#Medieval

sumayya ahmed

likeimnothere

Listening to this now. Very informative. Andras Reidelmeyer is speaking now on library and manuscript destruction in Bosnia (1990s) and continued mss destruction and theft in places like Syria and

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

DrSueOosthuizen

THREAD. The fun of landscape history is that, quite often, it’s little, insignificant details in plain sight that reveal past now-lost landscapes. They turn a country walk into a detective

Egham Museum

EghamMuseum

One cannot overstate the excitement levels of matching Goss China with real life landmarks This is the London Stone at Staines-upon-Thames. Marvellous, isn’t it?Anyway, they have an interesting history

Tanay Sukumar

TanaySukumar

What do Indians read on non-English Wikipedias?The answer depends on the language: historical icons in Marathi; religion (Sikhism/Islam) in Punjabi & Urdu; literary icons in Odia, Tamil, Kannada; India's history

jaimie

gintokisleftnut

Done with Conviction Arc,I’ve seen many people complain that Berserk drops in quality after GA but I do not think this is the case. Moreso the lack of presence of

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

#TheDig has been causing quite a buzz this past week and we thought it would be a good time to revisit two archaeological digs that uncovered intriguing burials at our

J. Preiser-Kapeller

Byzanzforscher

How big was the #NewRome? The spatial extent of #Byzantine #Constantinople within a modern map of #Istanbul (and several other cities will follow in the tweets below) The spatial extent

C Thi Nguyen

add_hawk

OK I've been thinking about this all night: here's something for philo teachers to learn from Bob Ross:Bob Ross is about transmitting a sense of possibility and ability, rather than

Subhrajyoti

subhra2jyoti

Mini-#Thread on what Marco Polo, the celebrated Venetian traveler, observed regarding Indian veneration and appreciation of ‘#Black colour’, during his travel in several parts of India during 12th-13th CE:- #colour

Vinay Gupta

leashless

So here's my prediction: 30% odds that America splits up the next few years.But not in the way you think. Everybody thinks it's Democrats vs. Republicans, and flashpoint issues will

Neil Hauer

NeilPHauer

After posting two questions (shared below) to @IrinaBokova, head of UNESCO from 2009-17, regarding her organization receiving $5 million from Azerbaijan in 2013, I was immediately blocked without response. https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/sta

Axel Folio, PhD, Mad Marxist beyond Thunderdome

ISASaxonists

So @erik_kaars & I are working through our book & have come across findings of African ppl (mostly female) in early England (8th-11th c.). We've searched but discovered no extensive

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Eclipses like the ones coming up on 11/30 and 12/14 were of great importance to medieval Muslim astrologers. They featured in dire predictions and were used to time major events

Dr Anne Marie D'Arcy FSA FRHistS

dramdarcy

Just received this thoughtful piece from a colleague and friend at Stanford (medievalists in the US are watching this shabby debacle with keen interest). It's by the author of the

धर्म

OnlyDharma1

*** Thread *** OnUse of Firecrackers in Hindu Festivals in Medieval India. Persian official Abdur Razzaq while visiting the Court of Devaraya

George Demacopoulos

GDemacopoulos

Today is the Feast of St. Augustine in the Orthodox Church. I have a few thoughts: 1. There is little doubt that Augustine is one of the most influential Christians

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