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Mateusz Fafinski
Calthalas
It's time for a periodic reminder:stop using the misrepresentation of medieval past to excuse our deeply-flawed present. It's the cheapest of tricks to brand the failure to create a just,
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Albert Bikaj
AlbertBikaj
The medieval man may have been a rough and staunch believer but he was not woke. The Medieval Uni had much more intellectual freedom than the modern ones; they discussed
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Dr Eleanor Janega
GoingMedieval
I am really interested in takes likes these because I wonder why everyone always picks the middle ages. Like I think you just mean before germ theory, antibiotics, and effective
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Dr Eleanor Janega
GoingMedieval
Medieval ideas about women and sex? On *my* TL??? It's more likely than you'd think!!! This is an almost perfect case study of internalised ideas about sex in women in
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Erik Wade
erik_kaars
When we in #MedievalTwitter talk about the University of Leicester's decision to cut medieval studies and preserve race/gender/sexuality courses, we need to be REALLY careful about it, because the UK
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Brynne Seabrooke
demisexualitea
It always bothers me when people read historical novels and are like "this person sounds too modern!"What the fuck do you want me to do, write in Middle English? Because
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Dr Monica H Green
monicaMedHist
I've been thinking thru the night of the @NewYorker's response (via https://news.avclub.com/a-medieval-scholar-schools-the-new-yorker-about-the-bla-1844419326) to @MedievalRobots's critique. If by "facts," the NYer mea
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Erik Wade
erik_kaars
Medieval Christians: "There are so many allegories for Christ! Like, Christ is a lamb, he's a unicorn, he's a peacock!"Me, nodding: "Uh huh, that all makes sense."Medieval Christians: "And, ofc,
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NBC News
NBCNews
The Nazis seized an estimated 20% of art in Europe, and with scores of items still not returned to the families that owned them, Germany is struggling to keep up
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Itua
Onosaa
As an African, you’ll hear about the Great Wall of China 100 times before you ever hear a whisper about the Great Walls of Benin which was “4 times longer”Here
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Friends of Clarendon Palace
ClarendonPalace
1/ #OTD 1316. Sheriff of Wilts to pay Nicholas Lovel & William de Eton, king’s yeomen, whom the king is sending with 2 buckhound handlers, 3 greyhound handlers...18 greyhounds, &
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Dr Dayanna Knight
DayannaKnight
The @MedViewsArts campaign total is up to $747 USD this morning. We have 8 days left to make goal y'all.Just in case you're finding out now, or want to learn
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Megan L. Cook
meganlcook
A year ago I was in the Bodleian (sob!) reading John Blount's English translation of Nicholas Upton's 1447 De Studio Militari, which includes this wonderful description of cats: 1/4 Of
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Dr Francis Young
DrFrancisYoung
Folklorists sometimes treat the association between St John the Baptist and the Summer Solstice as no more than an accident, an attempted Christianisation of pagan rites. I'm not convinced it's
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Erik Wade
erik_kaars
THREAD: as a medievalist, lemme say that, if medieval tv shows and movies really want to be HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, they should have more men wear pink. Historical realism, people!(St. Gallen,
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Alex Young
Alex_T_Young
This will be a long thread so want to open with the most important part. If you study/care about US lit, go buy this book, or ask your library to
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