#Medieval

Bodleian Libraries

bodleianlibs

Hope you enjoyed the superstar blogs we shared this morning?Here are more intriguing posts from over the years: From Tolkien's study habits, to Hans Christian Andersen's reflections on slavery, to

Incunabula

incunabula

Alexander the Great - Submariner extraordinaire!Beneath the surface of the ocean, Alexander the Great sits in a glass bathysphere, raising his eyes to the couple above. Sitting in a boat,

True Indology

TIinExile

I am reading to my utter shock some claims on twitter that Paraśurāma was a medieval character interpolated into Epics & Puranas.This is especially surprising because Parashurama has Vedic roots.

Sparty Lea 💙

EPERiley

@Old_LowLight @KerryAtkin1 @PJDThomas Thread of photos of Newcastle. Had to go to Newcastle yesterday-two appointments with 3hr interval. Used it to walk around the West End and Westgate Hill area

The Goal of the Sage (Ghayat al-Hakim)

MaslamaQ

I recently went to the Tantra exhibition at the British Museum. I recalled a curious statement in the Ghāya: "In sexual matters, they have (the Indians) strange secrets including getting

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

A thread by Prof. Green that criticizes the historiography of Dr. MRO's recent article about how we talk about the links between COVID & the Black Death has been making

Dr. Rachel Schine

RachelSchine

In medieval Arabic chronicles, the ethnicity of qiyān (enslaved entertainers) is often unstated unless the woman becomes an umm walad (mother of an owner's child), at which point it still

Megan L. Cook

meganlcook

Today I want to talk about Dirtbag Medievalism. Dirtbag Medievalism is a shorthand term for a kind of popular medievalism that I don't think has been fully treated in the

Order of the Coif

JusticeTyrwhit

(Thread) I have a story for you. A story about medieval employment law, in a time of pandemic. A story set in the year 1410, when an ambitious lad who

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: In early medieval Ireland there were laws relating to trees & woods. Much nationalist history asserts that Ireland was dominated by woodland before the arrival of the Hiberno-Normans in

Warrior29

Warrior2913

Like the Kansas Chalk Pyramids I tweeted about resembling ancient buildings, "Cathedral Valley" Utah. Sun and Moon TempleLast pict is " Glass Mountain". It is made of Selenite/Gypsum crystal. Gypsum

Kathryn Straker

artesvulgares

As a medievalist who sews, I am here for all of your chaperon, houppelande, and dagged-sleeve doublet needs.https://twitter.com/GoingMedieval/status/1328424904983801860 Need an embroidered coif? I GOT YOU.It'll probably cost you $400 bu

Indian Temple & Architecture

temple_of_India

@kalingaheritageRaibania fort is a group of ancient forts in Balasore district, Odisha.This fort complex is considered as the biggest medieval fort of eastern India.It was built during the Buddhist era in Odisha. There

Karl Sharro

KarlreMarks

Everybody assumes that time travel would be easy: you press a button and you're immediately transported to another time. But why, given everything we know about the travel industry? Time

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

Medieval Muslims wrote extensively about plagues. Theories ranged from the natural, to the will of the divine. But some spoke of the hidden influences of jinn and stars. A thread

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/Millions of Shiʿi Muslims around the world will be celebrating what they consider the appointment and designation of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib as the legitimate successor to the Prophet Muḥammad.

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