofOxford

Today is Candlemas, festival of light, 'forðy on ðissum dæge wæs þæt soðe Leoht, Crist, geboren to þam temple' ('because on this day was the true Light, Christ, carried to

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

The most trad fruit tree of them all: the quince. Here's a gathering of Chinese quinces (Pseudocydonia sinensis). Quinces are inedible raw, only useful cooked. In the early days of

Just (Dr) Rena

justrena

So, today on a different forum, I had some men try to say that Ireland had druids. The fact is, we dont know. Druid is a very mistletoe-loaded word, and

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

For #ScholarStrike today, here's a thread about medieval Christian depictions of devils as Black people, including as Black children. This is part of the long history of white depictions of

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

"We had to kill the Vikings, bc they bathed and brushed their hair and our wives couldn't resist such sophistication" is a HELL of a take by medieval English chroniclers.

Johanna Dale

SXMedievalist

As someone who 1st saw the C7th chapel of St. Peter-on-the-Wall at Bradwell from a boat I have always found descriptions of its setting as being 'remote' and 'isolated' a

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

DrSueOosthuizen

THREAD. The origins of English villages like Spaldwick, Hunts., so typical of the rural landscape, is a question that’s puzzled historians and archaeologists for generations. (Photo from Christopher Taylor’s masterfully

T. Greer

Scholars_Stage

Sinology/Chinese intellectual history twitter, tell me if the book I am looking for exists, and if it doesn't, the closest thing to it. Scholars of Western thought see years 1870-1950

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

A claim I see often is: capitalism is great because of all this *stuff* we have. The poorest person in capitalism lives materially better than kings and emperors did. Isn’t

dwtruthwarrior (@dwtruthwarrior on Gab/Parler)🇨🇦

dwtruthwarrior

The instant ridicule of ‘conspiracy theories’ especially from academia is fairly predicable given that ‘scholars’ tend to be narrowly focused & quite incapable of synthesising knowledge from a variety of

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Some of you have asked if this fragment, Darmstadt HS-4262, could have been written by Bede. While this seems to be unlikely there is a fascinating story to be told

Nathan Comiskey

ComiskeyNathan

Antisemitic ideas linked to Black Hebrew Israelite movements have come to the forefront through people like Wiley. The ideas appear so outlandish and ridiculous that it is easy to dismiss

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