#Medieval

Axel Folio, PhD, Mad Marxist beyond Thunderdome

ISASaxonists

For those who ask for #antiracist tips & recommended readings, I've compiled all previous threads with info in this meta-thread for easy access. Use as a resource. Bookmark to have

Sensei Ryan (Once and Future)

horridpoplyrics

#HappyHanukkah everyone!It is nice to talk to you all again, my friends. Today, let's take a short look at the history of the Jewish Diaspora, and various pre-Holocaust purges

Uriah

crimkadid

Everything I hear about Q reminds me of the 80's Satanic Panic ("There's secret tunnels under the preschool where kids are abused!", claims local schizophrenic). Under interrogation some 5 year

Subhrajyoti

subhra2jyoti

Mini-#Thread on ‘distinctive humane traits’ of Indian warriors in early 9th century CE. #History #Bharat #India #Medieval #warriors #war #battle #humanity #Hindus Sulaiman, one of the first Arab merchants, who

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slovborg

After only a couple exoplanets (worlds in orbit around other stars) were "discovered" for the first time in the 90s (or rather, in most cases their existence is merely inferred

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

DrSueOosthuizen

THREAD. There’s so much water in the fields at present - fields are floating in water. Here in the east of England it’s a practical lesson explaining so much about

penitent admirer

loudpenitent

Ok look First: at the absolute least, ignoring for the sake of argument the fact that cultural genocide exists, it is an act of ethnic cleansing combined with deliberate destruction

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

Some interesting early maps of Cornwall — new post by me :) https://www.caitlingreen.org/2020/11/some-interesting-early-maps-of-cornwall.html Detail from the Anglo-Saxon world map in Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, dated c. 1025–50, probably

Pratyasha Rath

pratyasharath

While researching the medieval history of Odisha, I came across a rather surprising story of how a Rajput Jagirdar of d Mughals hd plundered d Gundicha temple n burnt the

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

Until the mid-1800s, St Mary’s, Long Crichel in the Cranborne Chase chalklands was a grand medieval church. That is, until fire ripped through and destroyed its Perpendicular elegance. Just the

Nemets

Peter_Nimitz

Montezuma Well, Montezuma Castle, & Tuzigoot were all settlements of the Sinagua culture in the Verde River Valley in modern-day Arizona. Like their Hohokam neighbors to the south, they fortified

Martin Johnes

martinjohnes

Although there are claims that the origin of Xmas trees lies in pagan traditions, it probably comes from medieval Germanic traditions of using trees to tell religious stories, especially around

Kory Stamper

KoryStamper

STRAP YOURSELVES IN, NERDS: I want to dissect the use of "inflame" in Ken Buck's attributed statement and tell you why it strikes me as...weaselly. (Because if I'm going to

Jenni Nuttall

Stylisticienne

August turns into September, so time for a thread of medieval names for what Chaucer calls the 'laste ende' of summerHow about the GREASE TIME (more on this below)? HARVEST,

Dr Sarah Taber

SarahTaber_bww

YESJane Mt Pleasant at Cornell did a fantastic historical analysis of yield records & showed that Haudenosaunee farmers were getting 40-100 bu/A in upstate NY.The settlers who chased them out

Brent S. Sirota

BrentSirota

Studying conspiracy theories in the longue durée, you are struck by the incredible stability of their basic tropes and tableux. They are at once endlessly creative and improvisational, but somehow,

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