#Saxon

Mathew Clayton

Mathew__Clayton

THREAD! Earlier this year @JohnFinnemore spread out 100 pages of an 85 year old murder mystery novel Cain's Jawbone and tried to put them in the right order. It was

America-China Watcher

PandemicTruther

Far reaching significance of RCEP deal Can the US led West still contain China?While Biden and Western countries are indulging in fantasies of anti-China coalition of democracies, China, the forever

Movies Silently

MoviesSilently

So, before we commence with our #Dec31Ivanhoe watchathon, here's a very brief rundown of the original novel.Sir Walter Scott's bid ol' brick of a novel played into the Regency/Victorian romanticizing

Gwendoline Pepper

gwen_pepp

A thread about textile production and seasonality (1/13) (2/13) It's undeniable that 2020 has been a trash-fire of a year, but one thing I do appreciate is that this year

Prof Tanja Bueltmann

cliodiaspora

“Our language”... about that:English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European family. It first came to these islands through Angles, Saxons and Jutes—migrants from the continent who brought their

Durotriges Project

Durotrigesdig

The Pevensey *Roman* tile hoaxA short thread for #MuseumsUnlocked day 126: FORGERIES (1/7) Fragments of stamped tile were found In 1906 during excavations by Louis Salzman for the @sussex_society inside

Eleanor Parker

ClerkofOxford

'Sing we Yule til Candlemas!': a medieval carol for the Twelve Days of Christmas - and beyond http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/sing-we-yule-til-candlemas.html Carols, plays, and 12 days of feasting: if you're celebra

thomas cauvin

thomascauvin

Had an interesting discussion about #publichistory with colleagues from Japan. Always interesting to explore various approaches and understanding of the field. We had great discussion historiography. Replacing the rise of

Inverse Logic

ShuyiOlutimi

The news on Nigeria SIGNING AWAY ITS SOVEREIGNTY has been heavily sensationalised. It's almost funny.I'll try to break it down as simply as I can and I hope this helps

Shantyman

Boreal_Gael

Gonna have a thread where I periodically link Neofolk songs I dig as an ez-preview for me to throw at people when I shill the genre first the sunthen the

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

EDUCATION.Distilling the conversation with @bryan_caplan hosted by @tylercowen 1) There has been a traditional separation between: + "liberal education" for free men, (liber), who didn't work for a living,

James Palmer

BeijingPalmer

i am sick and reading about 19th century New Zealand, and it may be just that I'm a little hallucinatory right now but it seems like strategists and military historians

Alex Zawacki

AChillGhost

a thread of archeological finds from pre-Christian Britain that creep me out Bryn Celli Ddu, meaning "the mound in the black grove". now a passage tomb, in c. 3000 BC

David

tweediatrics

Apologies if you’re here for medical/paediatric chat or pictures of bread; this mini-thread is about rugby, and in particular @ExeterChiefs and their continued use of Native American imagery.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/5358740

SonaliRanade

sonaliranade

Rule of law, & rule only by law make impersonal transaction with strangers at a distance possible, thus expanding the world in which you can transact business without fear of

New Age Warlord

AgeWarlord

Cosmic Range Wars! The eternal struggle between good and evil:THREAD Since the beginning of human history two types of civilizations and peoples have existed. Those who relied on sheep/goats, and

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